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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Ghana mourns Annan, grandson of tribal chiefs to U.N. chief

Akron Beacon Journal 19 Aug 2018

“He was a great African by every standard,” lawmaker Ras Mubarak said ... The global diplomat also spoke sharply at times about the continent and its ills, saying late last year on Twitter that “the African officials who are signing away their countries’ resources at an almost giveaway rate to big multinationals in the expectation that they will get something are really betraying their people....

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As killing rise, aid workers confront era of growing risk

This is Money 19 Aug 2018

This happened three times in three weeks from May to June in Central African Republic, where Gadenne is head of the mission ... South Sudan was the most dangerous country for the third year in a row, while Central African Republic rose to fourth on the list, after Syria and Afghanistan, following a three-fold rise in attacks ... But the staff fell victim to 40 attacks in the country last year....

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Hundreds protest Mali election results marred by fraud claims

The News International 19 Aug 2018

Cisse, 68, said he had filed an appeal to the country’s top court for some of the results to be cancelled. Observer missions sent by the European Union and the African Union (AU), however, have said the election was not badly impaired ... Islamist attacks have spread from the north to the centre and south of the vast country and spilled into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger, often inflaming communal conflicts....

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Chale Wote Arts Festival to get �300,000 support from Tourism Ministry

Joy Online 18 Aug 2018

She said representative of arts and entertainment industry from 54 African countries are expected to perform at the ceremony. She said a number of music concerts would be held in some African countries as prelude to the actual music awards ceremony in Accra, noting that, the music concert planned to take place at the Independence Square is expected to attract over 100,000 audience....

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Government To Support Ghana Military Academy - Bawumia

Peace FM Online 18 Aug 2018

He expressed optimism that the course had enhanced linkages among the security services of the sister African countries, which would enable them to respond swiftly to the contemporary defence and security issues and ensure peace and harmony on the African continent ... “I am reliably informed that the vacancies for the next course (Course 40) have about 30 officers from 14 African countries....

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Pork processor shut down over outbreak

China Daily 18 Aug 2018

A slaughterhouse that belongs to the country's largest pork processor was ordered to shut down following an outbreak of deadly African swine fever－the second outbreak in the country within two weeks ... On Aug 14, around 30 of the pigs had died of African swine fever, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Thursday ... Earlier this month, African swine fever was discovered at a farm in Shenyang, Liaoning province....

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Officials, experts gather in Beijing for South-South maternal, newborn health cooperation

People Daily 18 Aug 2018

17 -- Officials and experts from China, Africa, the African Union and other international organizations gathered in Beijing Friday at a session themed "China-Africa Cooperation in Maternal and Newborn Health ." ... "African countries can learn from China's experiences of healthcare system building," said Ren Minghui, assistant director-general of the World Health Organization for communicable diseases at the opening of the meeting....

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China Focus: China's experiences valuable to share with Africa under South-South Cooperation: UNICEF

Xinhua 18 Aug 2018

Azfar said that African countries had made progress but could learn more from China's experiences ... "The challenges (facing African countries) are the lack of availability and access to services, which is a key initiative for reducing newborn deaths," Azfar said ... countries to further improve the health of mothers and newborns in Africa," she said....

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New Poll Results Freaking out Democrats

Hot Air 18 Aug 2018

Among the findings is an interesting trend among African American voters. Despite the constant media portrayal of the President as a flaming racist, the August 15, 2018 Rasmussen poll showed that 36% of African American respondents gave the President a positive approval rating. In one year, the President’s African American approval rating increased by 17% in the Rasmussen poll....

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Why some see Trump’s attacks on Omarosa and other African-Americans as racially loaded

Yahoo Daily News 18 Aug 2018

His word selection, when applied to people of color like Manigualt Newman, Lemon, James and Waters, plays into the historic and “ongoing narratives that we have in this country that are associated with African-Americans” that they are “less intelligent than white Americans and this is the subject of about a century and a half worth of debate in this country.”....

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Deadline looms as Nigeria face football ban

This is Money 18 Aug 2018

DURBAN, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria have less than 48 hours to sort out the running of their football federation if they want to avoid the possibility of being banned by FIFA from international soccer, including exclusion from next month´s African Nations Cup qualifiers. Soccer's governing body issued the country with a final warning due to alleged state interference in the running of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF)....

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Edinburgh Book Festival: Shedding light on dark side of Africa

Scotsman 18 Aug 2018

What I know about a) African corruption and what to do about it, and b) whether we’ve all become obsessed by economic growth would fit on the back of an embarrassingly small envelope ... We should, he said, respect the sovereignty of African countries, not assume that we know better, nor make aid contingent on elections or anything else....

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Factbox: Tributes laud Annan as man of peace and champion of rights

Yahoo Daily News 18 Aug 2018

He brought considerable renown to our country by this position and through his conduct and comportment in the global arena." ... "A great African, a great leader of the world ... Kofi Annan was able to bring the different factions in our country together." ... SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA.....

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