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Independent Countries in Africa

Information about the 54 independent countries of Africa. Each countries capital city is included next to each country's name.

A
Algeria | Capital: Algiers | Profile
Angola | Capital: Luanda | Profile

B
Benin | Capital: Porto-Novo | Profile
Botswana | Capital: Gaborone | Profile
Burkina Faso | Capital: Ouagadougou | Profile
Burundi | Capital: Gitega | Profile

C
Cameroon | Capital: Yaounde |
Cape Verde | Capital: Praia |
Central African Republic | Capital: Bangui |
Chad | Capital: N’Djamena |
Comoros | Capital: Moroni |
Congo Democratic Republic | Capital: Kinshasa |
Congo Republic | Capital: Brazzaville |

D
Djibouti | Capital: Djibouti |

E
Egypt | Cairo |
Equatorial Guinea | Capital: Malabo |
Eritrea | Capital: Asmara |
Eswatini | Capital: Mbabane |
Ethiopia | Capital: Addis Ababa |

G
Gabon | Capital: Libreville |
Gambia | Capital: Banjul |
Ghana | Capital: Accra |
Guinea | Capital: Conakry |
Guinea-Bissau | Capital: Bissau |

I
Ivory Coast | Capital: Abidjan |

K
Kenya | Capital: Nairobi |

L
Lesotho | Capital: Maseru |
Liberia | Capital: Monrovia |
Libya | Capital: Tripoli |

M
Madagascar | Capital: Antananarivo |
Malawi | Capital: Lilongwe |
Mali | Capital: Bamako |
Mauritania | Capital: Nouakchott |
Mauritius | Capital: Port Louis |
Morocco | Capital: Rabat |
Mozambique | Capital: Maputo |

N
Namibia | Capital: Windhoek |
Niger | Capital: Niamey |
Nigeria | Capital: Abuja |

R
Rwanda | Capital: Kigali |

S
Sao Tome and Principe | Capital: Sao Tome |
Senegal | Capital: Dakar |
Seychelles | Capital: Victoria |
Sierra Leone | Capital: Freetown |
Somalia | Capital: Mogadishu |
South Africa | Capitals: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria |
South Sudan | Capital: Juba |
Sudan | Capital: Khartoum |

T
Tanzania | Capital: Dodoma |
Togo | Capital: Lome |
Tunisia | Capital: Tunis |

U
Uganda | Capital: Kampala |

Z
Zambia | Capital: Lusaka |
Zimbabwe | Capital: Harare |

Not included in the above 54 independent nations list are these not widely recognized entities:
- Somaliland
- Western Sahara



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