Algeria is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population. African nations cooperate through the establishment of the African Union, which is headquartered in Addis Ababa.

As of 2023, about 1.5 billion people lived in Africa, which is about 18.2% of the world's population. The continent is washed by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, the …

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L’Afrique est un continent immense et extrêmement diversifié, couvrant environ 30,3 millions de kilomètres carrés et abritant 54 pays. C’est le deuxième continent le plus grand et le plus peuplé...