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Here participants (or non-participants) can add articles or topics that would be suitable for the Developing Countries WikiContest. If you want to participate but aren't sure what to work on or don't know where to start, look through this page for ideas!

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Second-level articles are marked with 2L and least-developed countries are marked with LD.

List of suggested articles
Article Country or countries Current assessment Notes
Griot  Africa Start Type of storyteller of oral tradition, most prominent in West Africa. Needs references, expansion for the various regions
Ifá  Africa B Divination system. Needs references
Mami Wata  Africa C Water spirit. Needs references and reorganization
Mfecane  Africa C 19th century warring period. Needs references
Nguni people  Africa Start Cultural group. Needs expansion and references
Oshun  Africa B Deity. Needs references
Roselle (plant)  Africa Start Flower. Needs references and reorganization
Desert blues  Africa Start Fusion of blues and rock with traditional Tuareg music. Needs expansion.
Ugali  Africa Start Food. Needs references
Ka'ak  Middle East C Middle Eastern baked good. Needs expansion and restructuring.
Hasan Akhund  Afghanistan LD Start Prime minister. Needs expansion
Mahmud of Ghazni  Afghanistan LD Start Middle Ages sultan. Need reorganization
Jonas Savimbi  Angola LD C Revolutionary. Needs references
MPLA  Angola LD C Political party. Needs expansion and references, popular culture section needs attention
Albert Azaryan  Armenia Start Soviet Armenian gymnast, 3-time gold medalist at the Olympics. poor sourcing, needs expansion
Arshile Gorky  Armenia C Armenian-American painter and genocide survivor. Decent sourcing, needs cleanup and expansion.
Mountain Jews  Azerbaijan, Russia North Caucasus C Needs cleanup and more citations of better quality. There are lots of good sources out there for this one!
Bangladesh national cricket team  Bangladesh LD C Cricket team. Excessive detail needs cleanup
Dahomey Amazons  Benin LD Start 17th–19th-century all-female regiment. Needs expansion; popular culture section needs attention
Bujumbura  Burundi LD Start Largest city in Burundi. Needs expansion and references
Gustave (crocodile)  Burundi LD Start Man-eating crocodile. Needs expansion
Bon Om Touk  Cambodia LD C Cambodian boat-racing festival. Needs copyediting and more refs.
Killing Fields  Cambodia LD C Genocide sites. Needs expansion and references
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum  Cambodia LD C Museum. Needs references
Faustin-Archange Touadéra  Central African Republic LD C Current president. Needs expansion
Idriss Déby  Chad LD B President. Needs reorganization
N'Djamena  Chad LD C City. Needs expansion and references
Pearl River  China Start One of the most important rivers in China, currently only 300 words!
Jilin  China C Wide swathes of unsourced content for this northern province.
Comoro Islands  Comoros LD C Archipelago. Needs expansion and reorganization
Moroni, Comoros  Comoros LD Start City. Needs expansion and references
Bili ape  DR Congo LD Start Alleged ape species. Needs reorganization
Siege of Jadotville  DR Congo LD Start 1961 battle. Needs reorganization
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh  Djibouti LD Start President. Needs reorganization
Lake Assal (Djibouti)  Djibouti LD Start Lake. Close to GA
Eritrean War of Independence  Eritrea LD C 1960s–1990s war. Needs expansion, proseline needs attention
Isaias Afwerki  Eritrea LD C President. Needs reorganization
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport  Ethiopia LD Start Big airport. Needs expansion
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961  Ethiopia LD C Hijacked airplane. Needs update and expansion
Ethiopian calendar  Ethiopia LD Start Calendar used only in Ethiopia & by the Tewahedo Churches. Needs references
Injera  Ethiopia LD B Food. Needs references
Lucy (Australopithecus)  Ethiopia LD B Hominin fossil. Needs references
Solomonic dynasty  Ethiopia LD C Late Middle Ages and Early Modern royal family. Needs references
Banjul  The Gambia LD C Capital of the Gambia. Needs expansion
Jacob Mendy  The Gambia LD C Footballer. Needs expansion
Meskhetian Turks  Georgia,  Turkey C Quite a few poor-quality sources and a big ugly "notable people" section that needs cleanup, but plenty of sources to work with in the bibliography.
Svaneti  Georgia C Scenic, rural region of Georgia. needs MOS fixes and more sourcing
Hvalsey Church  Greenland C Medieval Norse church ruins. Needs expansion.
Guinea national football team  Guinea LD Start Football team. Needs references
Amílcar Cabral  Guinea-Bissau LD Start Revolutionary and pan-Africanist anti-colonial leader. Needs references and reorganization
Bissau  Guinea-Bissau LD Start Capital of Guinea-Bissau. Needs expansion and references
Baron Samedi  Haiti LD Start Vodou spirit. Needs references, in other media section needs attention
François Duvalier  Haiti LD C 1957–1971 president and autocrat. Needs expansion
Gurkha  India,    Nepal LD C Soldiers. Needs references and reorganization
Tarawa  Kiribati LD C Atoll. Needs expansion and references, popular culture section needs attention
Kingdom of Laos  Laos LD B 20th century kingdom. Needs expansion and references
Maseru  Lesotho LD Start City. Needs expansion and references
First Liberian Civil War  Liberia LD B 1989–1997 war. Needs expansion and references
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  Liberia LD B First female African head of state. Needs reorganization
AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne  Madagascar LD Start Football match with the highest scoreline in all of association football. Needs expansion
Aye-aye  Madagascar LD B Ugly-cute lemur. Needs expansion and references
Elephant bird  Madagascar LD B Extinct flightless bird. Close to GA
William Kamkwamba  Malawi LD C Engineer. Needs expansion, references, and reorganization
Timbuktu  Mali LD B Famously far-away city. Needs references
Slavery in Mauritania  Mauritania LD C Slavery. Needs references
Graça Machel  Mozambique LD Start First lady of two different countries. Needs expansion and references
Burmese people  Myanmar LD B Largest and most hegemonic ethnic group in Myanmar. Needs references
Lethwei  Myanmar LD B Combat sport. Needs references
Myanmar Air Force  Myanmar LD C Military branch. Needs references
Flag of Nepal    Nepal LD Start Pointy flag. Needs references
Lumbini    Nepal LD Start Buddhist holy site. Needs expansion
Nepalese royal massacre    Nepal LD Start Regicide. Needs expansion and references
Newar people    Nepal LD Start Important ethnic group in Nepal. Needs copyediting and a few more refs.
Tenzing Norgay    Nepal LD B Sherpa mountineer. Needs references
Provinces of Nepal 2L    Nepal LD Start Administrative divisions. Needs references
Sherpa people    Nepal LD C Ethnic group. Needs references and reorganization
Afrique Victime  Niger LD B Nigerien psychedelic rock album, needs expansion from many review articles.
Gobero  Niger LD B 10,000-year-old human graveyard in the Sahara. good sourcing, needs expansion & copyedit
Mdou Moctar  Niger LD C Musician. Needs expansion and references
Niamey  Niger LD Start City. Needs expansion
Americanah  Nigeria C A fascinating novel about Nigeria's place in a globalizing world. Like many of her other works, this one has been the subject of plentiful reviews.
Catholic Church in Palestine  Palestine Stub One-source stub for a decently important topic. There are around 80,000 Catholics in Palestine, mostly in the West Bank.
2024 Kanlaon eruption  Philippines Start Filipino eruption, has potential.
Marcelino Libanan  Philippines C Filipino politician and the House Minority Leader, has an opportunity.
Wisława Szymborska  Poland B Polish Nobel Prize–winning poet whose earlier work aligned with predominant socialist themes, which she later renounced. There are at least a couple of full scholarly sources about her and her work.
Paul Rusesabagina  Rwanda LD C Activist of ‘’Hotel Rwanda’’ fame. Needs reorganization.
Rwandan Patriotic Front  Rwanda LD C Political party. Needs expansion and reorganization.
São Tomé  São Tomé and Príncipe LD C City. Needs expansion
São Tomé Island  São Tomé and Príncipe LD Start Island. Needs expansion
Sadio Mané  Senegal LD B Footballer. Proseline needs attention
Nicolas Jackson  Senegal LD Start Footballer. Needs expansion and references
Mende people  Sierra Leone LD Start Ethnic group. Needs references
Revolutionary United Front  Sierra Leone LD Start Political party. Needs expansion, popular culture section needs attention
Guadalcanal  Solomon Islands LD Start Island. Needs expansion and references
Jacob C. Vouza  Solomon Islands LD B Police officer and marine. Needs references (graphic images)
Waris Dirie  Somalia LD B Human rights activist. Needs reorganization
Abduwali Muse  Somalia LD Start Somali pirate in US federal prison in...Indiana. Needs references
South African folklore 2L  South Africa Stub So much potential here, and a couple of good sources already on the article!
Dinka people  South Sudan LD Start Largest ethnic group in South Sudan, known for being tall. Needs references
The Vulture and the Little Girl  South Sudan LD B Photograph. Close to GA
Darfur genocide  Sudan LD C Ongoing genocide. Needs reorganization
Rapid Support Forces  Sudan LD C Paramilitary. Needs reorganization
Languages of Tanzania 2L  Tanzania LD Start Linguistic demographics. Needs expansion
Diamond Platnumz  Tanzania LD Start Musician. Needs references and reorganization
Stone Town  Tanzania LD Start Historical district. Needs references
1999 East Timorese crisis  Timor-Leste LD Start Military conflict after East Timorese independence referendum. Needs expansion and references
Portuguese Timor  Timor-Leste LD Start Colonial government. Needs expansion and references
Emmanuel Adebayor  Togo LD B Footballer. Proseline needs attention
Tuvaluan language  Tuvalu LD Start Language. Needs references
.tv  Tuvalu LD C Web domain providing 8.4% of Tuvalu's government revenue. Needs references
Gershom Sizomu  Uganda LD Start Chief Rabbi of Uganda. Needs expansion and updating.
Mariam Nabatanzi  Uganda LD B Mother of 44 children. Close to GA
Uganda Martyrs  Uganda LD Start Executed Christians. Needs references
Who Killed Captain Alex?  Uganda LD C Film. Close to GA
Bobi Wine  Uganda LD B Politician and actor. Proseline needs attention
Năm Cam  Vietnam C Needs cleanup, more quality sources, and perhaps an expansion. The Vietnamese-language version is also quite bad, but there should be a lot of good sources.
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi  Yemen LD C Revolutionary & leader of the Houthis since 2004. Needs expansion and references
Dracaena cinnabari  Yemen LD Start Dragon tree which produces blood-red sap. Needs references
Sheba  Yemen LD C Ancient kingdom. Needs expansion
Socotra  Yemen LD C World Heritage Site. Needs expansion
Patson Daka  Zambia LD Start Footballer. Needs expansion, proseline needs attention
Zambia national football team  Zambia LD Start Football team. Needs expansion