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Across
  1. 2. This country is the third largest in Africa, but has also been the site of a genocidal campaign in its western region of Darfur.
  2. 3. This country has been known as Zaire, but is also named for the river that runs through it.
  3. 5. This country's ancient past was divided into the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms and was dependent on the Nile for survival.
  4. 6. This is the name for an ecosystem that is characterized by wide, expansive grasslands and sparse amount of trees.-
  5. 8. This continent is the second-largest. It is widely regarded as the birthplace of man because the oldest human bones on record have been found there.
  6. 9. It achieved independence from the British Empire in 1963.
Down
  1. 1. This semi-arid tropical region runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea and is the southern border of the Sahara Desert.
  2. 2. This country has three capitals- Pretoria, Bloemfontein (judicial), and Cape Town (legislative)- though Johannesburg is its largest city.
  3. 4. This desert is found in the northern part of Africa and covers 3.5 million square miles.
  4. 7. This west African country has the greatest population on the entire continent and is also a member of OPEC.