African Capitals

Explanation: Gitega has been the political capital of Burundi since 2019. Bujumbura, the former capital, remains the economic capital.

Explanation: Porto-Novo is the official capital of Benin, although the government sits in Cotonou, the largest city.

Explanation: N'Djamena is the capital of Chad, located at the confluence of the Chari and Logone rivers.

Explanation: Bangui is the capital of the CAR, located on the banks of the Ubangi River, bordering the DRC.

Explanation: São Tomé is the capital of Africa's smallest country, an archipelago in the Gulf of Guinea.

Explanation: Mbabane is the administrative capital of Eswatini. Lobamba is the legislative and royal capital.

Explanation: Gaborone is the capital of Botswana, a Southern African country famous for the Okavango Delta.

Explanation: Bissau is the capital of Guinea-Bissau, a small Portuguese-speaking West African country.

Explanation: Brazzaville is the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, separated from Kinshasa (DRC) by the Congo River.

Explanation: Lagos is Nigeria's largest city but not its capital. Abuja has been the federal capital since 1991.

Explanation: Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's largest city, but the official capital has been Dodoma since 1996.

Explanation: Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius, an important financial center in the Indian Ocean.

Explanation: Victoria is the capital of Seychelles, one of the smallest capitals in the world by population.

Explanation: Casablanca is Morocco's largest city and economic capital, but the official capital is Rabat.

Explanation: Hargeisa is the capital of self-declared Somaliland. This territory is officially claimed by Somalia whose capital is Mogadishu.

Explanation: Abidjan is Ivory Coast's economic capital, but Yamoussoukro is the official capital. Johannesburg and Cape Town are not South Africa's capital (it's Pretoria).

Explanation: Nouakchott is the capital of Mauritania, built in the Sahara Desert on the Atlantic coast. It's one of Africa's most isolated capitals.