AFRICAN COUNTRIES INFO

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Algeria

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Capital City: Algiers
Official Languages: Arabic, Berber (4)
President: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Year of Independence: 1962

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Angola

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Capital City: Luanda
Official Languages: Portuguese
Head of State: José Eduardo dos Santos
Year of Independence: 1975

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Benin

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Capital City: Porto-Novo, Cotonou
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Patrice Talon
Year of Independence: 1960

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Botswana

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Capital City: Gaborone
Official Languages: Setswana, English
Head of State: Ian Khama
Year of Independence: 1960

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Burkina Faso

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Capital City: Ouagadougou
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Year of Independence: 1960

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Burundi

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Capital City: Buiumbura
Official Languages: Kirundi, French
Head of State: Pierre Nkurunzi Za
Year of Independence: 1962

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Cameroon

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Capital City: Yaoundé
Official Languages: English, French
Head of State: Paul Biya
Year of Independence: 1960

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Cape Verde

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Capital City: Praia
Official Languages: Portugese
Head of State: Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Year of Independence: 1975

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Central Africa Republic

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Capital City: Bangui
Official Languages: French, Sangho
Head of State: Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Year of Independence: 1960

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Chad

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Capital City: N’Djamena
Official Languages: French, Arabic
Head of State: Idriss Déby
Year of Independence: 1960

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Comoros

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Capital City: Moroni
Official Languages: Arabic, French
Head of State: Azali Assoumani
Year of Independence: 1975

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Republic of Congo

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Capital City: Brazzaville
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Denis Sassou Nguesso
Year of Independence: 1960

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Democratic Republic of Congo

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Capital City: Kinshasa
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Joseph Kabila
Year of Independence: 1960

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Cote D’Ivoire

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Capital City: Yamoussoukro
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Alassane Ouattara
Year of Independence: 1960

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Djibouti

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Capital City: Djibouti
Official Languages: French, Arabic
Head of State: Ismail Omar Gulleh
Year of Independence: 1977

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Egypt

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Capital City: Cairo
Official Languages: Arabic
Head of State: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Year of Independence: 1922

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Equatorial Guinea

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Capital City: Malabo
Official Languages: French, Portugese, Spanish
Head of State: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Year of Independence: 1968

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Eritrea

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Capital City: Asmara
Official Languages: Arabic
Head of State: Isaias Afwerki
Year of Independence: 1961

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Ethiopia

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Capital City: Addis Ababa
Official Languages: Amharic
Head of State: Mulatu Teshome
Year of Independence: always

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Gabon

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Capital City: Libreville
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Ali Bongo Ondimba
Year of Independence: 1960

Question 21

The Gambia

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Capital City: Banjul
Official Languages: English
Head of State: Adama Barrow
Year of Independence: 1965

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Ghana

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Capital City: Accra
Official Languages: English
Head of State: Nana Afkufo-Addo
Year of Independence: 1957

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Guinea

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Capital City: Conakry
Official Languages: French
Head of State: Alpha Condé
Year of Independence: 1958

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Guinea Bussau

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Capital City: Bissau
Official Languages: Portugese
Head of State: José Mário Vaz
Year of Independence: 1873

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Kenya

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Capital City: Nairobi Official Languages: French Head of State: Uhuru Kenyatta Year of Independence: 1963

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Lesotho

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Capital City: Maseru Official Languages: English, Southern Sotho Head of State: Pakalitha Mosisili Year of Independence: 1970

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Liberia

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Capital City: Monrovia Official Languages: English Head of State: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Year of Independence: 1847

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Libya

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Capital City: Tripoli Official Languages: Arabic Head of State: Fayez al-Sarraj Year of Independence: 1951

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Madagascar

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Capital City: Antananarivo Official Languages: Malagasy, French Head of State: Hery Rajaonarimampianina Year of Independence: 1906

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Malawi

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Capital City: Lilongwe Official Languages: Chewa, English Head of State: Peter Mutharika Year of Independence: 1964

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Mali

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Capital City: Bamako Official Languages: French Head of State: Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Year of Independence: 1960

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Mauritania

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Capital City: Nouakchott Official Languages: Arabic Head of State: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Year of Independence: 1960

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Mauritius

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Morocco

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Mozambique

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Namibia

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Niger

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Nigeria

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Rwanda

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São Tomé and Principe

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Senegal

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Seychelles

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Sierra Leone

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Somalia

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South Africa

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Capital City: Pretoria Official Languages: English, Afrikaas, Zulu Head of State: Year of Independence:

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South Sudan

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Sudan

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Swaziliand

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Tanzania

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Togo

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Uganda

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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