International World Cities Day
Every year on 31st October, the world celebrates World Cities Day. This is a special day to think about the big towns where millions of people live, go to school, work, play, and dream.
Cities are exciting because they are full of people, cars, buildings, markets, buses, and so much more. But they can also have problems like too much traffic, not enough clean water, or too much waste.
World Cities Day helps us talk about how to make our cities better places for everyone.
World Cities Day is celebrated to remind everyone that cities should be happy, healthy, and safe homes for all people.
Africa is a huge continent with 54 countries. Here are countries and their capital city :
Country – Capital city
- Algeria – Algiers
- Angola – Luanda
- Benin – Porto-Novo
- Botswana – Gaborone
- Burundi – Bujumbura
- Burkina Faso – Ouagadougou
- Cameroon – Yaoundé
- Cape Verde – Praia
- Central African Republic – Bangui
- Chad – N’Djamena
- Comoros – Moroni
- Côte d’Ivoire – Yamoussoukro
- DR Congo – Kinshasa
- Djibouti – Djibouti City
- Egypt – Cairo
- Equatorial Guinea – Malabo
- Eritrea – Asmara
- Ethiopia – Addis Ababa
- Gabon – Libreville
- Gambia – Banjul
- Ghana – Accra
- Guinea – Conakry
- Guinea-Bissau – Bissau
- Kenya – Nairobi
- Lesotho – Maseru
- Liberia – Monrovia
- Libya – Tripoli
- Madagascar – Antananarivo
- Malawi – Lilongwe
- Mali – Bamako
- Mauritania – Nouakchott
- Mauritius – Port Louis
- Morocco – Rabat
- Mozambique – Maputo
- Namibia – Windhoek
- Niger – Niamey
- Nigeria – Abuja
- Republic of the Congo – Brazzaville
- Rwanda – Kigali
- São Tomé and Príncipe – São Tomé
- Senegal – Dakar
- Seychelles – Victoria
- Sierra Leone – Freetown
- Somalia – Mogadishu
- South Africa – Pretoria
- South Sudan – Juba
- Sudan – Khartoum
- Swaziland – Mbabane
- Tanzania – Dodoma
- Togo – Lomé
- Tunisia – Tunis
- Uganda – Kampala
- Zambia – Lusaka
- Zimbabwe – Harare
World Cities Day is about making the places we live safe, clean, and full of opportunities. Whether you live in Nairobi, Cairo, Lagos, or a small town, you are part of the future of cities.
Makena Rose
Book club coordinator