The United Nations geoscheme divides Africa into several subregions. Here’s a list of African countries based on the United Nations geoscheme:

Northern Africa:

• Algeria
• Egypt
• Libya
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Sudan
• Tunisia
• Western Sahara (Note: The sovereignty of Western Sahara is disputed, with both the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Morocco claiming it.)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Eastern Africa:

• Burundi
• Comoros
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mayotte (Note: Mayotte is an overseas department of France, not a separate UN member.)
• Mozambique
• Réunion (Note: Réunion is an overseas department of France, not a separate UN member.)
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Middle Africa:

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa:

• Botswana
• Lesotho
• Namibia
• South Africa

Western Africa:

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cape Verde
• Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire)
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Liberia
• Mali
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo