41.   Civil wars are flaring across the African continent in nations including Angola and Congo.

42.   Coates and Lincoln plan to explore Australia next, and then work their way up the African continent back home.

43.   Dini and Nzo also would discuss bilateral relations and issues involving southern Africa and the African continent as a whole, the Foreign Affairs statement said.

44.   Djibouti, a former French territory, is located in the eastern region of the African continent known as the Horn of Africa.

45.   Dubbed Australopithecus bahrelghazali, it was discovered in Chad, the first Australopithecus to be found as far west on the African continent.

46.   Ebola has struck the African continent four times in the last two years.

47.   Faced with war, tribal conflicts and poverty, African lawmakers Wednesday sought to persuade French politicians not to step back from a commitment to the African continent.

48.   Five Nordic prime ministers agreed Sunday to step up cooperation and dialogue with the African continent after a meeting with South African President Thabo Mbeki.

49.   France, which at one time controlled a third of the African continent and is committed to propping up its former colonies, supports increasing aid to African nations.

50.   Game animals are resistant to the notorious tsetse fly, which ranges over large reaches of the African continent.