African Cities by Wikipedia Descriptions

Located on the shore of Table Bay, it's the oldest urban area in South Africa

Became an important center of Hellenistic civilization

Although it was filmed entirely in Los Angeles and doesn't feature a single Arab or North African character with a speaking role

It is also the world's largest Francophone urban area

from Arabic: دار السلام‎, literally 'house of peace'

The largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital

Tangier to the northwest, 246 km (153 mi) from Casablanca, 169 km (105 mi) from Rabat to the west, and 387 km (240 mi) from Marrakesh to the southwest

It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile

It has two cultural centres, as well as a municipal theatre that is used by international theatre groups and a summer festival, the International Festival of Carthage, which is held in July.

The judicial capital of the nation

Has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand minarets"

Was founded in 1899 by the colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda Railway

At the Second Battle Allied forces broke the Axis line and forced them all the way back to Tunisia

Portuguese established a presence on the island of Gorée off the coast of Cap-Vert and used it as a base for the Atlantic slave trade

The principal maritime port for imports to and exports from neighboring Ethiopia

It is where the African Union is headquartered and where its predecessor the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was based.

It is 56 kilometres (35 mi) north of Moanda (DR Congo), 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Congo River estuary and 137 kilometres (85 mi) south of Pointe-Noire (Rep. Congo)

On 11 September 2012, the U.S. diplomatic mission was attacked by a heavily armed group of 125–150 gunmen, whose trucks bore the logo of Ansar al-Sharia

Served as the capital of the British Gold Coast between 1877 and 1957 and has since transitioned into a modern metropolis

It is one of two national capitals to be named after a U.S. President.

Also known by its colonial shorthand form "Tana"

A regional trade centre in medieval times, where caravans met to exchange salt from the Sahara Desert for gold, ivory, and slaves from the Sahel