Angola Former Portuguese colony which went through a brutal civil war. Now largely safe, but has been surprisingly slow to appear on the tourist radar |
Central African Republic Dense jungle in the south and semi arid in the Sahelian north, this very unstable country is very much off the radar for visitors. |
Democratic Republic of the Congo Huge, blessed with incredible natural wealth and beauty, culturally diverse, and is extremely unstable and dangerous |
Equatorial Guinea Perhaps one of the continent's most corrupt country, where massive oil wealth is confiscated by a thuggish government, is not a terribly safe place to travel, but it has great beaches, laid-back beach bars, and locals speak Spanish. |
Gabon Has escaped the strife afflicting other Central African states; rich in oil and mineral reserves and a high biodiversity. |
Republic of the Congo Huge tracts of forest with a small population mean great potential for eco-tourism, but the country is still to fully recover from a terrible war in the 1990s |
São Tomé and Príncipe Tiny islands in the Gulf of Guinea |
South Sudan The world's newest country, split off from warring neighbor Sudan in July 2011 |