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
Montreal, Canada Sofia, Bulgaria
Annaba
Bizerte, Tunisia Yekaterinburg, Russia
Blida
Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria Kazanlak, Bulgaria Metz, France
Biskra Makhachkala, Russia
Chlef Skopje, North Macedonia
Constantine
Grenoble, France Sousse, Tunisia
Mascara
Bursa, Turkey Elkader, United States
Oran
Alicante, Spain Bordeaux, France Dakar, Senegal Durban, South Africa Havana, Cuba Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Sfax, Tunisia Zarqa, Jordan
Sétif
Lyon, France Rennes, France Tangier, Morocco
Tizi Ouzou
Monastir, Tunisia La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Tlemcen
Granada, Spain Lille, France Montpellier, France Nanterre, France Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Angola Cabinda Campinas, Brazil
Huambo
Amadora, Portugal Caldas da Rainha, Portugal Castelo Branco, Portugal
Lobito
Lowell, United States Seixal, Portugal Sintra, Portugal
Luanda
Belo Horizonte, Brazil Busan, South Korea Houston, United States Lisbon, Portugal Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico Porto, Portugal Salvador, Brazil
Lubango Santarém, Portugal
Benin Abomey Ostrava, Czech Republic
Cotonou
Abidjan, Ivory Coast Atlanta, United States Rosny-sous-Bois, France Taipei, Taiwan
Djougou
Évreux, France Al Wakrah, Qatar
Porto-Novo Lyon, France
Botswana Francistown
Genk, Belgium Tai'an, China
Gaborone Burbank, United States
Burkina Faso Bobo-Dioulasso
Bamako, Mali Bouaké, Ivory Coast Châlons-en-Champagne, France Fez, Morocco
Boussé Decatur, United States
Douroula Besançon, France
Fada N'gourma
Épernay, France Great Barrington, United States
Garango
Ladenburg, Germany Laval, France
Kaya Savannah, United States
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
Chambéry, France Decatur, United States
Burundi Bujumbura
Cape Town, South Africa Hefei, China
Cameroon Bamenda
Dordrecht, Netherlands Lowell, United States
Douala
Philadelphia, United States Taiyuan, China
Limbe Seattle, United States
Yaoundé
Edessa, Greece Shenyang, China Udine, Italy
Cape Verde
Central African Republic Bangui Çankaya, Turkey
Chad N'Djamena
Istanbul, Turkey Liuzhou, China Stupino, Russia
Congo Brazzaville
Bolingbrook, United States Changsha, China Dakar, Senegal Dresden, Germany Havana, Cuba Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nouakchott, Mauritania Reims, France
Pointe-Noire
Dalian, China New Orleans, United States Suzhou, China
Democratic Republic of the Congo Bukavu Palermo, Italy
Kinshasa
Ankara, Turkey Brazzaville, Congo Dakar, Senegal
Lubumbashi Liège, Belgium
Mwanza Tulsa, United States
Djibouti Djibouti City
Saint Paul, United States Sancaktepe, Turkey
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Guadalajara, Mexico Madrid, Spain
Eswatini Manzini Keighley, England, United Kingdom
Mbabane
Fort Worth, United States Kaohsiung, Taiwan Matola, Mozambique Mbombela, South Africa Taipei, Taiwan
Ethiopia Adama Aurora, United States
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 Denver, United States
Bahir Dar
Ashdod, Israel Białystok, Poland Cleveland, United States Madison, United States Oakland, United States
Dire Dawa Shijiazhuang, China
Gondar
Corvallis, United States Montgomery County, United States Rishon LeZion, Israel
Mekelle
Ramla, Israel Witten, Germany
Gabon Libreville
Durban, South Africa Nice, France
Gambia Banjul
Brooklyn Park, United States Dakar, Senegal Doha, Qatar Nanning, China Ostend, Belgium Taipei, Taiwan
Kanifing
Madison, United States Memphis, United States
Ghana Aboadze Buffalo, United States
Accra
Akron, United States Cape Town, South Africa Cheyenne, United States Chicago, United States Columbia, United States Columbus, United States North Miami Beach, United States
Cape Coast
Bonn, Germany Buffalo, United States Hanover Park, United States New Orleans, United States
Ho Gainesville, United States
Kumasi
Charlotte, United States Dortmund, Germany Newark, United States Wenzhou, China Winston-Salem, United States
Sekondi-Takoradi
Boston, United States Oakland, United States
Sunyani Tuscaloosa, United States
Tamale Louisville, United States
Techiman Tuscaloosa, United States
Tema
Cleveland, United States Columbia, United States Greenwich, England, United Kingdom Loudoun County, United States Norfolk, United States San Diego, United States
Winneba
Birmingham, United States Charlottesville, United States Lowell, United States
Guinea Conakry
Cleveland, United States Dakar, Senegal
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Águeda, Portugal Ankara, Turkey Dakar, Senegal Lisbon, Portugal Sintra, Portugal Taipei, Taiwan
Cacheu
Lisbon, Portugal Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Ivory Coast Abidjan
Cotonou, Benin Marseille, France Nice, France San Francisco, United States São Paulo, Brazil Tianjin, China Viseu, Portugal
Anyama Pontault-Combault, France
Bouaké
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Coslada, Spain Reutlingen, Germany Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
Daloa
Campinas, Brazil Pau, France
Man Besançon, France
Kenya
Lesotho Hlotse Crymych, Wales, United Kingdom
Maseru Austin, United States
Liberia Barclayville Lowell, United States
Buchanan Winston-Salem, United States
Gbarnga Baltimore, United States
Kakata Brooklyn Park, United States
Monrovia
Dayton, United States Taipei, Taiwan
Libya Benghazi Istanbul, Turkey
Tripoli
Belo Horizonte, Brazil Cairo, Egypt Madrid, Spain El Mina, Lebanon Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Madagascar Ambalavao Quatre Bornes, Mauritius
Antsirabe
Montluçon, France Stavanger, Norway Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius
Antsiranana Port Louis, Mauritius
Antananarivo
Montreal, Canada Nanning, China Nice, France Suzhou, China Vorkuta, Russia Yerevan, Armenia
Malawi Blantyre
Hanover, Germany Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Lilongwe
Nanning, China Taipei, Taiwan
Zomba Urbana, United States
Mali Bamako
Angers, France Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Bordeaux, France Dakar, Senegal Nouakchott, Mauritania Rochester, United States
Ségou
Angoulême, France Richmond, United States
Timbuktu
Chemnitz, Germany Hay-on-Wye, Wales, United Kingdom Kairouan, Tunisia Marrakesh, Morocco Saintes, France Tempe, United States
Mauritania Nouadhibou
Casablanca, Morocco Fuzhou, China Las Palmas, Spain
Nouakchott
Bamako, Mali Dakar, Senegal East Jerusalem, Palestine Lanzhou, China Madrid, Spain
Mauritius Beau Bassin-Rose Hill Changzhou, China
Curepipe
Meixian (Meizhou), China La Teste-de-Buch, France
Grand Port
Baie Lazare, Seychelles Qingdao, China Spelthorne, England, United Kingdom Tsiafahy, Madagascar
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
Ambalavao, Madagascar Daqing, China Saint-Benoît, Réunion, France
Vacoas-Phoenix
Antsirabe, Madagascar Pune, India Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion, France
Morocco
Mozambique Beira
Arganil, Portugal Boston, United States Bristol, England, United Kingdom Coimbra, Portugal Padua, Italy Porto, Portugal Seixal, Portugal Sintra, Portugal
Maputo
Ankara, Turkey Chengdu, China Durban, South Africa Guarulhos, Brazil Jakarta, Indonesia Lisbon, Portugal Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Port Louis, Mauritius Shanghai, China
Mocuba Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Pemba Reggio Emilia, Italy
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
Drakenstein, South Africa Kristiansand, Norway Lobatse, Botswana Wenzhou, China
Niger Niamey Ankara, Turkey
Nigeria Abuja Milwaukee, United States
Asaba Stockton, United States
Ibadan Cleveland, United States
Ifẹ
Oberlin, United States Salvador, Brazil San Bernardino, United States
Lagos
Atlanta, United States Belo Horizonte, Brazil Bucharest, Romania Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Onitsha
Compton, United States Indianapolis, United States
Orlu Austin, United States
Osogbo
Asheville, United States Wilmington, United States Xiangyang, China
Owerri Gresham, United States
Port Harcourt Kansas City, United States
Udu Brooklyn Park, United States
Rwanda Kigali
Cleveland, United States Oklahoma City, United States San Bernardino, United States
São Tomé and Principe Lembá
Moura, Portugal Porto, Portugal Santa Marta de Penaguião, Portugal
Lobata
Seixal, Portugal Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Mé-Zóchi
Guimarães, Portugal Tarrafal, Cape Verde
Príncipe
Amadora, Portugal Faro, Portugal Marco de Canaveses, Portugal Oeiras, Portugal
São Tomé Lisbon, Portugal
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 Avignon, France
Guédiawaye Birmingham, United States
Kaolack
Aosta, Italy Mérignac, France
M'Bour
Concarneau, France Jackson, United States Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium
Rufisque
Hénin-Beaumont, France Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Saint-Louis
Białystok, Poland Bologna, Italy Fez, Morocco Liège, Belgium Lille, France St. Louis, United States
Thiès
Caen, France Cayenne, French Guiana, France Solingen, Germany Sousse, Tunisia
Ziguinchor
Compiègne, France Rimini, Italy Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France São Filipe, Cape Verde Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Seychelles Victoria
Haikou, China Hanoi, Vietnam Panaji, India
Sierra Leone Freetown
Charleston, United States
Hefei, China Kansas City, United States Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom New Haven, United States
Somalia Galkayo Bursa, Turkey
Mogadishu
Ankara, Turkey Doha, Qatar Konya, Turkey Saint Paul, United States
South Africa
Sudan El-Gadarif Khan Yunis, Palestine
Khartoum
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ankara, Turkey Brasília, Brazil Cairo, Egypt Istanbul, Turkey Manisa, Turkey Saint Petersburg, Russia Tehran, Iran Wuhan, China
Tanzania Arusha
Durham, United States Mürzzuschlag, Austria Kansas City, United States Tifariti, Western Sahara
Dar es Salaam
Busan, South Korea Changzhou, China Hamburg, Germany Liuzhou, China Samsun, Turkey
Dodoma Linz, Austria
Moshi
Delray Beach, United States Halmstad, Sweden Tübingen, Germany
Mtwara Redditch, England, United Kingdom
Musoma Calderdale, England, United Kingdom
Mwanza
Tampere, Finland Würzburg, Germany
Singida Salzburg, Austria
Tanga
Eckernförde, Germany Toledo, United States
Zanzibar City
Haikou, China Potsdam, Germany