Africa
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Africa is a continent in the Eastern Hemisphere, south of Europe and separated from it by the Mediterranean Sea. The continent is largely regarded as humanity's birthplace as well as the site of one of the world's oldest civilizations in Egypt.
Most of the African countries were once ruled as colonies of European nations. Most became independent following the end of Great World War II, partly due to pressure from the new superpower, the United States.
[edit] Tiberium Era
Africa, particularly its northern states, became a key stronghold of the Brotherhood of Nod. Egypt in particular held a special place in the Brotherhood's history. Through a combination of political dissent, economic domination, and brute force, much of the continent was affiliated with the quasi-terrorist organization during the First Tiberium War. In the 1990s, many African countries were poverty-stricken and politically unstable. Nod was able to move into these countries, eventually extending control over the governments, mostly in Central and North Africa. Nod was able to skilfully exploit the situation in Africa to its own advantage. Its nemesis GDI often struck deals with brutal military dictators to keep control in the continent, which resulted in many people throwing their lot in with Nod.
The First Tiberium War saw savage fighting across Africa. Nod forces achieved victory after victory soon swept through Africa, finally destroying the last GDI stronghold in South Africa and constructing the First Temple of Nod, with a Second being built shortly after in Cairo. After the war many areas returned to the control of GDI, which installed a puppet Nod leader (Hassan) in Egypt.
The Second Tiberium War saw further fighting in Africa. The rejuvenated Brotherhood of Nod ruled large areas of the continent with important command centres in Kenya and Cairo. Even after Nod's defeat in the War splinter cells continue to rule many Yellow Zone and Red Zone areas of Africa. Support from the sympathetic population was crucial to rebuilding the Brotherhood's strength. Egypt in particular was the site of Nod's nuclear launch facility and important research facilities, and Alexandria was one of Nod's busiest ports. GDI maintained a presence in the Blue Zones, which included South Africa, Madagascar, and some coastal regions of West Africa.
The Third Tiberium War saw more conflict, including a full-scale GDI invasion of Egypt and fighting between ZOCOM and Nod forces under LEGION in the African Red Zone, where ZOCOM first deployed the MARV and Nod first deployed the Redeemer. Later, the Scrin landed in force in the African Red Zone and clashed with Nod troops there.
