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Countries in Africa
Explore 54 countries in Africa in our 195-country directory. Select a country to find its capital, flag and geographic facts.
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Deserts, savannas, rainforests and vibrant cultures. Our directory uses a consistent geographic grouping, but classifications can differ for transcontinental countries and island regions.
🇩🇿AlgeriaAlgiers↗🇦🇴AngolaLuanda↗🇧🇯BeninPorto-Novo↗🇧🇼BotswanaGaborone↗🇧🇫Burkina FasoOuagadougou↗🇧🇮BurundiBujumbura↗🇨🇻Cabo VerdePraia↗🇨🇲CameroonYaoundé↗🇨🇫Central African RepublicBangui↗🇹🇩ChadN'Djamena↗🇰🇲ComorosMoroni↗🇨🇮Côte d’IvoireYamoussoukro↗🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa↗🇩🇯DjiboutiDjibouti↗🇪🇬EgyptCairo↗🇬🇶Equatorial GuineaMalabo↗🇪🇷EritreaAsmara↗🇸🇿EswatiniLobamba↗🇪🇹EthiopiaAddis Ababa↗🇬🇦GabonLibreville↗🇬🇲GambiaBanjul↗🇬🇭GhanaAccra↗🇬🇳GuineaConakry↗🇬🇼Guinea-BissauBissau↗🇰🇪KenyaNairobi↗🇱🇸LesothoMaseru↗🇱🇷LiberiaMonrovia↗🇱🇾LibyaTripoli↗🇲🇬MadagascarAntananarivo↗🇲🇼MalawiLilongwe↗🇲🇱MaliBamako↗🇲🇷MauritaniaNouakchott↗🇲🇺MauritiusPort Louis↗🇲🇦MoroccoRabat↗🇲🇿MozambiqueMaputo↗🇳🇦NamibiaWindhoek↗🇳🇪NigerNiamey↗🇳🇬NigeriaAbuja↗🇨🇬Republic of the CongoBrazzaville↗🇷🇼RwandaKigali↗🇸🇹Sao Tome and PrincipeSão Tomé↗🇸🇳SenegalDakar↗🇸🇨SeychellesVictoria↗🇸🇱Sierra LeoneFreetown↗🇸🇴SomaliaMogadishu↗🇿🇦South AfricaPretoria↗🇸🇸South SudanJuba↗🇸🇩SudanKhartoum↗🇹🇿TanzaniaDodoma↗🇹🇬TogoLomé↗🇹🇳TunisiaTunis↗🇺🇬UgandaKampala↗🇿🇲ZambiaLusaka↗🇿🇼ZimbabweHarare↗
Countries are classified by the editorial grouping used across this site. Some countries have geographic or cultural connections to more than one region.