return {
region = "Africa",
ngroups = 3,
group1 = {
name = "[[Sovereign state]]s",
data = {
{"DZ","Algeria"},
{"AO","Angola"},
{"BJ","Benin"},
{"BW","Botswana"},
{"BF","Burkina Faso"},
{"BI","Burundi"},
{"CM","Cameroon"},
{"CV","Cape Verde"},
{"CF","Central African Republic",the=true},
{"TD","Chad"},
{"KM","Comoros"},
{"CD","Democratic Republic of the Congo",the=true},
{"CG","Republic of the Congo",the=true},
{"DJ","Djibouti"},
{"EG","Egypt"},
{"GQ","Equatorial Guinea"},
{"ER","Eritrea"},
{"ET","Ethiopia"},
{"GA","Gabon"},
{"GM","The Gambia",link="Gambia",the=true},
{"GH","Ghana"},
{"GN","Guinea"},
{"GW","Guinea-Bissau"},
{"CI","Ivory Coast"},
{"KE","Kenya"},
{"LS","Lesotho"},
{"LR","Liberia"},
{"LY","Libya"},
{"MG","Madagascar"},
{"MW","Malawi"},
{"ML","Mali"},
{"MR","Mauritania"},
{"MU","Mauritius"},
{"MA","Morocco"},
{"MZ","Mozambique"},
{"NA","Namibia"},
{"NE","Niger"},
{"NG","Nigeria"},
{"RW","Rwanda"},
{"ST","São Tomé and Príncipe"},
{"SN","Senegal"},
{"SC","Seychelles"},
{"SL","Sierra Leone"},
{"SO","Somalia"},
{"ZA","South Africa"},
{"SS","South Sudan"},
{"SD","Sudan"},
{"SZ","Swaziland"},
{"TZ","Tanzania"},
{"TG","Togo"},
{"TN","Tunisia"},
{"UG","Uganda"},
{"ZM","Zambia"},
{"ZW","Zimbabwe"}
}
},
group2 = {
name = "{{longitem|[[List of states with limited recognition|States with limited<br/>recognition]]}}",
data = {
{"XSR","Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic",the=true},
{"XSL","Somaliland"}
}
},
group3 = {
name = "{{longitem|[[Dependent territory|Dependencies]] and<br/>other territories}}",
data = {
{"YT","Mayotte"},
{"RE","Réunion"},
{"SH","Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha",noredlink=true,subgroup={
{"XAC","Ascension Island"},
{"XHL","Saint Helena",switch="SHTC",negate_switch=true},
{"XTA","Tristan da Cunha",switch="SHTC",negate_switch=true},
{"XST","Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha",hidden=true,switch="SHTC"},
switch="SAT"}
},
{"EH","Western Sahara"}
},
switch = "countries_only",
negate_switch = true
}
}
