2016 in Africa
Incumbents
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- *President – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
- *Prime Minister – Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister of Algeria
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- *President – José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola
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- *President –
- *#Thomas Boni Yayi, President of Benin
- *#Patrice Talon, President of Benin
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- *President – Ian Khama, President of Botswana
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- *President – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi
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- *President – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon
- *Prime Minister – Philémon Yang, Prime Minister of Cameroon
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- *President – Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cape Verde
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Jose Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
- *#Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
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- *President –
- *#Catherine Samba-Panza, Transitional President of Central African Republic
- *#Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Transitional President of Central African Republic
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Mahamat Kamoun, Prime Minister of Central African Republic
- *#Simplice Sarandji, Prime Minister of Central African Republic
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- *President – Idriss Déby, President of Chad
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Prime Minister of Chad
- *#Albert Pahimi Padacké, Prime Minister of Chad
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- *President –
- *#Ikililou Dhoinine, President of Comoros
- *#Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros
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- *President – Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo
- *Prime Minister – Clément Mouamba, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
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- *President – Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire
- *Prime Minister – Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- *President – Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Matata Ponyo Mapon, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- *#Samy Badibanga, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- *President – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti
- *Prime Minister – Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Prime Minister of Djibouti
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- *President – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt
- *Prime Minister – Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister of Egypt
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- *President – Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
- *#Vicente Ehate Tomi, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
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- *President – Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea
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- *President – Mulatu Teshome, President of Ethiopia
- *Prime Minister – Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
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- *President – Ali Bongo, President of Gabon
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Daniel Ona Ondo, Prime Minister of Gabon
- *#Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, Prime Minister of Gabon
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- *President – Yahya Jammeh, President of Gambia
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- *President – John Mahama, President of Ghana
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- *President – Alpha Condé, President of Guinea
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- *President – José Mário Vaz, President of Guinea-Bissau
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Carlos Correia, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
- *#Baciro Djá, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
- *#Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
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- *President – Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
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- *Monarch – Letsie III, Monarch of Lesotho
- *Prime Minister – Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister of Lesotho
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- *President – Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, President of Liberia
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- *President – Aguila Saleh Issa, Chairman of the Presidential Council
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Abdullah al-Theni, Prime Minister of Libya
- *#Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of Libya
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- *President – Peter Mutharika, President of Malawi
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- *President – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, President of Mali
- *Prime Minister – Modibo Keita, Prime Minister of Mali
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- *President – Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania
- *Prime Minister – Yahya Ould Hademine, Prime Minister of Mauritania
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- *President – Ameenah Gurib, President of Mauritius
- *Prime Minister – Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius
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- *King – Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
- *Prime Minister – Abdelilah Benkirane, Prime Minister of Morocco
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- *President – Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique
- *Prime Minister – Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Prime Minister of Mozambique
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- *President – Hage Geingob, President of Namibia
- *Prime Minister – Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Prime Minister of Namibia
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- *President – Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger
- *Prime Minister – Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of Niger
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- *President – Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria
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- *President – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
- *Prime Minister – Anastase Murekezi, Prime Minister of Rwanda
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- *President –
- *#Manuel Pinto da Costa, President of Sao Tome and Principe
- *#Evaristo Carvalho, President of Sao Tome and Principe
- *Prime Minister – Patrice Trovoada, Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe
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- *President – Macky Sall, President of Senegal
- *Prime Minister – Mahammed Dionne, Prime Minister of Senegal
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- *President –
- *#James Michel, President of Seychelles
- *#Danny Faure, President of Seychelles
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- *President – Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone
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- *President – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia
- *Prime Minister – Omar Sharmarke, Prime Minister of Somalia
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- *President – Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa
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- *President – Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan
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- *President – Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan
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- *President – John Magufuli, President of Tanzania
- *Prime Minister – Kassim Majaliwa, Prime Minister of Tanzania
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- *President – Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo
- *Prime Minister – Komi Sélom Klassou, Prime Minister of Togo
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- *President – Beji Caid Essebsi, President of Tunisia
- *Prime Minister –
- *#Habib Essid, Prime Minister of Tunisia
- *#Youssef Chahed, Prime Minister of Tunisia
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- *President – Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
- *Prime Minister – Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda
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- *President – Edgar Lungu, President of Zambia
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- *President – Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
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