[u][b]Central & Southern Africa[/b][/u]
The Central region of Africa has undergone the most change in the post-heavenfall era. As many of the nations in the region underwent dramatic reforms following the Heavenfall, a new global power emerged from the reason, spurred by international investment. This has changed the global balance of power somewhat. 
The southern regions of the continent likewise underwent great change in the latter years of the 20th and early 21st century, and following the Heavenfall and being spared of much of its' devastation, remained a strong presence and something of a bulwark against the growing power to their north, and an important ally and contact in the region for the growing presence of the N/UN.

[b]The New Central African Alliance[/b]
During the 1990s, much of this region was beset by civil war, proxy wars and conflicts between the West and East, and other such tragedies. Soviet advisors and contacts supplied and rendered aid to the nations of the Central and South African nations as an attempt to sway them from Western influences, especially in their post-colonial phase. However, the clashes of tribal, ethnic and religious identities resulted in genocidal conflicts and human rights atrocities, and the rise of many dictators to prominence. 
During the Heavenfall, the cutting off of these influences from West and East alike left things to burn themselves out to mere embers of what they had been.
Following the disaster, unknown powers took hold of the region, and opened the borders to investment from foreign nationals, trading on the rights for the wealth of precious materials, resources and land as an incentive. Restrictions on scientific research and experimentation as well as the relaxing of 'green' policies and industrial standards were offered as well, and were too tempting for many MegaCorporations to resist. However, their presence was conditional on the fact that they invested into the infrastructure of the region and employed locals as a majority of their workforce. 
This allowed for rebuilding of the region and for an increase in quality of life that came about rapidly - improvements in education, healthcare, housing, public utilities, transportation, and more all followed and the collection of countries entered into a coalition of nations, collaborating on issues of defence, economic policies, law, education and other such shared ideals. 
No one is quite sure how this came about so quickly and readily, or how it was administered to. There seems to be evidence of some party or group pulling the strings, but it is uncertain who and why, but the results have been the creation of a super-state that challenges the N/UN for wealth and presence on the global stage. 
The NCAA has considerable manufacturing, industrial, agricultural, medical and financial industries. The NCAA has friendly trade and defence arrangements with the CAA, and trade agreements with the ISL and China. The international community has levelled accusations of aiding insurgent groups and political agitators against the NCAA, but there has been no direct evidence. However, the NCAA acts as a home base for several PMC groups that have been charged with violations of human rights and numerous war crimes. 
The NCAA exports several products from the MegaCorporations that have many key facilities, manufacturing plants and other installations within its' borders. This creates a difficult situation for the N/UN, as the products manufactured there are important world-wide, but the way they are manufactured, the conditions under which they are manufactured, and the policies of the country where they are made are ethically and morally questionable. 

The NCAA is thought to possess weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons. The alliance has a modern, powerful military including naval forces capable of blue-water combat and operations and with naval aviation, long-range aircraft, and capable, large land forces. 
The NCAA has a space program, but with no manned missions as yet. There is suspicion they may possess space-borne weapon systems, but with no confirmation as yet. Their rocket launch capabilities may also adaptable into long-range ballistic missiles, but this has yet to be confirmed.

[b]Kenya[/b]
Kenya had a troublesome period of transitioning to full democracy during the 1990s, with a lot of fallout after elections resulting in harassment and intimidation. This began to change in the early 21st century, and when the Heavenfall struck, the people of the country were galvanised in the wake of the disaster and widespread reforms lead to a stable democratic leadership. Changes to the constitution in the early 2010's lead to further increased stability and growth, and the country settled into what seemed to be a brighter period, although hampered by the growth and presence of the NCAA to its' west. 
As such, Kenya sought membership in the N/UN and forged alliances with the other nations to its' south, while also building up its' own military power and presence in an attempt to ensure their own sovreignty and safety for its' citizens.

[b]Tanzania[/b]
Tanzania has remained a stable and safe country through its' history, and remains so during the post-Heavenfall era. However, the presence of the NCAA to the North-West and its' intimidating posture and overtures toward Tanzania and its' neighbours has lead to the forging of mutual aid and assistance treaties with the other South African nations against NCAA aggression. Tanzania has also gained membership in the N/UN, and is an important contributor to the international alliance.

[b]Mozambique[/b]
Mozambique spent most of the 1990s recovering from a civil war that had raged for the previous decade. Insurgency was still a problem in some regions of the country, and this strained efforts to bring stability, progress and growth to the nation. Nonetheless, democracy remained stable and slowly but surely, the economy started to grow. 
The Heavenfall had relatively little effect on the country, but following it, there was a considerable surge in economic activity as the nations of the world elsewhere were in dire need of material resources, manufacturing and agricultural products to aid in their own rebuilding. The government in power at the time consulted carefully and extensively with experts and planned their acquisitions carefully, and used this boon of trade and investment to put back into the countries' economy, and started to resolve the deficiencies in the quality of living and standards of living that had been an issue for the nation for years. 
While Mozambique is still under-developed compared to many nations, levels of healthcare, education, and development have begun to greatly increase and new programs of building for roads, public utilities, housing and other needed facilities have begun in earnest.
Mozambique is part of several important regional trade alliances and agreements, and is a member of the N/UN.

[b]Zimbabwe & Botswana[/b]
Zimbabwe has suffered under an authoritarian regime since before the Heavenfall, and still endures it depradations in the current era. Individual freedoms are few, and human rights violations are frequent. The disparity between the rich and poor is excessive, and the country is in a state of economic ruin. State security and secret 'police' are excessive in their methods, and act as a private army that root out dissent against the president and ruling party. 
Protests against the government and the economy are frequent and loud, but are met with brutal suppression. 
The country has been courted by the NCAA, but currently has refused all attempts at joining the alliance, and has also been refused admission to the N/UN, though the continued abuses of human rights are condemned regularly by the international alliance and have placed the country under continuous sanctions, with warrants for arrest issued for many of the ruling members of the country for these violations.

Botswana on the other hand has been the most stable and peaceful democratic country in the region for decades, and this continued throughout the 1990s and even through the Heavenfall. Its' economy is relatively stable and steady, and has undergone growth and expansion during the 21st century and post-Heavenfall as it has attempted to expand industry with the help of the N/UN after being admitted membership. It has solid alliances and treaties of co-operation with its' neighbours, and is seen as a stabilising force for the region. 

[b]Madagascar[/b]
The island nation of Madagascar was hit heavily by the tidal activity and flooding as a result of the Heavenfall. Already a under-developed country, inhabited regions along the coast were affected heavily, and many died or were injured. Sickness and starvation followed, and the country was forced to rely on international assistance and aid to rebuild to any extent.
Much of this aid was granted by the Chinese government, who invested heavily in the region and forged alliances with the Madagascan government, signing numerous trade and other agreements for co-operation as part of the redevelopment and reconstruction efforts. 
Madagascar has become an important Chinese ally in the region, though also maintains friendly ties with the N/UN. 
With the efforts at reconstruction and redevelopment, quality of life has improved greatly in Madagascar, though there is still a lot of work to do, especially in the form of developing infrastructure and industry, but the country is clearly on the road to becoming a more developed economy and nation.

[b]Namibia[/b]
Nambia has struggled since gaining it's independence. Despite a politically stable leadership and significant natural resources, the country has suffered with extreme poverty, and the standards of living for the majority of its' sparse population are quite low by comparison to other worldwide standards. 
The Heavenfall's effects on Namibia were less physical, and more incidental. Skilled workers, resources, raw materials and other products that the country could manufacture and export were required. Protests against corruption and outdated policies followed this, and this lead to reforms. As investment and capital started to trickle into the country, it was in turn reinvested into the economy and state, and a period of rebuilding and reconstruction followed, marking a turning point as the countries' economy began to grow and unemployment started to fall. Education and healthcare received significant investment, reducing the problems that had been ever-present with HIV/AIDS and domestic violence, and development and construction of more modern communities, housing, and infrastructure for the people was made a priority. 
The country has also begun to rebuild and modernise its' armed forces through collaboration with the N/UN, and in particular European nations and South Africa, with joint training and instruction programs well underway.

[b]South Africa[/b]
The formal end of Apartheid in South Africa came about in 1994, but it took far longer for the stain of it to be excised completely from the country as a whole. Tensions ran high throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, and the country's citizens still lived in a disparate state of inequality between the richest and poorest, and between urban and rural areas. 
The Heavenfall had significant effects on South Africa; many of the poorest regions, full of condemned buildings or shanty towns and shacks were wrought with devastation, due to their poor maintenance and construction. Widespread illness and casualties followed, and it was a wakeup call to the government that things had to change on a large scale. 
General elections were held, and the newly elected government enacted widespread reforms, especially in the face of the NCAA building its' power to the north, and with the northern hemisphere powers being forced into a state of rebuilding and comparatively reduced in power, South Africa as one of the more technologically advanced and modern nations on the continent was forced to take a leading position. 
Reconstruction efforts focused on modernising utilities, infrastructure, public services, housing and industry; providing jobs and secure living conditions for those that had historically fallen through the gaps in society. New education and healthcare initiatives bought a better quality of living and greater employment to even more.

The presence of a new and threatening challenge to security and stability on the continent and the global stage alike also served as an incentive for South Africa's defence forces to modernise and expand, investing in their friendly relations and membership of the N/UN to improve their abilities and expand, becoming one of the better trained and most modern forces on the African continent.