French Sudan vs African nation

French Sudan and African nation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
French Sudan	Yes	No	No	No
African nation	Yes	No	No	No

French Sudan (noun)	African nation (noun)
a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years	any one of the countries occupying the African continent