Countries You Would Never Believe Were in Africa

Very few African countries are known to be Countries in Africa even by some Africans, that is why when most people hear Africa the first thing that comes to mind is poverty and uncivilized people because of what they might have read or seen on TV or social media about a particular African country or countries.

Also because of how some countries or cities in African countries have been portrayed on TV people tend to believe that these cities or countries are of American or British origin or any other continent but Africa.

For example, Casablanca which is very famous and used in Hollywood movies is a city in Morocco in Northern Africa but very few people know this.

So below is a list of countries you would never believe were African countries.

Countries in Africa with African Languages and Nationalities

Algeria

Nationality: Algerian
Language: Arabic

Angola

Nationality: Angolan
Language: Portuguese

Benin

Nationality: Beninese
Language: French

Botswana

Nationality: Motswana(sing.)/ Batswana (pl.)
Language: English

Burkina Faso

Nationality: Burkinabe
Language: French

Burundi

NationalityBurundidi
Language: Kirundi/ French

Cabo Verde

Nationality: Cape Verdean
Language: Portuguese

Cameroon

Nationality: Cameroonian
Language: French / English

Central African Republic (CAR)

Nationality: Central African
Language: French/ Sango

Chad

Nationality: Chadian
Language: French /Arabic

Comoros

Nationality: Comorian
Language: Shikomoro/ Arabic/ French

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nationality: Congolese
Language: French

Republic of the Congo

Nationality: Congolese
Language: French

Côte d’Ivoire(Ivory Coast)

Nationality: Ivoirian
Language: French

Djibouti

Nationality: Djiboutian
Language: French/ Arabic

Egypt

Nationality: Egyptian
Language: Arabic

Equatorial Guinea

Nationality: Equatorial Guinean
Language: Spanish/ French

Eritrea

Nationality: Eritrean
Language: Tigrinya/ Tigre/ Standard Arabic

Eswatini

Countries in Africa and the Capital and Region

Northern Africa: There are six countries in Northern Africa and one disputed territory, Western Sahara. According to the United Nations Population Division, approximately 250 million people live in Northern Africa (in 2021).

Country. Capital
Algeria. Algiers

Egypt. Cairo

Libya. Tripoli

Morocco. Rabat

Sudan. Khartoum

Tunisia. Tunis

Western Sahara El Aaiún

West Africa: There are sixteen countries in West Africa and one British Overseas Territory, Saint Helena. According to the United Nations Population Division, an estimated 412 million people live in West Africa (in 2021).

Country. Capital
Benin. Porto-Novo, Cotonou

Burkina Faso. Ouagadougou

Cape Verde. Praia

Côte d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro, Abidjan

Gambia, The Banjul

Ghana Accra

Guinea. Conakry

Guinea-Bissau. Bissau

Liberia. Monrovia

MalI. Bamako

Mauritania. Nouakchott

Niger. Niamey

Nigeria. Abuja

Senegal. Dakar

Sierra Leone. Freetown

Togo. Lomé

Central Africa or Middle Africa (as used by the United Nations) refers to the tropical central portion of the African continent. There are nine countries in Central Africa, including the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.

According to the United Nations Population Division, approximately 185 million people live in Central Africa (in 2021).

Country Capital

Angola Luanda

Cameroon Yaounde

Central African Republic Bangui

Chad N’Djamena

Congo, Dem. Rep. (Kinshasa) Kinshasa

Congo, Rep. (Brazzaville)Brazzaville

Equatorial Guinea. Malabo

Gabon Libreville

São Tomé & Príncipe São Tomé

East Africa, or Eastern Africa, is the eastern portion of the African continent; it includes Madagascar and other smaller islands. In a narrower sense, the term East Africa may refer to the former British colonial areas of present-day Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
According to the United Nations Population Division, roughly 457 million people live in East Africa (in 2021).

Country Capital

Burundi Bujumbura

Comoros Moroni

Djibouti Djibouti

Eritrea Asmara

Ethiopia Addis Ababa

Kenya Nairobi

Madagascar Antananarivo

Malawi Lilongwe

Mauritius Port Louis

Mozambique Maputo

Rwanda Kigali

Seychelles Victoria

Somalia and Somaliland Mogadishu

South Sudan Juba

Tanzania Dodoma, Dar es Salaam

Uganda Kampala

Zambia Lusaka

Zimbabwe Harare

Southern Africa is the southern portion of the African continent, bounded by the South Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Indian Ocean in the east. The United Nations geoscheme lists five countries in Southern Africa, with a total population of about 68.3 million people (in 2021).

Country Capital

Botswana Gaborone

Lesotho Maseru

Namibia Windhoek

South Africa Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Cape Town

Swaziland Lobamba

Sources: Nationsonline and 7esl.com