Sub-Saharan Africa

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Sub-Saharan Africa is the areas and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include a great majority of Mainland Africa, including the Sahel, and Madagascar. Geopolitically, in addition to the African countries and territories that are situated fully in that specified region, the term may also include polities that only have part of their territory located in that region, per the definition of the United Nations (UN). This is considered a non-standardised geographical region with the number of countries included varying from 46 to 48 depending on the organisation describing the region (e.g. UN, WHO, World Bank, etc.). The African Union (AU) uses a different regional breakdown, recognising all 55 member states on the continent and grouping them into five distinct and standard regions. The term serves as a grouping counterpart to North Africa, which is instead grouped with the definition of MENA (Middle East and North Africa) as it is part of the Arab world...

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