| Country | Capital City | Currency | European Languages | African Languages | Leader | Past Leaders (some) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Algiers | Dinar | French | Arabic, Berber | Bouteflika | Boumedienne, Bendjedid, Chadli, Zeroual |
| Angola | Luanda | Kwanza | Portuguese | Ovimbundu, Kimbundu, Bakongo, Chikwe | dos Santos | Neto |
| Benin | Porto Novo | Franc CFA | French | Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba | Kerekou | Soglo |
| Botswana | Gabarone | Pula | English | Setswana | Mogae | Masire |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Franc CFA | French | Mossi, Gouronsi, Bobo, Lobi, Mande | Compaore | Sankara, Ouedraogo |
| Burundi | Bujumbura | Franc | French | Kirundi, Kiswahili | Ndayizeye | Buyoya |
| Cameroon | Yaounde | Franc CFA | French, English | Bantu | Biya | Ahidjo |
| Cape Verde Islands | Praia | Escudo | Portuguese | Criuolo | Pires | Mascarenhas |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | Franc CFA | French | Sangho | Bozizé | Bokassa, Dacko, Kolingba, Patasse |
| Chad | N'Djamena | Franc CFA | French | Arabic, Sara | Déby | Habre |
| Comoros | Moroni | Franc | French | Arabic, Shikomoro | Assoumani | Djohar |
| Congo, Republic of | Brazzaville | Franc CFA | French | Lingala, Kikongo, Munokotoba, Kibongo | Sassou-Nguesso | Lissouba |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | Kinshasa | Franc | French | Lingala, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba | Kabila | Mobutu, Kabila |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | Franc CFA | French | Akan, Dru, Dioula, Mandinka, Wolo | Gbagbo | Houphouet-Boigny, Bedié |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | Franc | French | Arabic, Somali, Afar | Guelleh | Aptidon |
| Egypt | Cairo | Pound | English, French | Arabic | Mubarak | Nasser, Sadat |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Franc CFA | Spanish, French | Fang, Bubi, Ibo, pidgin English | Mbasogo | Nguema |
| Eritrea | Asmara | Nafka | English | Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya | Afwerki | |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Birr | English | Amharic, Somali, Arabic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna | Zenawi | Selassie |
| Gabon | Libreville | Franc CFA | French | Fang, Myene, Bateke, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi | Bongo | |
| Gambia | Banjul | Dalasi | English | Malinke, Wolof, Fula | Jammeh | Jawara |
| Ghana | Accra | Cedi | English | Akan, Twi, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga | Kufuor | Nkrumah, Rwalings |
| Guinea | Conakry | Franc | French | Malinké, Fulani, Susu | Conté | Touré |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | Franc CFA | Portuguese | Criolo, Balante, Malinke, Fulani | Rosa | Cabral, Vieira |
| Kenya | Nairobi | Shilling | English | Kiswahili | Kibaki | Kenyatta, Moi |
| Lesotho | Maseru | Loti | English | Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa | Letsie III | Letsie, Mokhele |
| Liberia | Monrovia | Dollar | English | Kru, Mandingo, Gola | Bryant | Tubman, Tolbert, Doe, Taylor |
| Libya | Tripoli, Benghazi | Dinar | English, Italian | Arabic, Berber | Qadhafi | Idris |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | Franc | French | Malagasy | Ravalomanana | Zafy |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Kwacha | English | Chichewa | Mutharika | Banda, Muluzi |
| Mali | Bamako | Franc CFA | French | Bambara | Touré | Traoré, Konaré |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | Ouguiya | French | Hassaniya Arabic, Wolof; Pulaar, Soninke | Taya | |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | Rupee | English, French | Creole, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori, Chinese | Jugnauth | Uteem |
| Morocco | Rabat | Dirham | French, Spanish | Arabic, Berber | Mohammed VI | Mohammed V, Hassan II |
| Mozambique | Maputo | Metical | Portuguese | Bantu languages | Guebuza | Machel, Chissano |
| Namibia | Windhoek | Dollar | English, German | Oshiwambo, Afrikaans, Herero, Nama | Pohamba | Nujoma |
| Niger | Niamey | Franc CFA | French | Hausa, Djerma, Buduma, Tuareg, Tembou, Fulani | Ousmane | Hamani |
| Nigeria | Abuja | Naira | English | Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Edo, Fulani | Obasanjo | Azikwe, Ojukwu, Mohammed, Shangari, Buhari, Abiola, Abacha |
| Rwanda | Kigali | Franc | French, English | Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili | Kagame | Habyarimana |
| Sao Tomé and Principe | Sao Tomé | Dobra | Portuguese | Menezes | Troviada | |
| Senegal | Dakar | Franc CFA | French | Wolof, Peulh, Fulani, Serere, Tuluker, Diola, Sarakole, Mandingo | Wade | Senghor, Diouf |
| Seychelles | Victoria (Mahe) | Rupee | English, French | Seselwa Creole | Michel | René |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | Leone | English | Krio, Mende, Limba, Temne | Kabbah | Stevens, Momoh, Strasser |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | Shilling | English, Italian | Somali, Arabic | Ahmed | Aydid |
| South Africa | Pretoria, Cape Town | Rand | English | Afrikaans, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu | Mbeki | Vervoerd, de Klerk, Mandela |
| Sudan | Khartoum | Dinar | English | Arabic, Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic | Bashir | Mahdi |
| Swaziland | Mbabane, Lobamba | Lilangeni | English | Siswati | Mswati III | |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | Shilling | English | Kiswahili, Arabic | Mkapa | Nyere, Mwinyi |
| Togo | Lome | Franc CFA | French | Kabye, Ewe, Mina, Cotocoli, Konkomba | Gnassingbé | Olympio, Eyadema |
| Tunisia | Tunis | Dinar | French | Arabic | Ben Ali | Bourguiba |
| Uganda | Kampala | Shilling | English | Luganda, Kiswahili, Arabic, Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan | Museveni | Obote, Amin |
| Zambia | Lusaka | Kwacha | English | Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga | Mwanawasa | Kaunda, Chiluba |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | Dollar | English | Shona, Sindebele | Mugabe |