| English | German |
| Central Africa A geographic region of the African continent close to the equator that includes Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo | Zentralafrika |
| Convention to Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa | Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen zur Bekämpfung der Wüstenbildung |
| East Africa A geographic region of the African continent that includes Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia, and also Mt. Kilimanjaro and Lake Victoria | Ostafrika |
| North Africa A geographic region of the African continent south of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, and north of Africa's tropical rain forest, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and the Egyptian region west of the Suez Canal, and also the Sahara Desert and Atlas Mountains | Nordafrika |
| Southern Africa A geographic region of the African continent astride the Tropic of Capricorn, including Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and also the Kalahari Desert, Zambezi River and Orange River | südliches Afrika |
| United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa, COP 17/CMP 7 | Tagung der Konferenz der Vertragsparteien des Rahmenübereinkommens der Vereinten Nationen über Klimaänderungen |
| United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa | Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen zur Bekämpfung der Wüstenbildung in den von Dürre und/oder Wüstenbildung schwer betroffenen Ländern, insbesondere in Afrika |
| United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa | Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen zur Bekämpfung der Wüstenbildung in den von Dürre und/oder Wüstenbildung schwer betroffenen Ländern,insbesondere in Afrika |
| United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa | Wüsten-Konvention |
| West Africa A geographic region of the African continent bordered in the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean, including the republics of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote D'ivoire, Gambie, Ghana, Guinee Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Nigeria, Sengegal, Sierra Leone and Togo | Westafrika |
