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African Countries

1

Algeria

Capital
Algiers
Currency
Algerian Dinar
President
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Prime Minister
Nadir Larbaoui
2

Angola

Capital
Luanda
Currency
Angolan Kwanza
President
João Lourenço
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
3

Benin

Capital
Porto-Novo
Currency
West African CFA Franc
President
Patrice Talon
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
4

Botswana

Capital
Gaborone
Currency
Botswana Pula
President
Duma Boko
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
5

Burkina Faso

Capital
Ouagadougou
Currency
West African CFA Franc
President
Ibrahim Traoré
Prime Minister
Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo
6

Burundi

Capital
Gitega
Currency
Burundian Franc
President
Évariste Ndayishimiye
Prime Minister
Gervais Ndirakobuca
7

Cabo Verde

Capital
Praia
Currency
Cape Verdean Escudo
President
José Maria Neves
Prime Minister
Ulisses Correia e Silva
8

Cameroon

Capital
Yaoundé
Currency
Central African CFA Franc
President
Paul Biya
Prime Minister
Joseph Dion Ngute
9

Central African Republic

Capital
Bangui
Currency
Central African CFA Franc
President
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Prime Minister
Félix Moloua
10

Chad

Capital
N'Djamena
Currency
Central African CFA Franc
President
Mahamat Idriss Déby
Prime Minister
Allah-Maye Halina
11

Comoros

Capital
Moroni
Currency
Comorian Franc
President
Azali Assoumani
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
12

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Capital
Kinshasa
Currency
Congolese Franc
President
Félix Tshisekedi
Prime Minister
Judith Suminwa Tuluka
13

Republic of the Congo

Capital
Brazzaville
Currency
Central African CFA Franc
President
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Prime Minister
Anatole Collinet Makosso
14

Côte d’Ivoire

Capital
Yamoussoukro
Currency
West African CFA Franc
President
Alassane Ouattara
Prime Minister
Robert Beugré Mambé
15

Djibouti

Capital
Djibouti
Currency
Djiboutian Franc
President
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Prime Minister
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
16

Egypt

Capital
Cairo
Currency
Egyptian Pound
President
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister
Mostafa Madbouly
17

Equatorial Guinea

Capital
Malabo
Currency
Central African CFA Franc
President
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Prime Minister
Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua
18

Eritrea

Capital
Asmara
Currency
Eritrean Nakfa
President
Isaias Afwerki
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
19

Eswatini

Capital
Mbabane (administrative)
Currency
Lilangeni
President
King Mswati III
Prime Minister
Russell Dlamini
20

Ethiopia

Capital
Addis Ababa
Currency
Ethiopian Birr
President
Taye Atske Selassie
Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed
21

Gabon

Capital
Libreville
Currency
Central African CFA Franc
President
Brice Oligui Nguema
Prime Minister
Raymond Ndong Sima
22

Gambia

Capital
Banjul
Currency
Dalasi
President
Adama Barrow
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
23

Ghana

Capital
Accra
Currency
Ghanaian Cedi
President
John Dramani Mahama
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
24

Guinea

Capital
Conakry
Currency
Guinean Franc
President
Mamady Doumbouya
Prime Minister
Amadou Oury Bah
25

Guinea-Bissau

Capital
Bissau
Currency
West African CFA Franc
President
Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Prime Minister
Rui Duarte de Barros
26

Kenya

Capital
Nairobi
Currency
Kenyan Shilling
President
William Ruto
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
27

Lesotho

Capital
Maseru
Currency
Lesotho Loti
President
King Letsie III
Prime Minister
Sam Matekane
28

Liberia

Capital
Monrovia
Currency
Liberian Dollar
President
Joseph Boakai
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
29

Libya

Capital
Tripoli
Currency
Libyan Dinar
President
Mohamed al-Menfi (Presidential Council)
Prime Minister
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
30

Madagascar

Capital
Antananarivo
Currency
Ariary
President
Andry Rajoelina
Prime Minister
Christian Ntsay
31

Malawi

Capital
Lilongwe
Currency
Malawian Kwacha
President
Lazarus Chakwera
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
32

Mali

Capital
Bamako
Currency
West African CFA Franc
President
Assimi Goïta
Prime Minister
Abdoulaye Maïga
33

Mauritania

Capital
Nouakchott
Currency
Ouguiya
President
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Prime Minister
Mokhtar Ould Djay
34

Mauritius

Capital
Port Louis
Currency
Mauritian Rupee
President
Dharam Gokhool
Prime Minister
Navin Ramgoolam
35

Morocco

Capital
Rabat
Currency
Moroccan Dirham
President
King Mohammed VI
Prime Minister
Aziz Akhannouch
36

Mozambique

Capital
Maputo
Currency
Mozambican Metical
President
Daniel Chapo
Prime Minister
Maria Benvinda Levi
37

Namibia

Capital
Windhoek
Currency
Namibian Dollar
President
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Prime Minister
Elijah Ngurare
38

Niger

Capital
Niamey
Currency
West African CFA Franc
President
Abdourahamane Tiani
Prime Minister
Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine
39

Nigeria

Capital
Abuja
Currency
Nigerian Naira
President
Bola Tinubu
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
40

Rwanda

Capital
Kigali
Currency
Rwandan Franc
President
Paul Kagame
Prime Minister
Édouard Ngirente
41

São Tomé and Príncipe

Capital
São Tomé
Currency
Dobra
President
Carlos Vila Nova
Prime Minister
Américo Ramos
42

Senegal

Capital
Dakar
Currency
West African CFA Franc
President
Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Prime Minister
Ousmane Sonko
43

Seychelles

Capital
Victoria
Currency
Seychellois Rupee
President
Wavel Ramkalawan
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
44

Sierra Leone

Capital
Freetown
Currency
Leone
President
Julius Maada Bio
Prime Minister
David Moinina Sengeh
45

Somalia

Capital
Mogadishu
Currency
Somali Shilling
President
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Prime Minister
Hamza Abdi Barre
46

South Africa

Capital
Pretoria (executive)
Currency
South African Rand
President
Cyril Ramaphosa
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
47

South Sudan

Capital
Juba
Currency
South Sudanese Pound
President
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Prime Minister
Benjamin Bol Mel
48

Sudan

Capital
Khartoum
Currency
Sudanese Pound
President
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Prime Minister
Kamil Idris
49

Tanzania

Capital
Dodoma
Currency
Tanzanian Shilling
President
Samia Suluhu Hassan
Prime Minister
Kassim Majaliwa
50

Togo

Capital
Lomé
Currency
West African CFA Franc
President
Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové
Prime Minister
Faure Gnassingbé
51

Tunisia

Capital
Tunis
Currency
Tunisian Dinar
President
Kais Saied
Prime Minister
Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri
52

Uganda

Capital
Kampala
Currency
Ugandan Shilling
President
Yoweri Museveni
Prime Minister
Robinah Nabbanja
53

Zambia

Capital
Lusaka
Currency
Zambian Kwacha
President
Hakainde Hichilema
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister
54

Zimbabwe

Capital
Harare
Currency
Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG)
President
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Prime Minister
No Prime Minister