The District Council of Black River serves the western district of Mauritius, running from Albion and Gros Cailloux in the north through Flic-en-Flac, Tamarin and Grande Rivière Noire to Chamarel, La Gaulette and Le Morne. It is among the island's largest districts by area but its smallest by population, and its driest, with a landscape … Continued

Toamasina is Madagascar's principal port city and capital of the Atsinanana region, on the island's east coast some 215 km north-east of Antananarivo, where a coral reef forms a spacious natural harbour. It is the country's main gateway to the Indian Ocean, the northern terminus of the Canal des Pangalanes and the railhead of the … Continued

Dire Dawa is one of Ethiopia's two chartered city administrations, alongside Addis Ababa, set at 1 276 m on the Dechatu River at the foot of a ring of cliffs in the country's east. Founded in 1902 when the Addis Ababa–Djibouti railway reached the site, it grew into a major industrial, trading and transport centre … Continued

Mbale City sits in eastern Uganda's Bugisu sub-region at 1 156 m above sea level, some 225 km north-east of Kampala and around 48 km south-west of Mount Elgon, one of East Africa's highest peaks. Elevated to city status in July 2020 and organised into Industrial and Northern divisions, it is the administrative and commercial … Continued

Kinshasa is both a city and one of the DRC's 26 provinces, spread over some 9 965 km² on the southern bank of Pool Malebo, with the Congo River forming its western and northern boundary and Brazzaville directly opposite — the world's closest pair of capital cities. Administered through 24 communes, it is the country's … Continued

Mansakonko Area Council governs The Gambia's Lower River Region, some 1 618 km² of riverine lowland on the south bank of the River Gambia. Groundnuts are the region's principal cash crop, with rice grown on the alluvial flats and fishing supporting communities along the water. The Council is seated at Mansa Konko, a historic administrative … Continued

Established in 1965, Brikama Area Council covers the whole of the West Coast Region — 1 764 km² reaching from the Atlantic coast inland, some 30 km from Banjul. It is The Gambia's largest local government by population, spread across nine districts, 28 wards and roughly 260 villages, and accounts for a substantial share of … Continued

Kerewan Area Council is the local government authority for The Gambia's North Bank Region, headquartered in the riverside town of Kerewan with a second office at Barra, the ferry gateway opposite Banjul. The region spreads across the Baddibu and Niumi districts along the north bank of the River Gambia, where groundnut farming, rice, horticulture and … Continued

Kloto I is the commune covering Kpalimé, Togo's fourth-largest town, in the Plateaux Region about 120 km north-west of Lomé and close to the Ghanaian border. Set among the hills of the Kloto plateau beneath Mount Agou and Mount Kloto, it is surrounded by fertile country producing coffee and cocoa, and is widely regarded as … Continued

Paynesville lies immediately east of Monrovia and is Liberia's most populous city, home to some 617 000 residents — a strikingly young population, with almost half under the age of 25. Once a suburb of the capital, it has grown into the country's fastest-expanding commercial centre, with livelihoods concentrated in services alongside agriculture and manufacturing. … Continued