West Africa
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Africa : West Africa
West Africa is the western region of Africa. In the north the region is bounded by the Sahel, and in the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean.
Countries
It is generally considered to consist of the following countries:
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Gambia
- Togo
Sometimes Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Chad are also considered as West African states.
Talk
Mostly due to the colonial past of the continent, common languages spoken in the region are French, English and Portuguese,
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