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HEAD OF STATE
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ANGOLA
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a unitary dominant-party
presidential constitutional
republic
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Portuguese
Luanda
481,400 sq miles
26 million (2014)
$124 billion (2019)
Kwanza
50% Catholic
25% Protestant
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President since 2017
JOAO LOURENCO
Born 1954
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CAMEROON
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a unitary dominant-party
presidential constitutional
republic
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English & French
Douala
183,569 sq miles
17 million (2018)
$95 billion (2018)
CFA franc
40% Catholic
30% Protestant
18% Islam
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President since 1982
PAUL BIYA
Born 1933
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CHAD
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a unitary dominant-party
presidential republic
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Arabic & French
N'Djamena
496,000 sq miles
13 million (2015)
$30 billion (2018)
CFA franc
56% Islam
23% Catholic
18% Protestant
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President since 1990
GENERAL IDRISS DEBY
Born 1952
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CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
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a unitary semi-presidential
constitutional republic
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French & Sango
Bangui
240,535 sq miles
5 million (2018
$3 billion (2017
CFA franc
51% Protestant
29% Catholic
10% Islam
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President since 2016
FAUSTIN-ARCHANAGE
TOUADERA
Born 1957
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Prime Minister since 2019
FIRMIN NGREBADA
Born 1968
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CONGO
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a unitary
dominant-party
semi-presidential
republic
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French
Brazzaville
132,000 sq miles
5 million (2018)
$32 billion (2019)
CFA franc
51% Protestant
30% Catholic
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President since 1997
GENERAL DENIS
SASSOU NGESSO
Born 1943
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Prime Minister since 2016
CLEMENT MOUAMBA
Born 1944
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DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
OF CONGO
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a unitary semi-presidential
constitutional republic
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French
Kinshasa
905,567 sq miles
92 million (2019)
$157 billion (2019)
Congolese franc
30% Catholic
27% Protestant
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President since 2019
FELIX TSHISEKEDI
Born 1963
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Prime Minister since 2019
SYLVESTRE ILUNGA
Born 1947
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EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
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a one-party authoritarian
dictatorship
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Spanish, French,
Portuguese
Malabo
10,830 sq miles
1.3 million (2018)
$29 billion (2019)
CFA franc
88% Catholic
5% Protestant
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President since 1979
TEODORO OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO
Born 1942
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GABON
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a unitary dominant-party
presidential republic
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French
Libreville
103,347 sq miles
2 million (2018)
$38 billion (2018)
CFA franc
73% Christian
12% Islam
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President since 2009
ALI BONGO ONDIMBA
Born 1959
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Prime Minister since 2019
JULIEN NKOGHE BEKALE
Born 1962
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