while no african country is in the very high human development rank six african countries are now in the high human development group. the countries are the small island nations ofseychelles 0.797 62 mauritius 0.790 65 algeria algeria 0.75485 botswana 0.717 101 libya 0.706 108 and gabon 0.702 110. the surprise entry is libya despite the ravaging wars in the country.fourteen countries in the region are now in the medium human development group. they are south africa 113 0.699 egypt 115 0.696 mo