Africa

Accra

Ghana's capital on the Gulf of Guinea

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia's capital and the diplomatic capital of Africa

Algiers

Algeria's capital, the white city on the Mediterranean

Cairo

Egypt's capital, the Arab world's largest city beside the Nile

Cape Town

South Africa's legislative capital, beneath Table Mountain

Casablanca

Morocco's largest city and economic engine on the Atlantic

Dakar

Senegal's capital at Africa's westernmost point

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania's largest city and Indian Ocean port

Johannesburg

South Africa's largest city, the gold-built economic capital

Khartoum

Sudan's capital at the meeting of the Blue and White Nile

Kinshasa

Capital of the DR Congo and the world's largest French-speaking city

Lagos

Nigeria's commercial capital and Africa's largest city

Luanda

Angola's capital and oil-rich Atlantic port

Nairobi

Kenya's capital and East Africa's commercial hub