This is a list of places in the continent of Africa which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also includes villages, cities, districts, and counties with similar links.
Algeria
Algiers
Annaba
Blida
Biskra
Chlef
Constantine
Mascara
Oran
Sétif
Tizi Ouzou
Tlemcen
Angola
Cabinda
Huambo
Lobito
Luanda
Lubango
Benin
Abomey
Cotonou
Djougou
Porto-Novo
Botswana
Francistown
Gaborone
Burkina Faso
Bobo-Dioulasso
Boussé
Douroula
Fada N'gourma
Garango
Kaya
Ouagadougou
- Bordeaux, France
- Briton Ferry, Wales, United Kingdom
- Grenoble, France
- Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium
- Loudun, France
- Lyon, France
- Nice, France
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Zhengzhou, China
Ouahigouya
Burundi
Bujumbura
Cameroon
Bamenda
Douala
Limbe
Yaoundé
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Bangui
Chad
N'Djamena
Congo
Brazzaville
Pointe-Noire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bukavu
Kinshasa
Lubumbashi
Djibouti
Djibouti City
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Malabo
Eswatini
Manzini
Mbabane
Ethiopia
Adama
Addis Ababa
- Ankara, Turkey
- Beersheba, Israel
- Beijing, China
- Chuncheon, South Korea
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Khartoum, Sudan
- Leipzig, Germany
- Lusaka, Zambia
- Lyon, France
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Windhoek, Namibia
Axum
Bahir Dar
Dire Dawa
Gondar
Mekelle
Gabon
Libreville
Gambia
Banjul
Kanifing
Ghana
Aboadze
Accra
Cape Coast
Ho
Kumasi
Sekondi-Takoradi
Sunyani
Tamale
Techiman
Tema
Winneba
Guinea
Conakry
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Cacheu
Ivory Coast
Abidjan
Anyama
Bouaké
Daloa
Man
Kenya
Lesotho
Hlotse
Maseru
Liberia
Barclayville
Buchanan
Gbarnga
Kakata
Monrovia
Libya
Benghazi
Tripoli
Madagascar
Antsirabe
Antsiranana
Antananarivo
Malawi
Blantyre
Lilongwe
Zomba
Mali
Bamako
Ségou
Timbuktu
Mauritania
Nouadhibou
Nouakchott
Mauritius
Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
Curepipe
Grand Port
Port Louis
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Antsiranana, Madagascar
- Dakar, Senegal
- Doha, Qatar
- Foshan, China
- Karachi, Pakistan
- Lamentin, Guadeloupe, France
- Maputo, Mozambique
- Port Mathurin, Mauritius
- La Possession, Réunion, France
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Saint-Malo, France
Quatre Bornes
Vacoas-Phoenix
Morocco
Mozambique
Beira
Maputo
Mocuba
Pemba
Namibia
Windhoek
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Berlin, Germany
- Havana, Cuba
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Nanjing, China
- Richmond, United States
- San Antonio, United States
- Shanghai, China
- Suzhou, China
- Trossingen, Germany
Walvis Bay
Niger
Niamey
Nigeria
Abuja
Asaba
Ibadan
Ifẹ
Lagos
Onitsha
Orlu
Osogbo
Owerri
Port Harcourt
Udu
Rwanda
Kigali
São Tomé and Principe
Lembá
Lobata
Mé-Zóchi
PrÃÂncipe
São Tomé
Senegal
Dakar
- Ann Arbor, United States
- Baku, Azerbaijan
- Bamako, Mali
- Banjul, Gambia
- Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Brazzaville, Congo
- Casablanca, Morocco
- Conakry, Guinea
- Dijon, France
- Isfahan, Iran
- Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Marseille, France
- Miami-Dade County, United States
- Milan, Italy
- Nouakchott, Mauritania
- Oran, Algeria
- Port Louis, Mauritius
- Rosario, Argentina
- Sfax, Tunisia
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Washington, D.C., United States
Diourbel
Guédiawaye
Kaolack
M'Bour
Rufisque
Saint-Louis
Thiès
Ziguinchor
Seychelles
Victoria
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Somalia
Galkayo
Mogadishu
South Africa
Sudan
El-Gadarif
Khartoum
Tanzania
Arusha
Dar es Salaam
Dodoma
Moshi
Mtwara
Musoma
Mwanza
Singida
Tanga
Zanzibar City
Togo
Atakpamé
Dapaong
Kpalimé
Lomé
Tsévié
Tunisia
Uganda
Entebbe
Western Sahara
Bir Lehlou
Dakhla
Laayoune
La Güera
Tifariti
Zug
Zambia
Kasama
Kitwe
Livingstone
Lusaka
Ndola
Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
Harare
Mutare
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