7. 尼日利亚和刚果(金) （ Nigeria and Congo ）（并列）
Nigeria is the biggest country on a continent that is increasingly important to the world for oil and other resources. It is a major player in the global energy scene. And it faces multiple threats both internally and from a truly scary neighborhood. Congo is the site of the world's most deadly conflict of the past decade and both a metaphor and hub for the kind of regional fracturing that make instability in Africa one of the things most worrying to U.S. and European military commanders.
　　尼日利亚是非洲大陆上的最大国家，凭藉石油和其他资源，非洲对世界的重要性正不断增加。但是尼日利亚面临着严峻的国内问题，外加实在令人担忧的邻国。过去10年间，刚果(金)是世界上冲突最血腥的地区，是整个非洲地区不稳定的重要因素，也是令美国和欧盟军事指挥官感到最头疼的地方。