List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa

This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa. It includes both fully recognized states, states with limited recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 54 sovereign states and 10 non-sovereign territories.

Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal and Spain are located on the African continental plate, some considerably closer to the African than European mainland, but politically are generally considered European by convention. Similarly, the island of Socotra is also on the African plate and much closer to Africa, but is politically part of the Asian state of Yemen. Egypt, although extending into Asia through the Sinai Peninsula, is considered an African state.

Sovereign states

Recognised states

The following 54 fully recognised states are all members of the United Nations, and as of 2015, all except Morocco and the Central African Republic are members of the African Union.

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Members of Parliament (MPs) from 10 West African countries are meeting in Accra to strategise on how to prevent corruption and misappropriation of public funds in state institutions in their respective countries.

Graphic 23 Oct 2018

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Nigeria:U.S. Envoy to Visit Nigeria, Three Other African Countries

All Africa 23 Oct 2018

American Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, is expected to visit Nigeria and five other countries on promoting stronger trade and commercial ties between the United States and Africa .......

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China defended over 'colonization' claims

China Daily 23 Oct 2018

"Only by supporting African countries in achieving coordinated economic and social development and promoting national integration and unity can we fundamentally eradicate the breeding ground for instability," he said. Martin Kimani, director of Kenya's National Counterterrorism Center, said that many African countries have showed interest in addressing root causes of instability that includes poverty and inequality....

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AFRO-American Newspaper and Morgan State University Partner to Launch Statewide Polling to Gauge African-American Opinion

Afro 23 Oct 2018

“Our goal is to accurately take the temperature of African Americans nationwide on a variety of topics ... African Americans represent an important voting constituency in those races. Beyond the upcoming elections, Morgan and the AFRO look to move more of the research operation in-house and create a panel of pollsters assessing a host of issues in the American-African community, not only statewide but around the country....

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Any Chinese Who Goes Against The Law Must Be Punished - Chinese Professor

Peace FM Online 23 Oct 2018

The Director of the Centre for African Studies at the Peking University, Professor Anshan Li, has said that there were bound to be challenges as China and Africa seek to deepen their relationship in all endeavours ... Professor Li was speaking at the 2018 seminar for renowned commentators and columnists of major media organisations for African countries in China on Friday....

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Sagarmatha or virtual colonisation: It is time to set the record straight

Independent online (SA) 23 Oct 2018

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Broaden The Scope Of PAC – Edward Dery

Peace FM Online 23 Oct 2018

Mr Dery said weak and porous financial management systems in African countries provided a breeding ground for many corrupt officials to siphon state resources through dubious means. He said it was estimated that Africa lost over $143 billion annually through corruption, which was more than the total Foreign Direct Investments, multi-lateral and bi-lateral support and loans contracted by all the African countries....

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Central African Republic to begin disarming groups by year's end: UN envoy

This is Money 23 Oct 2018

Before the end of the year the Central African Republic will begin disarming illegal groups in the western part of the country, UN envoy Parfait Onanga-Anyanga told the Security Council Tuesday ... Since 2013, much of the Central African Republic has been at the mercy of armed groups that plunder the country's gold, diamond and oil deposits, posing a formidable obstacle to peace and national reconciliation....

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Achievement Awards Banquet on Friday

The Richmond Register 23 Oct 2018

Each year, the group presents the banquet in hopes of honoring those near and far for their achievements in making this county and this country a better place, according to Russell Glover, event organizer ... "We truly support and love our community and stand proud as a pillar of this county, state and country," ......

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Path to cheaper electricity would transform Africa

The Philadelphia Tribune 23 Oct 2018

But Liberia, a West African nation of 4 million people, has installed electricity of just 126 megawatts ... We must take a pragmatic approach and not try to prevent African countries — through loan restrictions or other pressures — from building the high-energy systems they need. If the aim of Africans is, like everyone else on the planet, to permanently escape poverty and achieve prosperity, then every country needs energy for growth....

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Business Day 23 Oct 2018

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SA's smartest people are from Pretoria‚ judging from what they buy

Sowetan Live 23 Oct 2018

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Justice minister moves to override court to enable migrant deportation

Cleveland Jewish News 23 Oct 2018

“I hope that the members [of Kulanu] will fulfill their promise to the residents of south Tel Aviv,” she said, referring to the impoverished area where many illegal African migrants reside and where clashes have occurred with local residents ... In August, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabat to re-examine the issue of deporting illegal African labor migrants back to their home countries....

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