Countries

54 countries in Africa.

Lesotho

sovereign state in southern Africa

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LS· constitutional monarchy· Capital: Maseru

Liberia

sovereign state in West Africa

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LR· Capital: Monrovia· Pop. 5.2 million

Libya

sovereign state in North Africa

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LY· republic· Capital: Tripoli

Madagascar

island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean

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MG· republic· Capital: Antananarivo

Malawi

sovereign state in Africa

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MW· Capital: Lilongwe· Pop. 17.6 million

Mali

country in West Africa

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ML· Capital: Bamako· Pop. 20.3 million

Mauritania

sovereign state in West Africa and North Africa

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MR· Capital: Nouakchott· Pop. 4.7 million

Mauritius

island sovereign state off of East Africa in the Indian Ocean

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MU· parliamentary republic· Capital: Port Louis

Morocco

sovereign state in North Africa

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MA· constitutional monarchy· Capital: Rabat

Mozambique

country in Southeastern Africa; the current form of Mozambique since 1975

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MZ· Capital: Maputo· Pop. 29.7 million

Namibia

country in Southern Africa

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NA· Capital: Windhoek· Pop. 2.5 million

Niger

sovereign state in western Africa

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NE· Capital: Niamey· Pop. 21.5 million

Nigeria

sovereign state in West Africa

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NG· federal republic· Capital: Abuja

Republic of the Congo

country in Central Africa, capital Brazzaville

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CG· parliamentary republic· Capital: Brazzaville

Rwanda

country in East Africa

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RW· semi-presidential system· Capital: Kigali

Senegal

country on the coast of West Africa

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SN· presidential system· Capital: Dakar

Seychelles

island sovereign state off the eastern coast of Africa

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SC· Capital: Victoria· Pop. 120k

Sierra Leone

sovereign state in West Africa

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SL· presidential system· Capital: Freetown

Somalia

sovereign state in Africa

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SO· federal republic· Capital: Mogadishu

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SA

South Africa

Parliamentary republic at the southern tip of Africa. Multi-party democracy since the end of apartheid in 1994.

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ZA· Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic· Capital: Pretoria / Cape Town / Bloemfontein

South Sudan

country in East Africa

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SS· federal republic· Capital: Juba

Sudan

country in Northeast Africa

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SD· federal republic· Capital: Khartoum

São Tomé and Príncipe

island sovereign state in Africa

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ST· Capital: São Tomé· Pop. 204k

Tanzania

country in East Africa

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TZ· Capital: Dodoma· Pop. 57.3 million