Below is an alphabetical list of all African countries, along with capitals and the state names as they are known within each country. In addition to the 54 sovereign states in Africa, the list also includes the two islands still governed by European states and Western Sahara, which is recognized by the African Union but not the United Nations.

Of related interest:

1. a list of African countries organized by date of independence

1. The former, colonial names of all African countries
2. Histories of each country in Africa

Alphabetical List of All African Countries, with capitals and national state names

Official State Name (English)	Capital	National State Name
Algeria, People's Democratic Republic Of	Algiers	Al Jaza'ir
Angola, Republic of	Luanda	Angola
Benin, Republic of	Porto-Novo (official) Cotonou (seat of government)	Benin
Botswana, Republic of	Gaborone	Botswana
Burkina Faso	Oaugadougou	Burkina Faso
Burundi, Republic of	Bujumbura	Burundi
Cabo Verde, Republic of (Cabo Verde)	Praia	Cabo Verde
Cameroon, Republic of	Yaoundé	Cameroon / Cameroun
Central African Republic (CAR)	Bangui	Republique Centrafricaine
Chad, Republic of	N'Djamena	Tchad / Tshad
Comoros, Union of the	Moroni	Komori (Comorian) Comores (French) Juzur al Qamar (Arabic)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC)	Kinshasa	Republique Democratique du Congo (RDC)
Congo, Republic of the	Brazzaville	Congo
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Yamoussoukro (official) Abidjan (administrative seat)	Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti, Republic of	Djibouti	Djibouti / Jibuti
Egypt, Arab Republic of	Cairo	Misr
Equatorial Guinea, Republic of	Malabo	Guinea Ecuatorial/Guinee Equatoriale
Eritrea, State of	Asmara	Ertra
Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of	Addis Ababa	Ityop'iya
Gabonese Republic, (Gabon)	Libreville	Gabon
Gambia, Republic of The	Banjul	The Gambia
Ghana, Republic of	Accra	Ghana
Guinea, Republic of	Conakry	Guinee
Guinea-Bissau, Republic of	Bissau	Guine-Bissau
Kenya, Republic of	Nairobi	Kenya
Lesotho, Kingdom of	Maseru	Lesotho
Liberia, Republic of	Monrovia	Liberia
Libya	Tripoli	Libiya
Madagascar, Republic of	Antananarivo	Madagascar / Madagasikara
Malawi, Republic of	Lilongwe	Malawi
Mali, Republic of	Bamako	Mali
Mauritania, Islamic Republic of	Nouakchott	Muritaniyah
Mauritius, Republic of	Port Louis	Mauritius
Morocco, Kingdom of	Rabat	Al Maghrib
Mozambique, Republic of	Maputo	Mocambique
Namibia, Republic of	Windhoek	Namibia
Niger, Republic of	Niamey	Niger
Nigeria, Federal Republic of	Abuja	Nigeria
**Reunion (an Overseas Department of France)	Paris, France  [dept. capital=Saint-Denis]	Reunion
Rwanda, Republic of	Kigali	Rwanda
**Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha   (a British Overseas Territory)	London, U.K.  (administrative centre= Jamestown,  Saint Helena)	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
São Tomé and Principe, Democratic Republic of	São Tomé	São Tomé e Principe
Senegal, Republic of	Dakar	Senegal
Seychelles, Republic of	Victoria	Seychelles
Sierra Leone, Republic of	Freetown	Sierra Leone
Somalia, Federal Republic of	Mogadishu	Soomaaliya
South Africa, Republic of	Pretoria	South Africa
South Sudan, Republic of	Juba	South Sudan
Sudan, Republic of the	Khartoum	As-Sudan
Swaziland, Kingdom of	Mbabane (official) Lobamba (royal and legislative capital)	Umbuso weSwatini
Tanzania, United Republic of	Dodoma (official) Dar es Salaam (former capital and seat of executive)	Tanzania
Togolese Republic (Togo)	Lomé	Republique Togolaise
Tunisia, Republic of	Tunis	Tunis
Uganda, Republic of	Kampala	Uganda
**Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara)  [state recognized by the African Union but claimed by Morocco]	El-Aaiún (Laayoune) (official) Tifariti (provisional)	Sahrawi / Saharawi
Zambia, Republic of	Lusaka	Zambia
Zimbabwe, Republic of	Harare	Zimbabwe

 

*The autonomous region of Somaliland (located within Somalia) is not included in this list as it has not yet been recognized by any sovereign states.

Sources:

The World Factbook (2013-14). Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2013 (updated 15 July 2015) (accessed 24 July 2015).