Microplastic pollution in African countries' water systems: a review on findings, applied methods, characteristics, impacts, and managements.

Researches on microplastic pollution in African countries water system is limited .A high microplastics abundance is found in African countries water system.Sampling methods and used analytical techniques for microplastic detection were included.Harmonized standard methods for microplastic pollution research should be established.Combined analytical tools at once should be adopted to detect reliable microplastics.