Wikipedia:2024 Developing Countries WikiContest/Suggested articles

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!

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, 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