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How many United Nations member states are in Africa?

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54
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ask.un.org, african union permanent observer mission to the united nations, member states: https://www.africanunion-un.org/memberstates, africarenewal.un.org, documents.un.org, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica (britannica.com, list/topic of african countries) and the united nations regional groups of member states ('african group', un.org), both listing 54 un member states in africa, encyclopaedia britannica, "united nations" article (member states by continent/region) and the united nations' own list of member states, both stating 54 african countries are un members, un ask dag faq, https://ask.un.org/faq/22882; corroborating un economic commission for africa, https://www.uneca.org/about, un ask dag, ‘how many african countries are members of the united nations?’ https://ask.un.org/faq/22882; un general assembly report a/78/311, annex, ‘african states (54 states)’ https://documents.un.org/access.nsf/get?ds=a%2f78%2f311&lang=e&openagent=, un dag hammarskjöld library, ask dag, "how many african countries are members of the united nations?" (https://ask.un.org/faq/22882), read 2026-09-26; it states that 54 countries belong to the african group and are un members., un general assembly, a/78/311, annex: regions established by the general assembly, https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n23/242/41/pdf/n2324241.pdf, united nations - growth in united nations membership, 1945-present (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/growth-in-un-membership), region breakdown for africa, united nations ask dag faq 22882: https://ask.un.org/faq/22882, united nations ask dag faq, ‘how many african countries are members of the united nations?’ https://ask.un.org/faq/22882, united nations ask dag faq: https://ask.un.org/faq/22882, united nations ask dag!, ‘how many african countries are members of the united nations?’ https://ask.un.org/faq/22882, united nations ask dag, ‘how many african countries are members of the united nations?’ https://ask.un.org/faq/22882, united nations dag hammarskjöld library, ask dag faq 22882: https://ask.un.org/faq/22882, united nations dag hammarskjöld library, ask dag! faq 22882: https://ask.un.org/faq/22882, united nations dag hammarskjöld library, ask dag!, ‘how many african countries are members of the united nations?’ (updated 2025-02-18), https://ask.un.org/faq/22882, united nations department for general assembly and conference management, ask dag faq: https://ask.un.org/faq/22882, united nations member states list (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states), cross-checked against encyclopaedia britannica's list of african countries, united nations member states list (un.org) cross-checked with encyclopaedia britannica's list of african countries; both count 54 un member states in africa, united nations member states list (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), 193 members; african members counted from it (54, including cabo verde and sao tome and principe, which the fetched excerpt dropped), consistent with britannica and the un african group of 54, united nations member states list (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), cross-checked against encyclopaedia britannica's list of african countries, united nations member states list (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), region: africa, united nations member states list (un.org/en/about-us/member-states, filtered to african states) corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's list of united nations member states, united nations member states list, https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states (african group membership), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's article on africa, united nations official list of member states (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica, united nations official member states list (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states) filtered by african region, cross-checked against encyclopaedia britannica's list of african countries, united nations official member states list (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's list of african countries: 54 un member states are in africa., united nations official member states list (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states), cross-checked against encyclopaedia britannica's 'united nations' article, united nations official member states list (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states), cross-checked with encyclopaedia britannica, united nations official member states list (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), africa region count, united nations official member states list (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), african group membership, 54 states; cross-checked against encyclopaedia britannica's list of african countries and dependencies., united nations official member states list (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), cross-checked with encyclopaedia britannica's united nations article, united nations official site, 'growth in united nations membership 1945-present' (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/growth-in-un-membership), which enumerates the 54 african states among the un's 193 member states. corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's list of united nations member states by continent., united nations official website, member states list (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states), cross-checked against encyclopaedia britannica's enumeration of un members by continent: 54 of the un's 193 member states are in africa., united nations official website, member states list (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states), cross-checked against encyclopaedia britannica's list of united nations member states by region, united nations regional groups of member states (un.org/depts/dgacm/regionalgroups.shtml) — african group has 54 member states; corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's country list for africa., united nations secretary-general, remarks at 24th african union summit (30 january 2015): https://press.un.org/en/2015/sgsm16498.doc.htm, united nations, 'member states' (un.org/en/about-us/member-states), cross-checked against encyclopaedia britannica's list of african countries — both list 54 un member states in africa, united nations, secretary-general remarks at the 24th african union summit (30 january 2015): https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/former-secretary-general/statements/2015-01-30/secretary-generals-remarks-24th-african-union-summit-scroll-down-for-english-version, unmission.au.int, unstats.un.org, wikipedia, list of african countries by population (54 current african countries, incl. non-un réunion and western sahara listed separately); consistent with un member states list and britannica (54 african countries), www.africanunion-un.org, www.un.org

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