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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Creecy calls on African leaders to unite against climate change

Independent online (SA) 08 Dec 2019

"This response has to assist African and other developing countries to adapt and to respond to the associated loss and damage ... She also reiterated that the conference had to recognise the special needs and circumstances of African countries and advance work towards achieving the Paris Agreement’s global goal on adaptation. African News Agency (ANA) ....

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Record number of African migrants at U.S.-Mexico border

The Los Angeles Times 08 Dec 2019

The number of African migrants heading to the U.S ... That figure has been steadily rising since 2007 — the year the Mexican government began including migrants from African countries who have contact with immigration officials in their annual migration reports — when the number was 460....

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Death toll from Nairobi building collapse hits 5

Sina 08 Dec 2019

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Five myths about country music

Arkansas Online 08 Dec 2019

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Senegal crowned WAFU Zone A U20 champions

Football Sierra Leone 08 Dec 2019

Senegal are the champions of the 2019 West African Football Union (Wafu) Zone A Under-20 Championship after beating Mali 2-0 ... The seven West African nation participated are Guinea, host country, Senegal, Liberia, Mauritania, Gambia, Sierra L�one and Mali)....

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Commentary: U.S. in no position to judge Xinjiang

Xinhua 08 Dec 2019

Half of the African American adults in the United States said that it is unlikely that the country will eventually achieve racial equality, according to the Race in America 2019 report from the Pew Research Center....

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Raising Ghana's Land Productivity Will Boost Economy, Incomes - Report

Modern Ghana 08 Dec 2019

... by African standards, in the non-cocoa sector has stagnated agricultural growth in the country....

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U.S. in no position to judge Xinjiang

China.dot.org 08 Dec 2019

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Chinese movie wins prize in Marrakech int'l film festival

Xinhua 08 Dec 2019

A total of 98 films from 34 countries have been screened during ... Created in 2001 by the Moroccan King Mohammed VI, the Moroccan landmark festival aims to promote arts and the film industry in the North African country....

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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi departs for genocide hearings

Dawn 08 Dec 2019

... the country against charges of genocide of its Rohingya Muslim minority ... Gambia, a tiny, mainly Muslim West African country, filed a lawsuit in November accusing Buddhist-majority Myanmar of genocide, the most serious international crime, against its Rohingya Muslim minority....

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OPINION: Is the ethical tide about to turn – here’s hoping

News24 08 Dec 2019

In November 2019, the South African Corporate Governance Index reported a slight improvement in the perceptions of organisational ethics in the country. This is somewhat startling, as it bucks the trend of recent years, writes Deon Rossouw ... ....

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U.S. bill on Xinjiang draws condemnation from various countries

Xinhua 08 Dec 2019

Iran's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that meddling in the internal affairs of sovereign states has become a regular act of the United States, which has a history of exterminating Native Americans and enslaving Africans and has triggered innocent deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen and other countries....

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