Submitted by mhabich on Tue, 10/20/2020 - 12:12 West Africa is the most densely populated area of Africa. It is in many ways both the continent's most difficult place for travel and potentially its most rewarding. Countries of West Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire Gambia Ghana Cameroon Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo South Sudan Other regions of Africa North Africa Sahel Central Africa East Africa Southern Africa