AFRICAN COUNTRIES INFO Flashcards
Algeria
Capital City: Algiers
Official Languages: Arabic, Berber (4)
President: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Year of Independence: 1962
Angola
Capital City: Luanda
Official Languages: Portuguese
Head of State: José Eduardo dos Santos
Year of Independence: 1975
Benin
Capital City: Porto-Novo, Cotonou
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Patrice Talon
Year of Independence: 1960
Botswana
Capital City: Gaborone
Official Languages: Setswana, English
Head of State: Ian Khama
Year of Independence: 1960
Burkina Faso
Capital City: Ouagadougou
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Year of Independence: 1960
Burundi
Capital City: Buiumbura
Official Languages: Kirundi, French
Head of State: Pierre Nkurunzi Za
Year of Independence: 1962
Cameroon
Capital City: Yaoundé
Official Languages: English, French
Head of State: Paul Biya
Year of Independence: 1960
Cape Verde
Capital City: Praia
Official Languages: Portugese
Head of State: Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Year of Independence: 1975
Central Africa Republic
Capital City: Bangui
Official Languages: French, Sangho
Head of State: Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Year of Independence: 1960
Chad
Capital City: N’Djamena
Official Languages: French, Arabic
Head of State: Idriss Déby
Year of Independence: 1960
Comoros
Capital City: Moroni
Official Languages: Arabic, French
Head of State: Azali Assoumani
Year of Independence: 1975
Republic of Congo
Capital City: Brazzaville
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Denis Sassou Nguesso
Year of Independence: 1960
Democratic Republic of Congo
Capital City: Kinshasa
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Joseph Kabila
Year of Independence: 1960
Cote D’Ivoire
Capital City: Yamoussoukro
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Alassane Ouattara
Year of Independence: 1960
Djibouti
Capital City: Djibouti
Official Languages: French, Arabic
Head of State: Ismail Omar Gulleh
Year of Independence: 1977
Egypt
Capital City: Cairo
Official Languages: Arabic
Head of State: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Year of Independence: 1922
Equatorial Guinea
Capital City: Malabo
Official Languages: French, Portugese, Spanish
Head of State: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Year of Independence: 1968
Eritrea
Capital City: Asmara
Official Languages: Arabic
Head of State: Isaias Afwerki
Year of Independence: 1961
Ethiopia
Capital City: Addis Ababa
Official Languages: Amharic
Head of State: Mulatu Teshome
Year of Independence: always
Gabon
Capital City: Libreville
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Ali Bongo Ondimba
Year of Independence: 1960
The Gambia
Capital City: Banjul
Official Languages: English
Head of State: Adama Barrow
Year of Independence: 1965