6 Facts About East Africa

1. South East Africa was hit by a spate of attacks on immigrants in March and April 2015.

2. South East Africa declared itself a republic in 1961 and severed its ties with the Commonwealth, which strongly objected to the country's racist policies.

3. North East Africa is composed of two basic regions: the Maghreb and the Nile Valley.

4. Since the 1980s East Africa has produced a great deal of fusion music, incorporating elements from Western music to create mash-ups of traditional and modern.

5. Between the 19th and 20th century, East Africa became a theatre of competition between the major imperialistic European nations of the time.

6. Climate of East Africa is rather atypical of equatorial regions.