# A Complete List of African Countries and Their Capitals URL: https://sciencestruck.com/geography/list-of-african-countries-capitals Category: Geography Published: 2008-10-04T01:12:00 Updated: 2008-10-04T01:12:00 Africa is the second largest continent in the world and houses more than 50 countries. Take a look at the various African countries and their capitals. ### Did you know? South Africa has three official capitals. Pretoria is the executive capital, Bloemfontein is the judicial capital, and Cape Town is the legislative capital. In the 19th century, the relatively unexplored continent of Africa was seen by Europe’s dominant powers as the perfect opportunity to expand their territory in order to utilize the continent’s various unused resources and establish colonial supremacy. This ensued the ‘Scramble for Africa’; as England, France, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Spain divided the African continent (except Liberia and Ethiopia) between themselves. Today, African countries are some of the worst-governed and most impoverished in the world. However, its varied landscapes, wildlife, culture, and traditions have made it one of the most desired travel destinations in the world. ### List of African Countries and Their Capitals Here is the complete list of African countries and their capitals. **Country** **Capital** Algeria Algiers Angola Luanda Benin Porto-Novo Botswana Gaborone Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Burundi Bujumbura Cameroon Yaounde Cape Verde Praia Chad N’Djamena Côte d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Djibouti Djibouti Egypt Cairo Equatorial Guinea Malabo Eritrea Asmara Ethiopia Addis Ababa Gabon  Libreville 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 Tunisia Tunis São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé Senegal Dakar Seychelles Victoria Sierra Leone Freetown Somalia Mogadishu South Africa Pretoria South Sudan Juba Sudan Khartoum Swaziland Mbabane Tanzania Dodoma The Central African Republic Bangui The Comoros Moroni The Gambia Banjul The Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Togo Lomé Uganda Kampala Western Sahara  El-Aaiún Zambia Lusaka Zimbabwe Harare ### Trivia - South Sudan’s capital is planned to be moved to Ramciel from Juba in the near future. - Dodoma has been Tanzania’s capital since 1996. Dar es Salaam served as the capital of Tanzania from 1964 (Independence) to 1996. - The Comoros, Cape Verde, Mauritius, São Tomé & Príncipe and Seychelles, although not a part of the main African landmass, are a part of the African subcontinent. - Western Sahara, bordered to the north by Morocco, is an occupied territory with El Aaiún as its official capital. This region, divided into north and south territories by the Moroccan Wall, is a disputed region. The northern regions of the wall (known as Free Zone) are controlled by Polisario, while the southern regions are considered Moroccan territory. The very thought of the African continent evokes images of sweeping savannas, snarling lions, herds of elephants, rhinoceros, and thousands of other wild beasts. At the same time, African countries have been clogged by political instability, poverty and dismal human rights record in the post-colonisation period. Since the turn of the century, many African nations have taken a positive turn towards democracy, and shown positive economic growth in the information services and telecommunications sector. If the trend continues, Corporate America’s prediction of ‘Africa is the new Asia’ won’t be a far-off shot by any means.