What Is the Absolute Location of Africa?

Africa is the second largest and second most-populous continent in the world after Asia. As of 2015, it is split up into 54 individual countries, the largest of which is Algeria and the newest of which is South Sudan. It is also home to the world's longest river, the Nile, and the world's largest desert, the Sahara. Africa is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Indian Ocean to the east and southeast, the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the northeast.