The region is distinct from the rest of Africa, with some of its main exports including platinum, diamonds, gold, copper, colbalt and uranium, but it is similar in that it shares some of the problems of the rest of the continent.
Regija se razlikuje od ostatka Afrike po svojim glavnim izvoznim proizvodima dijamantima, zlatu i uraniju, ali također sliči Africi jer dijeli neke probleme zajedničke ostatku kontinenta.