The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MALI , but the solution may also be SOMALIA (and MALI) which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
African country crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MALI | 24 % | 4 |
| GHANA | 10 % | 5 |
| GABON | 7 % | 5 |
| ANGOLA | 7 % | 6 |
| CHAD | 5 % | 4 |
| RHODESIA | 5 % | 8 |
| RWANDA | 5 % | 6 |
| KENYA | 5 % | 5 |
| MAURITANIA | 5 % | 10 |
| EGYPT | 5 % | 5 |
| SOMALIA | 2 % | 7 |
| ALGERIA | 2 % | 7 |
| CONGO | 2 % | 5 |
| MALAWI | 2 % | 6 |
| SOMALIA (and MALI) | 2 % | 18 |
| ERITREA | 2 % | 7 |
| SUDAN | 2 % | 5 |
| NIGER | 2 % | 5 |
| UGANDA | 2 % | 6 |
Why may SOMALIA-AND-MALI be the right solution?
Somalia and Mali are both African countries, making them the correct answers to the clue "African country."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: African country
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- african nation
- west african
- africa
- north africa
- south africa
- south african
- africanness
- afrika
- africanism
- africans
- senegal
- swaziland
Crossword Answer definitions
MALI noun- A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any native gardener.
- Money, cash.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MALI
- Algeria neighbor
- Former French Sudan
- Niger neighbor
- Sudanese Republic
- Timbuktu's land
- Where Timbuktu is
- French Sudan, today
- Saharan nation
- French Sudan, now
- French Sudan, once
More clues leading to the result GHANA
- Accra is its capital
- West African nation
- The Gold Coast, today
- African republic whose name means "warrior king"
- Its flag has red, gold, and green bars with a black star
- It's below Upper Volta
- Neighbor of Upper Volta
- Modern Gold Coast
- Kofi Annan's country
- Kofi Annan's land
More clues leading to the result GABON
- African country
- Libreville's nation
- Land of the Fang
- Neighbor of Cameroon
- Libreville's land
- Libreville's country
- Where Libreville is capital
- Cameroon neighbor
- Its capital is Libreville
- Western African nation
More clues leading to the result ANGOLA
- Its capital is Luanda
- Land bordered by the Congo
- African nation
- Neighbor of Zambia
- Luanda's land
- Mocamedes Desert's location
- Where kwanzas are spent
- Neighbor of Namibia
- Portuguese-speaking African nation
- Luanda is its capital
More clues leading to the result CHAD
- Actor, ___ Everett
- African lake
- Election problem
- Object of election dispute
- Hanging bit on a punch-card ballot
- Its Independence Day is August 11
- Sudan's neighbor
- Niger neighbor
- Rob Lowe's acting bro
- Sudan neighbor
More clues leading to the result RHODESIA
- Its capital was Salisbury
- Zimbabwe, once
- Zambia and Zimbabwe, once
- Zimbabwe, for most of the 1970s
- Botswana neighbor, formerly
- Onetime Botswana neighbor
- Zimbabwe, formerly
- Zimbabwe's former name
- Region in South Africa.
- Region of South Africa.
More clues leading to the result RWANDA
- Where Kigali is
- Neighbor of Burundi
- Hutu-Tutsi battlefield
- Home of the Hutu
- Landlocked African nation
- Tanzania neighbor
- Congo neighbor
- Kigali's country
- "Gorillas in the Mist" setting
- Its capital is Kigali
More clues leading to the result KENYA
- British protectorate, until 1963
- Nairobi's land
- "Out of Africa" locale
- "Out of Africa" setting
- National home of many elite marathoners
- Country where Obama's half-brother lives
- Whence Barack Obama, Sr.
- Home to the Tsavo National Parks
- Nairobi's nation
- Mount ___, Africa's second-highest peak
More clues leading to the result MAURITANIA
- Nouakchott's location
- Senegal neighbor
- African country.
- Its capital is Nouakchott
- Nouakchott is its capital
- French-speaking African land
- African country
More clues leading to the result EGYPT
- Memphis locale
- Exodus origin
- Cairo is here
- Pyramid land
- Land of pyramids
- Country north of Sudan
- 22-Across's home
- Six-Day War nation
- Sudan's neighbor
- Mubarak's land
More clues leading to the result SOMALIA
- Mogadishu's land
- Civil war site of the '90s
- Mogadishu's country
- "Black Hawk Down" setting
- "Black Hawk Down" backdrop
- Horn of Africa country
- Coastal African country
- Nation on the Indian Ocean
- East African nation
- Arab League nation
More clues leading to the result ALGERIA
- North African land
- Tunisia's neighbor
- Home of rai singers
- Moroccan neighbor
- Oran's land
- Neighbor of Libya
- Largest Arab country in the world
- Morocco neighbor
- Atlas Mountains country
- Camus's birthplace
More clues leading to the result CONGO
- Its capital is Brazzaville
- Zaire neighbor
- 1980 best-seller by Michael Crichton
- Kinshasa's river
- "Heart of Darkness" setting
- River through Kinshasa
- African river
- River explored by Henry Stanley
- Nation once known as Zaire
- 1980 Michael Crichton novel
More clues leading to the result MALAWI
- Nyasaland, today
- Lilongwe's country
- Neighbor of Mozambique
- Nyasaland, now
- Zambia neighbor
- Mozambique neighbor
- East African nation
- Landlocked African nation
- Neighbor of Tanzania and Mozambique
- Lilongwe is its capital
More clues leading to the result SOMALIA (and MALI)
More clues leading to the result ERITREA
- Asmera is its capital
- Red Sea republic
- Its capital is Asmara
- Red Sea nation
- Red Sea state
- Neighbor of Djibouti
- Djibouti neighbor
- African nation since 1993
- Asmara is its capital
- Country with a camel in its coat of arms
More clues leading to the result SUDAN
- Khartoum country
- Khartoum's country
- Ethiopia's neighbor
- Red Sea borderer
- Khartoum's land
- Land of Khartoum
- Saharan land
- Africa's largest country
- Al-Bashir's land
- Kenya neighbor
More clues leading to the result NIGER
- River of Africa
- Where the young lady who rode a tiger came from
- Neighbor of Libya and Chad
- Tiger-riding limerick lady's country
- Landlocked African nation
- Burkina Faso neighbor
- Mali neighbor
- African river
- River through Mali
- Neighbor of Chad