East Africa - Ostafrika

East Africa
East Africa is the area around the horn of Africa, at the Red sea and on / in Indian Ocean. The region is not precisely delimited, and some countries are too Central Africa or that southern africa assigned (the map shows the definition of the UN). Tour operators also like to reduce the region to the countries with the typical safari offers: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
countries
Eastern-Africa-map.PNG
EthiopiaEthiopia flagEthiopia
DjiboutiFlag of DjiboutiDjibouti
EritreaFlag of EritreaEritrea
KenyaFlag of KenyaKenya
MalawiMalawi flagMalawi
MozambiqueMozambique flagMozambique
SomaliaSomalia flagSomalia
South SudanSouth Sudan flagSouth Sudan (youngest state in Africa, gained independence in 2011)
TanzaniaTanzania flagTanzania, with the semi-autonomous state of the island ZanzibarFlag of ZanzibarZanzibar
UgandaFlag of UgandaUganda
Cities

The capitals of the East African countries are:

Archipelagos in Indian Ocean
SeychellesFlag of SeychellesSeychelles northeast of Madagascar, island nation
ComorosFlag of ComorosComoros between Mozambique and Madagascar, federal island state
MadagascarFlag of MadagascarMadagascar
MauritiusMauritius flagMauritius, 870 kilometers east of Madagascar, 200km east of Réunion
French overseas departments, also islands
FranceFrance flagReunion, 700 km east of Madagascar
FranceFrance flagMayotte, between Madagascar and mainland Africa
FranceFrance flag Îles éparses, translated: "Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean", around Madagascar (mostly only used as military bases)
Other goals