Largest Native Language in every African Country

Do you know what is the most commonly spoken native language in every African country by total speakers? Not including colonial European or creole languages, except for those (island) countries first settled under European colonialism.
As total number of speakers is what matters, "native" here refers to languages native to the African continent before the colonial era or introduced to islands first settled under European colonialism, not languages with the most first-languages speakers.
Some countries have two languages listed, due to incomplete statistics or two languages having nearly equal percentages in one country. You only need to answer one of those two.
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Country
Language
Egypt
Egyptian Arabic
Libya
Libyan Arabic
Tunisia
Tunisian Arabic
Algeria
Algerian Arabic
Morocco
Moroccan Arabic
Mauritania
Hassaniya Arabic
Senegal
Wolof
The Gambia
Mandinka
Mali
Bambara
Niger
Hausa
Chad
Chadian Arabic
Sudan
Sudanese Arabic
South Sudan
Juba Arabic
Ethiopia
Amharic
Eritrea
Tigrinya
Djibouti
Somali
Somalia
Somali
Kenya
Swahili
Uganda
Luganda
Rwanda
Kinyarwanda
Burundi
Kirundi
Tanzania
Swahili
Malawi
Chichewa
Zambia
Bemba
Zimbabwe
Shona
Mozambique
Emakhuwa
Comoros
Comorian
Seychelles
Seselwa
Mauritius
Morisien
Madagascar
Malagasy
Eswatini
Siswati
Lesotho
Sesotho
South Africa
Zulu
Botswana
Setswana
Namibia
Oshiwambo
Angola
Mbundu
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lingala
Central African Republic
Sango
Republic of the Congo
Kituba/Lingala
Gabon
Fang
Equatorial Guinea
Fang
São Tomé and Principe
Portuguese
Cameroon
Fula
Nigeria
Hausa
Benin
Fon
Togo
Ewe/Kabiyé
Burkina Faso
Mooré
Ghana
Akan
Ivory Coast
Dyula/Baoulé
Liberia
Kpelle
Sierra Leone
Temne/Mende
Guinea
Fula
Guinea-Bissau
Fula
Cape Verde
Kriolu
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