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BURUNDI
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a unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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French, English,
Kirundi
Gitega
10,747 sq miles
12 million (2019)
$8 billion (2019)
Burundian franc
65% Catholic
20% Protestant
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President since June 2020
ÉVARISTE NDAYISHIMIYE
Born 1968
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DJIBOUTI
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a Unitary dominant-party
presidential republic under
an authoritarian
dictatorship
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French, Arabic
Djibouti
9,000 sq miles
884,000 (2018)
$4 billion (2018)
Djiboutian franc
94% Islam
6% Christian
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President since 1999
ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH
Born 1947
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Prime Minister since 2013
ABDOULKADER KAMIL
MOHAMED
Born 1951
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ERITREA
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a unitary one-party
presidential republic under
a totalitarian dictatorship
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Italian, Arabic,
English
Asmara
45,400 sq miles
5.75 million (2018)
$10.6 billion (2019)
Nakfa
63% Christian
37% Islam
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President since 1993
ISAIAS AFWERKI
Born 1946
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ETHIOPIA
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a Zenawist dominant-party
parliamentary constitutional
republic
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Amharic
Addis Ababa
426,400 sq miles
109 million (2018)
$240 billion (2019)
Birr
44% Ethiopian
Orthodox
34% Islam
19% Protestant
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Prime Minister since 2018
ABIY AHMED
Born 1976
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KENYA
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a unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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English, Swahili
Nairobi
224,081 sq miles
47.5 million (2019)
$190 billion (2019)
Kenyan shilling
48% Protestant
24% Catholic
15% Islam
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President since 2013
UHURU KENYATTA
Born 1961
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MADAGASCAR
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a unitary semi-presidential
constitutional republic
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French, Malagasy
Antananarivo
226,658 sq miles
26 million (2018)
$46 billion (2019)
Malagasy ariary
52% indigenous
41% Christian
7% Islam
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President since 2019
ANDRY RAJOELINA
Born 1974
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Prime Minister since 2018
CHRISTIAN LOUIS NTSAY
Born 1961
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MALAWI
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a unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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English, Chichewa
Lilongwe
45,747 sq miles
18 million (2018)
$25 billion (2019)
Kwacha
70% Christian
17% Catholic
14% Islam
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President since 2014
PETER MUTHARIKA
Born 1940
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MOZAMBIQUE
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a unitary dominant-party
semi-presidential
constitutional republic
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Portuguese
Maputo
309,500 sq miles
29.5 million (2018)
$41.4 billion (2019)
Metical
27% Catholic
19% Islam
16% Jewish
15% Protestant
14% None
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President since 2015
FILIPE NYUSI
Born 1959
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Prime Minister since 2015
CARLOS AGOSTINHO DO
ROSARIO DE CAMPOS
Born 1954
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RWANDA
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a Unitary dominant-party
presidential constitutional
republic
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English, French,
Kinyarwanda,
Swahili Kigali
10,169 sq miles
11 million (2015)
$30 billion (2019)
Rwandan franc
44% Catholic
38% Protestant
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President since 2000
PAUL KAGAME
Born 1957
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Prime Minister since 2017
EDOUARD NGIRENTE
Born 1973
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SOMALIA
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a Federal parliamentary
republic
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Somali, Arabic
Mogadishu
246,201 sq miles
11 million (2017)
$22 billion (2018)
Somali shilling
99% Islam
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President since 2017
MOHAMED ABDULLAHI
MOHAMED
Born 1965
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Prime Minister since Sept 2020
MOHAMED HUSSEIN
ROBLE
Born 1995
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SOUTH SUDAN
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a Federal presidential
constitutional republic
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English
Juba
239,285 sq miles
11 million (2018)
$18.4 billion (2018)
South Sudan pound
Christian
Islam
Animist
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President since 2011
SLAVA KIIR MAYARDIT
Born 1951
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TANZANIA
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a Unitary dominant party
presidential constitutional
republic
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Swahili, English
Dodoma
365,756 sq miles
56 million (2018)
$186 billion (2019)
Tanzanian shilling
61% Christian
35% Islam
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President since 2015
Dr. JOHN MAGUFULI
Born 1959
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UGANDA
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a Unitary dominant-party
presidential republic
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English, Swahili
Kampala
93,065 sq miles
43 million (2018)
$103 billion (2019)
Ugandan shilling
39% Catholic
32% Anglican
14% Islam
11% Protestant
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President since 1986
YOWERI MUSEVENI
Born 1944
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ZAMBIA
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a Unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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English
Lusaka
290,587 sq miles
17 million (2018)
$77 billion (2019)
Zambian kwacha
75% Protestant
20% Catholic
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President since 2015
EDGAR LUNGU
Born 1956
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ZIMBABWE
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a Unitary dominant-party
presidential constitutional
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16 languages
Harare
150,872 sq miles
14.4 million (2018)
$41 billion (2019)
Zimbabwean dollar
69% Protestant
10% None
8% Catholic
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President since 2017
EMMERSON MNANGAGWA
Born 1942
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