{"id":333,"date":"2026-02-01T20:29:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/?p=333"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:54:35","slug":"african-sovereign-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"African Sovereign Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Here is a table of all 54 recognized African sovereign nations, with their capital cities and the latest available population estimates (generally based on 2023-2024 United Nations projections).<\/p>\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area _1210dd7 c03cafe9\">\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__gutters\">\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__horizontal-gutter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-scroll-area__vertical-gutter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Capital City<\/th>\n<th>Population (Approx.)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Algeria<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Algiers<\/td>\n<td>46,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Angola<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Luanda<\/td>\n<td>37,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Benin<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Porto-Novo (Cotonou is seat of government)<\/td>\n<td>14,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Botswana<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Gaborone<\/td>\n<td>2,700,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Burkina Faso<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Ouagadougou<\/td>\n<td>23,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Burundi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Gitega (changed from Bujumbura)<\/td>\n<td>13,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cabo Verde<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Praia<\/td>\n<td>600,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cameroon<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yaound\u00e9<\/td>\n<td>28,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Central African Republic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bangui<\/td>\n<td>6,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Chad<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>N&#8217;Djamena<\/td>\n<td>18,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Comoros<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Moroni<\/td>\n<td>900,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Congo, Democratic Republic of the<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Kinshasa<\/td>\n<td>105,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Congo, Republic of the<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Brazzaville<\/td>\n<td>6,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire (Ivory Coast)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Yamoussoukro (Abidjan is admin. center)<\/td>\n<td>29,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Djibouti<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Djibouti City<\/td>\n<td>1,100,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Egypt<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Cairo<\/td>\n<td>113,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Equatorial Guinea<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Malabo (Oyala is a planned future capital)<\/td>\n<td>1,700,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Eritrea<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Asmara<\/td>\n<td>3,700,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Eswatini (Swaziland)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Mbabane (executive); Lobamba (legislative)<\/td>\n<td>1,200,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ethiopia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Addis Ababa<\/td>\n<td>127,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gabon<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Libreville<\/td>\n<td>2,400,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gambia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Banjul<\/td>\n<td>2,800,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ghana<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Accra<\/td>\n<td>34,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Guinea<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Conakry<\/td>\n<td>14,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Guinea-Bissau<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bissau<\/td>\n<td>2,200,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Kenya<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Nairobi<\/td>\n<td>56,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Lesotho<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Maseru<\/td>\n<td>2,300,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Liberia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Monrovia<\/td>\n<td>5,500,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Libya<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Tripoli<\/td>\n<td>6,900,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Madagascar<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Antananarivo<\/td>\n<td>30,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Malawi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Lilongwe<\/td>\n<td>21,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mali<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bamako<\/td>\n<td>23,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mauritania<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Nouakchott<\/td>\n<td>4,900,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mauritius<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Port Louis<\/td>\n<td>1,300,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Morocco<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Rabat<\/td>\n<td>38,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mozambique<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Maputo<\/td>\n<td>34,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Namibia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Windhoek<\/td>\n<td>2,600,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Niger<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Niamey<\/td>\n<td>27,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Nigeria<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Abuja<\/td>\n<td>226,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rwanda<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Kigali<\/td>\n<td>14,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9<\/td>\n<td>200,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Senegal<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dakar<\/td>\n<td>18,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Seychelles<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Victoria<\/td>\n<td>100,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sierra Leone<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Freetown<\/td>\n<td>8,800,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Somalia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Mogadishu<\/td>\n<td>18,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Pretoria (admin.), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)<\/td>\n<td>61,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>South Sudan<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Juba<\/td>\n<td>11,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Sudan<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Khartoum<\/td>\n<td>48,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tanzania<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dodoma (Dar es Salaam is commercial center)<\/td>\n<td>67,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Togo<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Lom\u00e9<\/td>\n<td>9,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tunisia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Tunis<\/td>\n<td>12,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Uganda<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Kampala<\/td>\n<td>49,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Zambia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Lusaka<\/td>\n<td>21,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Zimbabwe<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Harare<\/td>\n<td>17,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Important Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Population Figures:<\/strong>\u00a0All numbers are rounded to the nearest significant digit for clarity and are based on recent UN\/World Bank estimates. They are dynamic and change daily.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Capitals:<\/strong>\u00a0Some nations have multiple capitals (South Africa, Eswatini) or official capitals that differ from their primary commercial\/administrative cities (e.g., Benin, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, Tanzania).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Western Sahara:<\/strong>\u00a0Listed as a non-self-governing territory by the UN; its status is disputed. It is not included in the count of 54 sovereign states.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a table of all 54 recognized African sovereign nations, with their capital cities and the latest available population estimates (generally based on 2023-2024 United Nations projections). Country Capital City Population (Approx.) Algeria Algiers 46,000,000 Angola Luanda 37,000,000 Benin Porto-Novo (Cotonou is seat of government) 14,000,000 Botswana Gaborone 2,700,000 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 23,000,000 Burundi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[24,251,250,252],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","tag-africa","tag-capital-cities","tag-countrtes","tag-population"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>African Sovereign Nations - afritopic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"African Sovereign Nations - afritopic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is a table of all 54 recognized African sovereign nations, with their capital cities and the latest available population estimates (generally based on 2023-2024 United Nations projections). Country Capital City Population (Approx.) Algeria Algiers 46,000,000 Angola Luanda 37,000,000 Benin Porto-Novo (Cotonou is seat of government) 14,000,000 Botswana Gaborone 2,700,000 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 23,000,000 Burundi [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"afritopic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-01T20:29:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-02T22:54:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/africamap.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lov\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lov\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"lov\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/39226a5c043d56b11243cffddb900f28\"},\"headline\":\"African Sovereign Nations\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-01T20:29:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-02T22:54:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/africamap.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa\",\"capital cities\",\"countrtes\",\"population\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Africa\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/\",\"name\":\"African Sovereign Nations - afritopic\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/africamap.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-01T20:29:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-02T22:54:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/africamap.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/africamap.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"africamap\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/01\\\/african-sovereign-nations\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"African Sovereign Nations\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"afritopic\",\"description\":\"Culture Education Entertainment\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"afritopic\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/cropped-logo-icon-512x512-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/cropped-logo-icon-512x512-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"afritopic\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/39226a5c043d56b11243cffddb900f28\",\"name\":\"lov\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbe41ac4a88dc343e42e2dea90159fdebbec8b2821998c02efd9bc29acd704f2?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbe41ac4a88dc343e42e2dea90159fdebbec8b2821998c02efd9bc29acd704f2?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbe41ac4a88dc343e42e2dea90159fdebbec8b2821998c02efd9bc29acd704f2?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"lov\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/afritopic.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/prof\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"African Sovereign Nations - afritopic","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"African Sovereign Nations - afritopic","og_description":"Here is a table of all 54 recognized African sovereign nations, with their capital cities and the latest available population estimates (generally based on 2023-2024 United Nations projections). Country Capital City Population (Approx.) Algeria Algiers 46,000,000 Angola Luanda 37,000,000 Benin Porto-Novo (Cotonou is seat of government) 14,000,000 Botswana Gaborone 2,700,000 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 23,000,000 Burundi [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/","og_site_name":"afritopic","article_published_time":"2026-02-01T20:29:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-02T22:54:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/africamap.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"lov","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"lov","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/"},"author":{"name":"lov","@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39226a5c043d56b11243cffddb900f28"},"headline":"African Sovereign Nations","datePublished":"2026-02-01T20:29:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-02T22:54:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/"},"wordCount":290,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/africamap.jpg","keywords":["africa","capital cities","countrtes","population"],"articleSection":["Africa"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/","url":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/","name":"African Sovereign Nations - afritopic","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/africamap.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-01T20:29:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-02T22:54:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/africamap.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/africamap.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"africamap"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/african-sovereign-nations\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"African Sovereign Nations"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/","name":"afritopic","description":"Culture Education Entertainment","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/#organization","name":"afritopic","url":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cropped-logo-icon-512x512-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cropped-logo-icon-512x512-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"afritopic"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39226a5c043d56b11243cffddb900f28","name":"lov","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbe41ac4a88dc343e42e2dea90159fdebbec8b2821998c02efd9bc29acd704f2?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbe41ac4a88dc343e42e2dea90159fdebbec8b2821998c02efd9bc29acd704f2?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbe41ac4a88dc343e42e2dea90159fdebbec8b2821998c02efd9bc29acd704f2?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"lov"},"url":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/author\/prof\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afritopic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}