| Country |
Capital |
Leader(s)/Note |
| Algeria |
Algerias |
Provisional Governor Ferhat Abbas, until 8/27/61
Youseff Ben Khedda, 8/27/61-9/26/62
Independence: 7/3/62
Premier Ahmed Ben Bella, Elected 9/26/62 |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
Mohammed V until 2/26/61
King Hussan II, 2/26/61- |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
President Habib Bourguiba |
| British East Africa |
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| Kenya |
Nairobi |
Tom Mboya (General Secretary of the Kenya National Union)
Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, 6/63- |
| Uganda |
Kampala |
Prime Minister Benedicto Kiwanuka, Chief Minister 7/61-3/62, Prime Minister 3/62-4/62 |
| Tanganyika |
Dar es Salaam |
Julius Nyerere |
| Zanzibar |
Zanzibar Town |
British protectorate |
| Seychelles |
Victoria |
British Ministerial Government |
| Central African Republic |
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| Congo (Brazzaville) |
Brazzaville |
President Fulbert Youlou, 8/60-8/63. 8/63-11/63 vacant
Prime Minister Alphonse Massamba Debat, 8/63-12/63, first PM |
| Chad |
Fort Lamy (N'djamena) |
President Ngarta Tombolbaye |
| Gabon |
Libreville |
Leon M'Ba |
| Cameroon |
Yaounde |
President Ahmadou Ahidjo
Prime Minister Charles Assale |
| Congo |
Leopoldville |
President Joseph Kasavubu
Prime Ministers: Justin Bomboko until 2/61, Joseph Ileo 2/61-8/61, Cyrille Adoula 8/61- |
| Congo (Secessionist State) |
Elisabethville |
President Moise Tshombe until 1/63
Prime Minister Antonie Gizenga |
| Ivory Coast |
Abidjan |
President Felix Houphouet-Boigny |
| Niger |
Niamey |
President Hamani Diori |
| Upper Volta |
Ouagadougou |
Maurice Yameogo |
| Dahomey |
Porto Novo
Political Capital: Contonou |
Hubert Maga until 10/63
Colonel Christopher Soglo 10/63- |
| Togo |
Lome |
President Sylvanus Olympio (assassinated 5/63)
Nicholas Grunitzky thereafter |
| Egypt (UAR) |
Cairo |
President Gamal Abdel Nasser
Premier Ali Sabry 9/24/62- |
| Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
Emperor Haile Selassie
Prime Minister Akilu Habte Wold 3/61- |
| Somalia |
Mogadishu |
President Aden Abdullah Osman
Prime Minister Abdirashid Shermarke |
| French Somaliland |
Djibouti |
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| Ghana |
Accia |
Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah |
| Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
Sir Milton Margai |
| Guinea |
Conakry |
President Sekou Toure |
| Liberia |
Monrovia |
President William V.S. Tubman |
| Libya |
Tripoli and Benghazi |
King Idris I
Premier Muhammad Bin 'Uthman AL-Said |
| Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) |
Tananarive |
President Philibert Tsiranana |
| Comoro Islands |
Diego-Suarez Dzaoudzi |
French Territory |
| Mauritius |
Port Louis |
Chief Minister Seewoosaguer Ramgoolam |
| Southwest Africa |
Windhoek |
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| Reunion |
Saint Denis |
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| Nigeria |
Lago |
Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Governor General 11/60-9/63
President 9/63- |
| Portuguese Africa |
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| Angola |
Luanda |
Prime Minister Dr. Antonion De Oliveira Salazar
President Americo Deus Rodrig
Government in Exile in Leopoldville: Prime Minister Holden Roberto 4/62- |
| Mozambique |
Lourenco Marques |
Prime Minister Dr. Antonio De Oliveira Salazar
President Americo Deus Rodrig |
| Portuguese Guinea |
Bissau |
Prime Minister Dr. Antonio De Oliveira Salazar
President Americo Deus Rodrig |
| Cape Verde Islands |
Mindelo |
Prime Minister Dr. Antonio De Oliveira Salazar
President Americo Deus Rodrig |
| Sao Tome & Principe |
Sao Tome |
Prime Minister Dr. Antonio De Oliveira Salazar
President Americo Deus Rodrig |
| Rwanda & Burundi |
Usumbura |
Premier Gregorie Kayibanda 1/28/61- |
| Senegal |
Dakar |
President Leopold Senghor |
| Mali |
Bamako |
President Modibo Keita |
| Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
President Mokhtar Ould Daddah |
| Gambia |
Bathurst |
Chielf Minister Pierre N'Jie 3/61-6/62
Prime Minister Dauda Jawara 6/62- |
| South Africa |
Cape Town (legisslative)
Pretoria (administrative) |
President Charles R. Swart, Governor General 6/60-5/61, President 5/61-
Governor-General (acting) Lucas Steyn 5/61 |
| British High Commission Territories |
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| Basutoland |
Maseru |
British Territory |
| Swaziland |
Mbabane |
British Territory |
| Bechuanaland |
Johannesburg |
British protectorate |
| Central African Republic |
Bangui |
President David Dacko |
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