African States Portal
For some information on these states, you may wish to check the UPenn African Studies Center. You may also
wish to check out some of the links on this site’s link page or the following sites.
Things to Know:
Things you should know about your state:
- type of government, including its capital, currency, and level of freedom
- major religions
- effects of religious differences
- major ethnicities and nations in the state
- history of wars, both civil and international
- memberships in area security organizations
- languages spoken in the state
- the flag, and what it symbolizes
- major difficulties the state is having
- how friendly it is to the United States
- the relative HIV/AIDS incidence rate
Assigned States:
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria | |
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Short Form: Algeria ( Local Form: Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah Capital: Algiers ( Monetary Unit: Algerian dinar (DZD) Exchange Rate: 71.0 DZD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Rebecca Callaway |
Republic of Angola | |
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Short Form: Angola ( Local Form: Republica de Angola Capital: Luanda ( Monetary Unit: kwanza (AOA) Exchange Rate: 80.2 AOA ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Ashley Moore |
Republic of Benin | |
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Short Form: Benin ( Local Form: Republique du Benin Capital: Porto-Novo ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) Exchange Rate: 513.0 XOF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Lacey Smothers |
Republic of Botswana | |
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Short Form: Botswana ( Local Form: Republic of Botswana Capital: Gaborone ( Monetary Unit: pula (BWP) Exchange Rate: 6.2 BWP ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Justin Groves |
Burkina Faso | |
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Short Form: Burkina Faso ( Local Form: Burkina Faso Capital: Ougadougou ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XOF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Stephanie Grigg |
Republic of Burundi | |
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Short Form: Burundi ( Local Form: Republika y'u Burundi Capital: Bujumbura ( Monetary Unit: Burundi franc (BIF) Exchange Rate: 1,053.8 BIF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Andrew Morelock |
Republic of Côte d'Ivoire | |
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Short Form: Côte d'Ivoire ( Local Form: Republique de Côte d'Ivoire Capital: Yamoussoukro ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XOF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Ty Bell |
Republic of Cameroon | |
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Short Form: Cameroon ( Local Form: Republique du Cameroun Capital: Yaoundé ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XAF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Stephen Townsend |
Republic of Cape Verde | |
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Short Form: Cape Verde Islands ( Local Form: Republica de Cabo Verde Capital: Praia ( Monetary Unit: Cape Verdean escudo (CVE) Exchange Rate: 86.4 CVE ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: No one. |
Central African Republic | |
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Short Form: Central African Republic ( Local Form: Republique Centrafricaine Capital: Bangui ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XAF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Justin Mathewson |
Republic of Chad | |
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Short Form: Chad ( Local Form: Jumhuriyat Tshad Capital: N'Djamena ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XAF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: George Brown |
Union of the Comoros | |
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Short Form: Comoros ( Local Form: Union des Comores Capital: Moroni ( Monetary Unit: Comoran franc (KMF) Exchange Rate: 384.7 KMF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: No one. |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
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Short Form: Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Local Form: Republique Democratique du Congo Capital: Kinshasa ( Monetary Unit: Congolese franc (CDF) Exchange Rate: 432.0 CDF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Michael Graham |
Republic of Djibouti | |
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Short Form: Djibouti ( Local Form: Jumhuriyat Jibuti Capital: Djibouti ( Monetary Unit: Djiboutian franc (DJF) Exchange Rate: 174.2 DJF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Jason Collins |
Arab Republic of Egypt | |
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Short Form: Egypt ( Local Form: Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah Capital: Cairo ( Monetary Unit: Egyptian pound (EGP) Exchange Rate: 5.7 EGP ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Rebecca Bryan |
Republic of Equatorial Guinea | |
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Short Form: Equatorial Guinea ( Local Form: Republique de Guinee Equatoriale Capital: Malabo ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XAF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Christopher Burns |
State of Eritrea | |
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Short Form: Eritrea ( Local Form: Hagere Ertra Capital: Asmara ( Monetary Unit: nakfa (ERN) Exchange Rate: 15.0 ERN ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Allison Eskew |
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | |
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Short Form: Ethiopia ( Local Form: Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik Capital: Addis Ababa ( Monetary Unit: birr (ETB) Exchange Rate: 8.7 ETB ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Natalie Emmett |
Gabonese Republic | |
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Short Form: Gabon ( Local Form: Republique gabonaise Capital: Libreville ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XAF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Nikolas Adams |
Republic of Ghana | |
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Short Form: Ghana ( Local Form: Republic of Ghana Capital: Accra ( Monetary Unit: cedi (GHC) Exchange Rate: 9,202.5 GHC ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Rebecca Illig |
Republic of Guinea | |
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Short Form: Guinea ( Local Form: Republique de Guinee Capital: Conakry ( Monetary Unit: Guinean franc (GNF) Exchange Rate: 5,505.1 GNF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Brittany Greene |
Republic of Guinea-Bissau | |
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Short Form: Guinea-Bissau ( Local Form: Republica da Guine-Bissau Capital: Bissau ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XOF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: John DeWitt |
Republic of Kenya | |
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Short Form: Kenya ( Local Form: Jamhuri y Kenya Capital: Nairobi ( Monetary Unit: Kenyan shilling (KES) Exchange Rate: 72.8 KES ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: William Adams |
Kingdom of Lesotho | |
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Short Form: Lesotho ( Local Form: Kingdom of Lesotho Capital: Maseru ( Monetary Unit: loti (LSL) Exchange Rate: 7.6 LSL ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Kirk Swearingen |
Republic of Liberia | |
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Short Form: Liberia ( Local Form: Republic of Liberia Capital: Monrovia ( Monetary Unit: Liberian dollar (LRD) Exchange Rate: 49.0 LRD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Joshua Benton |
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | |
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Short Form: Libya ( Local Form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma Capital: Tripoli ( Monetary Unit: Libyan dinar (LYD) Exchange Rate: 1.3 LYD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Jessica Matton |
Republic of Madagascar | |
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Short Form: Madagascar ( Local Form: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara Capital: Antanànarìvo ( Monetary Unit: Madagascar ariary (MGA) Exchange Rate: 2,135.0 MGA ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Adrian Hall |
Republic of Malawi | |
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Short Form: Malawi ( Local Form: Dziko la Malawi Capital: Lilongwe ( Monetary Unit: Malawian kwacha (MWK) Exchange Rate: 138.6 MWK ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: John Faulkner |
Republic of Mali | |
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Short Form: Mali ( Local Form: Republique de Mali Capital: Bamako ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XOF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Ashley Nelson |
Islamic Republic of Mauritania | |
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Short Form: Mauritania ( Local Form: Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah Capital: Nouakchott ( Monetary Unit: ouguiya (MRO) Exchange Rate: 270.8 MRO ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Lauren Riggs |
Republic of Mauritius | |
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Short Form: Mauritius ( Local Form: Republic of Mauritius Capital: Port Louis ( Monetary Unit: Mauritian rupee (MUR) Exchange Rate: 32.8 MUR ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: No one. |
Kingdom of Morocco | |
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Short Form: Morocco ( Local Form: Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah Capital: Rabat ( Monetary Unit: Moroccan dirham (MAD) Exchange Rate: 8.7 MAD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Karl Frisch |
Republic of Mozambique | |
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Short Form: Mozambique ( Local Form: Republica de Mocambique Capital: Maputo ( Monetary Unit: metical (MZM) Exchange Rate: 27.0 MZM ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Aaron Jacobs |
Republic of Namibia | |
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Short Form: Namibia ( Local Form: Republic of Namibia Capital: Windhoek ( Monetary Unit: Namibian dollar (NAD) Exchange Rate: 7.6 NAD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Sydney Newman |
Republic of Niger | |
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Short Form: Niger ( Local Form: Republique du Niger Capital: Niamey ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XOF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Carli Ashe |
Federal Republic of Nigeria | |
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Short Form: Nigeria ( Local Form: Federal Republic of Nigeria Capital: Abuja ( Monetary Unit: naira (NGN) Exchange Rate: 127.7 NGN ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Phyllis Belanger |
Republic of the Congo | |
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Short Form: Republic of the Congo ( Local Form: Republique du Congo Capital: Brazzaville ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XAF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Bill Piper |
Republic of Rwanda | |
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Short Form: Rwanda ( Local Form: Republika y'u Rwanda Capital: Kigali ( Monetary Unit: Rwandan franc (RWF) Exchange Rate: 550.1 RWF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Manan Shah |
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe | |
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Short Form: São Tomé and Príncipe ( Local Form: Republica Democratica de São Tomé e Príncipe Capital: São Tomé ( Monetary Unit: dobra (STD) Exchange Rate: 6,840.0 STD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: No one. |
Republic of Senegal | |
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Short Form: Senegal ( Local Form: Republique du Senegal Capital: Dakar ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XOF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: John Queener |
Republic of Seychelles | |
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Short Form: Seychelles ( Local Form: Republic of Seychelles Capital: Victoria ( Monetary Unit: Seychelles rupee (SCR) Exchange Rate: 5.5 SCR ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: No one. |
Republic of Sierra Leone | |
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Short Form: Sierra Leone ( Local Form: Republic of Sierra Leone Capital: Freetown ( Monetary Unit: leone (SLL) Exchange Rate: 2,952.0 SLL ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Emma Powell |
Somalia | |
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Short Form: Somalia ( Local Form: Jamhuuriyada Demuqraadiga Soomaaliyeed Capital: Mogadishu ( Monetary Unit: Somali shilling (SOS) Exchange Rate: 1,367.5 SOS ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: John Mallick |
Puntland State of Somalia | |
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Short Form: Puntland ( Local Form: Dawlad Goboleedka Puntland Soomaliya Capital: Garoowe ( Monetary Unit: Somali shilling (SOS) Exchange Rate: 1,367.5 SOS ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: No one. |
Somaliland | |
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Short Form: Somaliland ( Local Form: Somaliland Capital: Hargeisa ( Monetary Unit: Somaliland shilling (SLS) Exchange Rate: 4,500.0 SLS ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: No one. |
Republic of South Africa | |
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Short Form: South Africa ( Local Form: Republic of South Africa Capital: Pretoria ( Monetary Unit: rand (ZAR) Exchange Rate: 7.6 ZAR ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Anna Alsobrook |
Kingdom of Swaziland | |
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Short Form: Swaziland ( Local Form: Umbuso weSwatini Capital: Mbabane ( Monetary Unit: lilangeni (SZL) Exchange Rate: 7.6 SZL ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Anna Phillips |
United Republic of Tanzania | |
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Short Form: Tanzania ( Local Form: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Capital: Dodoma ( Monetary Unit: Tanzanian shilling (TZS) Exchange Rate: 1,292.5 TZS ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Christian Lund |
Republic of The Gambia | |
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Short Form: The Gambia ( Local Form: Republic of The Gambia Capital: Banjul ( Monetary Unit: dalasi (GMD) Exchange Rate: 28.2 GMD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Brianna Riggs |
Republic of The Sudan | |
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Short Form: The Sudan ( Local Form: Jumhuriyat as-Sudan Capital: Khartoum ( Monetary Unit: Sudanese dinar (SDD) Exchange Rate: 211.5 SDD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Joshua Jenkins |
Togolese Republic | |
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Short Form: Togo ( Local Form: Republique togolaise Capital: Lomé ( Monetary Unit: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF) Exchange Rate: 512.9 XOF ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Samuel MacDonald |
Tunisian Republic | |
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Short Form: Tunisia ( Local Form: Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah Capital: Tunis ( Monetary Unit: Tunisian dinar (TND) Exchange Rate: 1.3 TND ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Stuart Ervin |
Republic of Uganda | |
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Short Form: Uganda ( Local Form: Republic of Uganda Capital: Kampala ( Monetary Unit: Ugandan shilling (UGX) Exchange Rate: 1,849.0 UGX ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Samantha Randolph |
Occupied Territory of the Western Sahara | |
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Short Form: Western Sahara ( Local Form: Occupied Territory of the Western Sahara Capital: Laâyoune ( Monetary Unit: Moroccan dirham (MAD) Exchange Rate: 8.7 MAD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Keith Holloway |
Republic of Zambia | |
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Short Form: Zambia ( Local Form: Republic of Zambia Capital: Lusaka ( Monetary Unit: Zambian kwacha (ZMK) Exchange Rate: 4,045.0 ZMK ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Frank Wood |
Republic of Zimbabwe | |
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Short Form: Zimbabwe ( Local Form: Republic of Zimbabwe Capital: Harare ( Monetary Unit: Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD) Exchange Rate: 249.8 ZWD ≈ 1.00 USD Assigned to: Joseph Trembly |