Can't understand the problem with maps; there are more than anyone would want- geographic, satellite, demographic, etc. What kind specifically?
http://www.expertafrica.com/google_map_of_africa.asp
http://www.maplandia.com/africa

Pick a country- e. g. Algeria
http://www.multimap.com/world/DZ
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/maps/map_country_algeria.html
Demographics-
http://www.intute.ac.uk/worldguide/html/804_people.html
Map of tribes and demographics-
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Algerian_people
General, relief
http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blalgeria.htm
Algeria and adjacent-
http://www.algeria.com/travel/maps.html (ignore aborted notice)
etc. etc. etc.