North Africa is famous for the above resources in which it holds a strategic position. Rich reserves of oil and gold are the fastest reserves of Foreign Direct Investment and have 30 % of the mineral resources in the world.
North Africa has a large natural gas deposit, and oil accounts for 57% of the African exports. Besides oil and natural gas Africa is also rich in forests and diamonds.
And gold occurs in Benin, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Mali, South Africa, Tanzania.
