African Countries, Capitals, and Leaders

Vocabulary study set covering African countries, organized by region, with their respective capitals and current leaders or presidents.

Benin

West African country with capital Porto-Novo, led by President/Leader Patrice Talon.

Burkina Faso

West African country with capital Ouagadougou, led by President/Leader Ibrahim Traoré.

Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)

West African country with capital Praia, led by President/Leader José Maria Neves.

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

West African country with capital Yamoussoukro, led by President/Leader Alassane Ouattara.

The Gambia

West African country with capital Banjul, led by President/Leader Adama Barrow.

Ghana

West African country with capital Accra, led by President/Leader John Mahama.

Guinea

West African country with capital Conakry, led by President/Leader Mamady Doumbouya.

Guinea-Bissau

West African country with capital Bissau, led by President/Leader Umaro Sissoco Embaló*.

Liberia

West African country with capital Monrovia, led by President/Leader Joseph Boakai.

Mali

West African country with capital Bamako, led by President/Leader Assimi Goïta.

Mauritania

West African country with capital Nouakchott, led by President/Leader Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.

Niger

West African country with capital Niamey, led by President/Leader Abdourahamane Tiani.

Nigeria

West African country with capital Abuja, led by President/Leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Senegal

West African country with capital Dakar, led by President/Leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

Sierra Leone

West African country with capital Freetown, led by President/Leader Julius Maada Bio.

Togo

West African country with capital Lomé, led by President/Leader Faure Gnassingbé.

Burundi

East African country with capital Gitega, led by President/Leader Évariste Ndayishimiye.

Comoros

East African country with capital Moroni, led by President/Leader Azali Assoumani.

Djibouti

East African country with capital Djibouti, led by President/Leader Ismaïl Omar Guelleh.

Eritrea

East African country with capital Asmara, led by President/Leader Isaias Afwerki.

Ethiopia

East African country with capital Addis Ababa, led by President/Leader Taye Atske Selassie.

Kenya

East African country with capital Nairobi, led by President/Leader William Ruto.

Madagascar

East African country with capital Antananarivo, led by President/Leader Andry Rajoelina.

Malawi

East African country with capital Lilongwe, led by President/Leader Lazarus Chakwera.

Mauritius

East African country with capital Port Louis, led by President/Leader Dharambeer Gokhool.

Mozambique

East African country with capital Maputo, led by President/Leader Daniel Chapo.

Rwanda

East African country with capital Kigali, led by President/Leader Paul Kagame.

Seychelles

East African country with capital Victoria, led by President/Leader Wavel Ramkalawan.

Somalia

East African country with capital Mogadishu, led by President/Leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

South Sudan

East African country with capital Juba, led by President/Leader Salva Kiir Mayardit.

Tanzania

East African country with capital Dodoma, led by President/Leader Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Uganda

East African country with capital Kampala, led by President/Leader Yoweri Museveni.

Zambia

East African country with capital Lusaka, led by President/Leader Hakainde Hichilema.

Zimbabwe

East African country with capital Harare, led by President/Leader Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Algeria

Northern African country with capital Algiers, led by President/Leader Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Egypt

Northern African country with capital Cairo, led by President/Leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Libya

Northern African country with capital Tripoli, led by an Interim Government.

Morocco

Northern African country with capital Rabat, led by President/Leader King Mohammed VI.

Sudan

Northern African country with capital Khartoum, led by Transitional Leadership.

Tunisia

Northern African country with capital Tunis, led by President/Leader Kais Saied.

Cameroon

Central/middle African country with capital Yaoundé, led by President Paul Biya.

Central African Republic

Central/middle African country with capital Bangui, led by President Faustin-Archangel Touadéra.

Chad

Central/middle African country with capital N'Djamena, led by President Mahamat Déby.

Republic of Congo

Central/middle African country with capital Brazzaville, led by President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Central/middle African country with capital Kinshasa, led by President Félix Tshisekedi.

Equatorial Guinea

Central/middle African country with capital Malabo, led by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.

Gabon

Central/middle African country with capital Libreville, led by President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema.

São Tomé and Príncipe

Central/middle African country with capital São Tomé, led by President Carlos Vila Nova.

Angola

Central/middle African country with capital Luanda, led by President João Lourenço.

Botswana

Southern African country with capital Gaborone, led by President/Leader Duma Boko.

Eswatini (Swaziland)

Southern African country with capital Mbabane, led by President/Leader King Mswati III.

Lesotho

Southern African country with capital Maseru, led by President/Leader King Letsie III.

Namibia

Southern African country with capital Windhoek, led by President/Leader Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.

South Africa

Southern African country with administrative capital Pretoria, led by President/Leader Cyril Ramaphosa.