African Countries

The second largest continent in the world covering 11,668,599 square miles, Africa is believed to be the birthplace of the first humans in Ethiopia and today is home to over a billion people with its population rising rapidly.

The continent has 54 African countries over which 3000 languages are spoken (with Nigeria having 500 languages alone) and a further seven territories and three states not fully recognised by the international community (the Republic of Somaliland, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and the disputed Western Sahara territory).

Following a period of colonisation by European nations, most African countries became republics on independence and witnessed authoritarian rule, corruption and instability together with ethnic conflict. As such, most Africans live in poverty with limited life outcomes coupled with poor infrastructure especially in terms of education and health.

Use this African countries page to explore each country with articles, videos and pictures together with child sponsor opportunities whilst the video opposite gives a quick glimpse of each of these countries.

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Capitals of African Countries:

Algeria Algiers
Angola Luanda
Benin Porto-Novo
Botswana Gaborone
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Burundi Bujumbura
Cameroon Yaounde
Cape Verde Praia
Central African Republic Bangui
Chad N'Djamena
Comoros Moroni
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa) Kinshasa
Congo, Republic of (Congo-Brazzaville) Brazzaville
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Yamoussoukr
Djibouti Djibouti
Egypt Cairo
Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Eritrea Asmara
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Gabon Libreville
Gambia Banjul
Ghana Accra
Guinea Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Kenya Nairobi
Lesotho Maseru
Liberia Monrovia
Libya Tripoli
Madagascar Antananarivo
Malawi Lilongwe
Mali Bamako
Mauritania Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Morocco Rabat
Mozambique Maputo
Namibia Windhoek
Niger Niamey
Nigeria Abuja
Rwanda Kigali
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome
Senegal Dakar
Seychelles Victoria
Sierra Leone Freetown
Somalia Mogadishu
South Africa Pretoria
South Sudan Juba
Sudan Khartoum
Swaziland Mbabane
Tanzania Dodoma
Togo Lome
Tunisia Tunis
Western Sahara El-Aaiun
Uganda Kampala
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare

 



 

African Map

African Map

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About African Countries

About Africa

There are an estimated 3000 distinct tribes in Africa with 370 in Nigeria alone and some 2000 languages spoken across the continent with Arabic being the most widely spoken with 170 million doing so.

Did you know?

In 1850 the population of Africa was estimated to be about 110 million but today tops 1 billion. Most women have around 5-8 children however this birth rate is now dropping.