African regions within the openMod4Africa

[erikfilias]

This issue will be used as a draft to define the African regions within the project openMod4Africa.

[erikfilias]

Removed table content, see next comment

[danielhuppmann]

Thanks @erikfilias, cc @phackstock!

Two comments:

1. We are working on an easier way to add all countries to a Scenario Explorer database and also create a utility for mapping between country names and ISO2/ISO3 codes, see Add a module for translating between country names and alpha-2/3 codes IAMconsortium/nomenclature#263
2. It would be easier to read this list if you format it as a table or similar.

[erikfilias]

Thanks @erikfilias, cc @phackstock!

Two comments:

1. We are working on an easier way to add all countries to a Scenario Explorer database and also create a utility for mapping between country names and ISO2/ISO3 codes, see Add a module for translating between country names and alpha-2/3 codes IAMconsortium/nomenclature#263
2. It would be easier to read this list if you format it as a table or similar.

Perfect!
A table in markdown format?
If it is, please consider the next table:

Country	Subregion
Nigeria	Western Africa
Ethiopia	Eastern Africa
Egypt	Northern Africa
DR Congo	Middle Africa
Tanzania	Eastern Africa
South Africa	Southern Africa
Kenya	Eastern Africa
Uganda	Eastern Africa
Sudan	Northern Africa
Algeria	Northern Africa
Morocco	Northern Africa
Angola	Middle Africa
Ghana	Western Africa
Mozambique	Eastern Africa
Madagascar	Eastern Africa
Côte d'Ivoire	Western Africa
Cameroon	Middle Africa
Niger	Western Africa
Mali	Western Africa
Burkina Faso	Western Africa
Malawi	Eastern Africa
Zambia	Eastern Africa
Chad	Middle Africa
Somalia	Eastern Africa
Senegal	Western Africa
Zimbabwe	Eastern Africa
Guinea	Western Africa
Rwanda	Eastern Africa
Benin	Western Africa
Burundi	Eastern Africa
Tunisia	Northern Africa
South Sudan	Eastern Africa
Togo	Western Africa
Sierra Leone	Western Africa
Libya	Northern Africa
Congo	Middle Africa
Central African Republic	Middle Africa
Liberia	Western Africa
Mauritania	Western Africa
Eritrea	Eastern Africa
Gambia	Western Africa
Botswana	Southern Africa
Namibia	Southern Africa
Gabon	Middle Africa
Lesotho	Southern Africa
Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa
Equatorial Guinea	Middle Africa
Mauritius	Eastern Africa
Eswatini	Southern Africa
Djibouti	Eastern Africa
Comoros	Eastern Africa
Cabo Verde	Western Africa
Sao Tome & Principe	Middle Africa
Seychelles	Eastern Africa

[danielhuppmann]

Thanks, I think that this is much more useful. Also, please edit the table above (with a comment on the changes below) instead of copy-pasting the same table multiple times in this thread). And I deleted the list of countries from the comment above to avoid duplication.

[MohElabbas]

Apologies for the late comment, but in my opinion, the classification of countries into subregions based on the UN Methodology M49 Standard does not make sense, especially in energy modelling. This standard - which classifies Sudan (my own country) to Northern Africa, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe to Eastern Africa, and calls Central Africa as Middle Africa - is bizarre to me, and I have never encountered it in energy modelling literature. I am afraid such an aggregation won't make sense to our African stakeholders. I suggest we use the African Union classification (the OAU, CM/Res.464QCXVI, of 1976). You can find it here https://au.int/en/member_states/countryprofiles2
Here, I am adding it in a table format:

Member State	Abbreviation	Subregion
Republic of Burundi	Burundi	Central Africa
Republic of Cameroon	Cameroon	Central Africa
Central African Republic	Central African Republic	Central Africa
Republic of Chad	Chad	Central Africa
Republic of the Congo	Congo Republic	Central Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo	DR Congo	Central Africa
Republic of Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	Central Africa
Gabonese Republic	Gabon	Central Africa
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	Central Africa
Union of the Comoros	Comoros	Eastern Africa
Republic of Djibouti	Djibouti	Eastern Africa
State of Eritrea	Eritrea	Eastern Africa
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa
Republic of Kenya	Kenya	Eastern Africa
Republic of Madagascar	Madagascar	Eastern Africa
Republic of Mauritius	Mauritius	Eastern Africa
Republic of Rwanda	Rwanda	Eastern Africa
Republic of Seychelles	Seychelles	Eastern Africa
Federal Republic of Somalia	Somalia	Eastern Africa
Republic of South Sudan	South Sudan	Eastern Africa
Republic of the Sudan	Sudan	Eastern Africa
United Republic of Tanzania	Tanzania	Eastern Africa
Republic of Uganda	Uganda	Eastern Africa
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria	Algeria	Northern Africa
Arab Republic of Egypt	Egypt	Northern Africa
Libya	Libya	Northern Africa
Islamic Republic of Mauritania	Mauritania	Northern Africa
Kingdom of Morocco	Morocco	Northern Africa
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Sahrawi Republic	Northern Africa
Republic of Tunisia	Tunisia	Northern Africa
Republic of Angola	Angola	Southern Africa
Republic of Botswana	Botswana	Southern Africa
Kingdom of Eswatini	Eswatini	Southern Africa
Kingdom of Lesotho	Lesotho	Southern Africa
Republic of Malawi	Malawi	Southern Africa
Republic of Mozambique	Mozambique	Southern Africa
Republic of Namibia	Namibia	Southern Africa
Republic of South Africa	South Africa	Southern Africa
Republic of Zambia	Zambia	Southern Africa
Republic of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Southern Africa
Republic of Benin	Benin	Western Africa
Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Western Africa
Republic of Cabo Verde	Cabo Verde	Western Africa
Republic of Côte d’Ivoire	Côte d’Ivoire	Western Africa
Republic of the Gambia	Gambia	Western Africa
Republic of Ghana	Ghana	Western Africa
Republic of Guinea	Guinea	Western Africa
Republic of Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa
Republic of Liberia	Liberia	Western Africa
Republic of Mali	Mali	Western Africa
Republic of Niger	Niger	Western Africa
Federal Republic of Nigeria	Nigeria	Western Africa
Republic of Senegal	Senegal	Western Africa
Republic of Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Western Africa
Togolese Republic	Togo	Western Africa