| Algeria |
Algiers |
republic |
32,930,091 (July 2006 est.) |
1.22% (2006 est.) |
| Egypt |
Cairo |
republic |
78,887,007 (July 2006 est.) |
1.75% (2006 est.) |
| Libya |
Tripoli |
Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in fact, a military dictatorship |
5,900,754 |
2.3% (2006 est.) |
| Morocco |
Rabat |
constitutional monarchy |
33,757,175 (July 2007 est.) |
1.528% (2007 est.) |
| Sudan |
Khartoum |
Government of National Unity (GNU) - the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed a power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); the NCP, which came to power by military coup in 1989, is the majority partner; the agreement stipulates national elections for the 2008 - 2009 timeframe. |
41,236,378 (July 2006 est.) |
2.55% (2006 est.) |
| Tunisia |
Tunis |
republic |
10,175,014 (July 2006 est.) |
0.99% (2006 est.) |
| Western Sahara |
-
|
legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ; territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976 when Spain withdrew, with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds; Mauritania, under pressure from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortly thereafter and has since asserted administrative control; the Polisario's government-in-exile was seated as an Organization of African Unity (OAU) member in 1984; guerrilla activities continued sporadically until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented on 6 September 1991 (Security Council Resolution 690) by the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara or MINURSO |
393,831
|
2.868% NA (2008 est.) |
Northern Africa
