That's a funny claim to make, especially since rampant (man made) wildfires are the only real non-bullet dangers. FC3 is much more hostile in nature with it's random cassowary attacks!

If anything, Africa in FC2 seems very beautiful and peaceful except for all the military checkpoints. Which, I mean, does raise a different critique about FC2's depiction of Africa and Africans. Like, there's one itty bittty city, and most of the other rare permanent structures are surrounded by shacks and corrugated metal buildings. It makes it seem like the whole country (maybe the whole of Africa even) is a big savanna dotted with occasional shantytown ghettos.