Geography of Africa Geography of Africa Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface. Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of , excluding adjacent islands. Its highest mountain is Mount Kilimanjaro, its largest lake is Lake Victoria Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea and from much of Asia by the Red Sea, Africa is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus of Suez (which in transected by the Suez Canal), wide. For geopolitical purposes, the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt – east on
Africa-Asia Confidential coverage in the mainstream press. With its investigations into corruption and political intrigue, "Africa-Asia Confidential" is read monthly by people in a wide range of institutions and by individuals around the world. The newsletter gives insight into the importance of the increasing connections of China, India, Japan and South Korea with Africa and the facts about commercial, political and diplomatic relations. Africa-Asia Confidential Africa-Asia Confidential was first published in November 2007 by the same group that owns "Africa Confidential", Asempa Limited of Cambridge. The newsletter was founded in response to the growing political and economic relations between Africa and Asia,