East Africa

is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:


 * Burundi
 * Djibouti
 * Eritrea
 * Ethiopia
 * Kenya
 * Malawi
 * Rwanda
 * Somalia
 * Tanzania
 * Uganda
 * Zambia
 * Zimbabwe

Comoros, Mauritius, and Seychelles – small island nations in the Indian Ocean