This means about a quarter of all the countries in the world, for what is the third largest continent after Asia and America (obviously if you consider North and South together) and the second largest in terms of population.
It is difficult, therefore, to talk about Africa and its countries in a generic way, also because diversity and variety are at home on the continent. And we are not just referring to differences in landscape as we move from north to south on the globe, but above all differences in culture and language. If we wanted to pull up a couple of figures, we would have to talk about more than 3 thousand ethnic groups with their own uses and customs and more than 2 thousand languages that differ! Among these, the most common and spoken is certainly Arabic, the first language of almost 200 million Africans, but concentrated mainly in North Africa.
Alphabetical list of African states
As mentioned, to-date, there are 54 internationally recognized African states, while those not recognized (or, at least, only in part) by the community of states include Western Sahara, which is part of Morocco, and Somaliland in Somalia.
Map of African countries
Below is a complete list of all the states in Africa in alphabetical order with international abbreviation of recognition and capital of the country.
- Algeria, DZ – Algiers
- Angola, AO – Luanda
- Benin, BJ – Benin
- Botswana, BW – Gaborone
- Burkina Faso, BF – Ouagadougou
- Burundi, BI – Bujumbura
- Cameroon, CM – Yaoundé
- Cape Verde, CV – Praia
- Chad, TD – N’Djamena
- Comoros, KM – Moroni
- Ivory Coast, CI – Yamoussoukro
- Egypt, EG – Cairo
- Eritrea, ER – Asmara
- Ethiopia, ET – Addis Ababa
- Gabon, GA – Libreville
- Gambia, GM – Banjul
- Ghana, GH – Accra
- Djibouti, DJ – Djibouti
- Guinea, GN – Conakry
- Guinea-Bissau, GW – Bissau
- Equatorial Guinea, GQ – Malabo
- Kenya, KE – Nairobi
- Lesotho, LS – Maseru
- Liberia, LR – Monrovia
- Libya, LY – Tripoli
- Madagascar, MG – Antananarivo
- Malawi, MW – Lilongwe
- Mali, ML – Bamako
- Mauritania, MR – Mauritania
- Mauritius, MU – Port Louis
- Morocco, MA – Rabat
- Mozambique, MZ – Maputo
- Namibia, NA – Windhoek
- Niger, NE – Niamey
- Nigeria, NG – Abuja
- Central African Republic, CF – Bangui
- Republic of Congo, CG – Brazzaville
- Democratic Republic of Congo, CD – Kinshasa
- Rwanda, RW – Kigali
- Sao Tome and Principe, ST – Dobra
- Senegal, SN – Dakar
- Seychelles, SC – Victoria
- Sierra Leone, SL – Freetown
- Somalia, SO – Mogadishu
- South Africa, ZA – Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
- Sudan, SD – Khartoum
- South Sudan, SS – Juba
- Swaziland, SZ – Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative)
- Tanzania, TZ – Dodoma
- Togo, TG – Lomé
Tunisia, TN – Tunis - Uganda, UG – Kampala
Zambia, ZM – Lusaka - Zimbabwe, ZW – Harare
Flags of African States
Are you passionate about flags? Then in the African continent you will find something for your teeth, those of some countries are in fact very curious and colorful.
- Algeria Flag
- Algeria
- Angola Flag
- Angola
- Benin Flag
- Benin
- Botswana Flag
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso Flag
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi Flag
- Burundi
- Cameroon Flag
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde Flag
- Cape Verde
- Chad Flag
- Chad Comoros Flag
- Comoros
- Ivory Coast Flag
- Ivory Coast
- Egypt Flag
- Egypt
- Eritrea Flag
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia Flag
- Ethiopia
- Gabon Flag
- Gabon
- Gambia Flag
- Gambia
- Ghana Flag
- Ghana
- Djibouti Flag
- Djibouti
- Guinea Flag
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau Flag
- Guinea Bissau
- Equatorial Guinea Flag
- Equatorial Guinea
- Kenya Flag
- Kenya
- Lesotho Flag
- Lesotho
- Liberia Flag
- Liberia
- Libya Flag
- Libya
- Madagascar Flag
- Madagascar
- Malawi Flag
- Malawi
- Mali Flag
- Mali
- Mauritania Flag
- Mauritania
- Mauritius Flag
- Mauritius
- Morocco Flag
- Morocco
- Mozambique Flag
- Mozambique
- Namibia Flag
- Namibia
- Niger Flag
- Niger
- Nigeria Flag
- Nigeria
- Central African Republic Flag
- Central African Republic
- Republic Of The Congo Flag
- Republic Of The Congo
- Democratic Republic Of The Congo Flag
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda Flag
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome And Principe Flag
- Sao Tome And Principe
- Senegal Flag
- Senegal
- Seychelles Flag
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone Flag
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia Flag
- Somalia
- South Africa Flag
- South Africa
- Sudan Flag
Sudan - South Sudan Flag
South Sudan - Swaziland Flag
- Swaziland
- Tanzania Flag
- Tanzania
- Togo Flag
- Togo
- Tunisia Flag
- Tunisia
- Uganda Flag
- Uganda
- Zambia Flag
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe Flag
- Zimbabwe
African states at war: useful information
While the continent is famous for its natural beauty and fascinating cultures, it is also often in the news for its internal problems, poverty, and wars.
In fact, all this makes it necessary for the tourist at least a minimum of precaution and awareness of the risks. In addition to the necessary preventive measures in terms of health to be taken, must be taken into account the political instability of some areas
