Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania

Language: English (official), Swahili (official), numerous indigenous languages

Currency: 1 Kenyan shilling (KSh) = 100 cents

Population: 28,808,658

Natural Hazards: recurring drought in northern and eastern regions; flooding during rainy seasons

Import: machinery and transportation equipment 31%, consumer goods 13%, petroleum products 12%

Export: tea 18%, coffee 15%, petroleum products

Industries: small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products processing; oil refining, cement; tourism

Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2,652 km
narrow gauge: 2,652 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 63,800 km
paved: 8,868 km
unpaved: 54,932 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: part of the Lake Victoria system is within the boundaries of Kenya

Ports & Harbors: Kisumu, Lamu, Mombasa

Location: Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa

Language: Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa

Currency: 1 loti (L) = 100 lisente

Population: 2,128,950

Natural Hazards: periodic droughts

Import: food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products

Export: manufactures 65% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool and mohair 7%, food and live animals 7%

Industries: food, beverages, textiles, handicrafts; construction; tourism

Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2.6 km; note—owned by, operated by, and included in the statistics of South
Africa
narrow gauge: 2.6 km 1.067-m gauge (1995)

Highways:
total: 4,955 km
paved: 887 km
unpaved: 4,068 km (1996 est.)

Ports & Harbors: none

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone

Language: English 20% (official), about 20 tribal languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence

Currency: 1 Liberian dollar (L$) = 100 cents

Population: 2,923,725

Natural Hazards: dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March)

Import: fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; rice and other foodstuffs

Export: diamonds, iron ore, rubber, timber, coffee

Industries: rubber processing, palm oil processing, diamonds

Transportation:
Railways:
total: 480 km (328 km single track); note—three rail systems owned and operated
by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with the Liberian Government;
one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore production ceased;
the other two were shut down by the civil war; large sections of the rail lines have
been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad track was exported for scrap
standard gauge: NA km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: NA km 1.067-m gauge

Highways:
total: 10,037 km (there is major deterioration on all highways due to lack of maintenance since the civil war began)
paved: 603 km
unpaved: 9,434 km (1996 est.)

Ports & Harbors: Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia

Language: Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities

Currency: 1 Libyan dinar (LD) = 1,000 dirhams

Population: 4,992,838

Natural Hazards: hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms

Import: machinery, transport equipment, food, manufactured
goods

Export: crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas

Industries: petroleum, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement

Transportation:
Railways:
note: Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, all previous systems having
been dismantled; current plans are to construct a 1.435-m standard gauge line from
the Tunisian frontier to Tripoli and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of a
mineral-rich area, but there has been no progress; other plans made jointly with
Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum, Egypt, to Tobruk with completion
set for mid-1994; no progress has been reported

Highways:
total: 83,200 km
paved: 47,590 km
unpaved: 35,610 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: none

Ports & Harbors: Al Khums, Banghazi, Darnah, Marsa al Burayqah, Misratah,
Ra's Lanuf, Tobruk, Tripoli, Zuwarah