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Constitutions of African countries: PDF downloads and official texts

Where to find the current constitution of each of 54 African countries, with the body that publishes it, the year it was adopted and the year it was last amended.

47 of 54 constitutions have a PDF: 27 open the official file on the publisher's own site and 20 are copies we host because the source allows reuse. The others link to the official site. Each country page has the key dates and a source line.

Constitutions of African countries with official copies
CountryAdoptedLast amendedLanguagesPresidential term limitOfficial copy
Algeria20202020Arabic, FrenchPDF
Angola2010PortuguesePDF
Benin19902019FrenchPDF
Botswana1966English, SetswanaPDF
Burkina Faso19912024French, national languagesPDF
Burundi2018French, KirundiPDF
Cabo Verde19922010Portuguese, Cape Verdean CreolePDF
Cameroon19722008French, English7 years · Art. 6(2)PDF
Central African Republic2023French, SangoPDF
Chad20232025French, ArabicPDF
Comoros2018French, Arabic, Comorian
Congo2015FrenchPDF
Cote d'Ivoire20162020French5 years · Art. 55 (nouveau)PDF
Djibouti19922010French, ArabicPDF
DR Congo20062011French5 years · Art. 70PDF
Egypt20142019Arabic, English6 years · Art. 140PDF
Equatorial Guinea19912012Spanish, French, PortuguesePDF
Eritrea1997Tigrinya, Arabic, English
Eswatini2005English, siSwatiPDF
Ethiopia1995Amharic, English6 years · Art. 70(4)Official site
Gabon2024FrenchPDF
Gambia1997EnglishPDF
Ghana19922019English4 years · Art. 66(1)PDF
Guinea2025FrenchPDF
Guinea-Bissau19841996PortuguesePDF
Kenya2010English, SwahiliTwo terms · Art. 142(2)PDF
Lesotho1993English, SesothoPDF
Liberia19862011EnglishPDF
Libya20112012ArabicPDF
Madagascar2010French, MalagasyPDF
Malawi19942025English, ChichewaPDF
Mali202313 national languages, French (working language)PDF
Mauritania19912017Arabic, FrenchPDF
Mauritius1968EnglishPDF
Morocco2011Arabic, FrenchPDF
Mozambique20042018PortuguesePDF
Namibia1990EnglishPDF
Niger2010French, HausaPDF
Nigeria19992023EnglishPDF
Rwanda20032015Kinyarwanda, English, French5 years (after a 7-year transitional term) · Art. 101PDF
Sao Tome and Principe2003PortugueseOfficial site
Senegal20012016French5 years · Art. 27PDF
Seychelles19932020English, Seychellois Creole, FrenchPDF
Sierra Leone1991EnglishOfficial site
Somalia20122024Somali, ArabicPDF
South Africa19962023English5 years (tied to the National Assembly) · Art. s. 88(1)PDF
South Sudan20112018EnglishPDF
Sudan20192025Arabic, English
Tanzania1977Swahili, English5 years · Art. 42(2)PDF
Togo2024FrenchPDF
Tunisia2022Arabic
Uganda19952018English5 years · Art. 105(1)PDF
Zambia19912016English5 years · Art. 106(1)PDF
Zimbabwe20132021English, Shona, SindebelePDF

Source: official government, parliament, gazette and law-reporting sites, one per country and linked on each country page. Retrieved 10 Oct 2026. See our methods.

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