African nation vs Afars and Issas

African nation and Afars and Issas both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
African nation	Yes	No	No	No
Afars and Issas	Yes	No	No	No

African nation (noun)	Afars and Issas (noun)
any one of the countries occupying the African continent	a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997