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Mount Moroto , also Moroto Mountain ( 3 , 083 m or 10 , 115 ft ) , is a mountain in Uganda . Ethiopia ('), officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia "' (     , " yetiyoya Fdralaw Dmokirasyaw Rpebilk " ), is a country located in the Horn of ___MASK59___ . It shares borders with Eritrea to the north and northeast , Djibouti and Somalia to the east , Sudan and South Sudan to the west , and Kenya to the south . With nearly 100 million inhabitants , Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world , as well as the second - most populous nation on the African continent after Nigeria . It occupies a total area of , and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa . A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas . There are currently 48 such countries , including four partially recognised states . Only two , Bolivia and Paraguay in ___MASK96___ , lie outside Afro - Eurasia ( the Old World ). Sudan (" as - Sdn ", ), also known as North Sudan and officially the Republic of the Sudan (" Jumhriyyat as - Sdn "), is a country in Northern ___MASK59___ . It is bordered by Egypt to the north , the Red Sea , Eritrea , and Ethiopia to the east , South Sudan to the south , the Central African Republic to the southwest , Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest . It is the third largest country in ___MASK59___ . The River Nile divides the country into eastern and western halves . Before the Sudanese Civil War , South Sudan was part of Sudan but broke away in 2011 . Its predominant religion is Islam . Rwanda ( or ), officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a sovereign state in central and east ___MASK59___ and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland . Located a few degrees south of the Equator , Rwanda is bordered by Uganda , Tanzania , Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated ; its geography is dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east , with numerous lakes throughout the country . The climate is temperate to subtropical , with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year . Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in Eastern ___MASK59___ within the African Great Lakes region . Parts of the country are in Southern ___MASK59___ . It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north ; Rwanda , Burundi , and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west ; Zambia , Malawi , and Mozambique to the south ; and by the Indian Ocean to the east . Mount Kilimanjaro , ___MASK59___ ' s highest mountain , is in northeastern Tanzania . The Democratic Republic of the Congo , also known as DR Congo , DRC , DROC , East Congo , Congo - Kinshasa , or simply the Congo is a country located in Central ___MASK59___ . From 1971 to 1997 it was named , and is sometimes still called Zaire , and from 1908 to 1960 it was called the Belgian Congo . The DRC borders the Central African Republic , and South Sudan to the north ; Uganda , Rwanda , Burundi and Tanzania to the east ; Zambia and Angola to the south ; the Republic of the Congo to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest . It is the second - largest country in ___MASK59___ by area and eleventh largest in the world . With a population of over 80 million , the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populated officially Francophone country , the fourth most - populated nation in ___MASK59___ and the eighteenth most populated country in the world . East ___MASK59___ or Eastern ___MASK59___ is the easterly region of the African continent , variably defined by geography or geopolitics . In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions , 20 territories constitute Eastern ___MASK59___ : The Nile ( " en - Nl ", " an - Nl " " P ( h ) iaro "; Ancient Egyptian : "  ' p " and " Iteru "; Biblical Hebrew :  , " Ha - Ye ' or ") is a major north - flowing river in northeastern ___MASK59___ . It is generally regarded as the longest river in the world , however other conflicting sources cite a 2007 study that gave the title to the Amazon River in South America . The Nile , which is 6 , 853 km ( 4 , 258 miles ) long , is an " international " river as its water resources are shared by eleven countries , namely , Tanzania , Uganda , Rwanda , Burundi , Congo - Kinshasa , Kenya , Ethiopia , Eritrea , South Sudan , Sudan and Egypt . In particular , the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan . Kenya , officially the Republic of Kenya , is a country in ___MASK59___ and a founding member of the East African Community ( EAC ). Its capital and largest city is Nairobi . Kenya ' s territory lies on the equator and overlies the East African Rift covering a diverse and expansive terrain that extends roughly from Lake Victoria to Lake Turkana ( formerly called Lake Rudolf ) and further south - east to the Indian Ocean . It is bordered by Tanzania to the south and southwest , Uganda to the west , South Sudan to the north - west , Ethiopia to the north and Somalia to the north - east . Kenya covers , and had a population of approximately 45 million people in July 2014 . Uganda ( or ), officially the Republic of Uganda , is a landlocked country in East ___MASK59___ . It is bordered to the east by Kenya , to the north by South Sudan , to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo , to the south - west by Rwanda , and to the south by Tanzania . Uganda is the world ' s second most populous landlocked country after Ethiopia . The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria , shared with Kenya and Tanzania . Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region . Uganda also lies within the Nile basin , and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate .