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Countries — Political Systems, Leaders & Elections by Country | PoliticaHub

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54 countries in Africa.

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All Africa54 Asia46 Europe46 Insular Oceania2 North America23 Oceania12 South America12

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Algeria

country in North Africa

DZ· semi-presidential system· Capital: Algiers

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Angola

country on the west coast of Southern Africa

AO· presidential system· Capital: Luanda

Benin

sovereign state in West Africa

BJ· republic· Capital: Porto-Novo

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Botswana

sovereign state in Southern Africa

BW· parliamentary republic· Capital: Gaborone

Burkina Faso

sovereign state in Africa

BF· military junta· Capital: Ouagadougou

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Burundi

sovereign state in Africa

BI· representative democracy· Capital: Gitega

Cameroon

sovereign state in West-Central Africa

CM· republic· Capital: Yaoundé

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Cape Verde

sovereign state comprising ten islands off the Western coast of Africa

CV· parliamentary republic· Capital: Praia

Central African Republic

country in Central Africa

CF· Capital: Bangui· Pop. 5.2 million

Chad

sovereign state in central Africa

TD· Capital: N'Djamena· Pop. 19.3 million

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Comoros

sovereign state situated on an archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa

KM· federal republic· Capital: Moroni

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

country in Central Africa

CD· republic· Capital: Kinshasa

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Djibouti

sovereign state in Africa

DJ· Capital: Djibouti· Pop. 1.2 million

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Egypt

country in Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia

EG· republic· Capital: Cairo

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Equatorial Guinea

sovereign state in Africa

GQ· Capital: Ciudad de la Paz· Pop. 1.8 million

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Eritrea

country in the Horn of Africa

ER· Capital: Asmara· Pop. 3.5 million

Eswatini

sovereign state in southern Africa

SZ· absolute monarchy· Capital: Mbabane

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Ethiopia

country in the Horn of Africa

ET· federal republic· Capital: Addis Ababa

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Gabon

country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa

GA· republic· Capital: Libreville

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Ghana

country in West Africa

GH· democracy· Capital: Accra

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Guinea

sovereign state in West Africa

GN· republic· Capital: Conakry

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Guinea-Bissau

sovereign state in Western Africa

GW· Capital: Bissau· Pop. 1.9 million

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Ivory Coast

sovereign state in West Africa

CI· republic· Capital: Yamoussoukro

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Kenya

country in Eastern Africa

KE· Capital: Nairobi· Pop. 48.5 million