Several African countries have had monarchies in the context of the modern nation-state.

Current monarchies

• Kingdom of Lesotho
• Kingdom of Morocco
• Kingdom of Spain (in the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla)
• Kingdom of Swaziland

Former Commonwealth realms

• The Gambia (abolished 1970)
• Ghana (abolished 1960)
• Kenya (abolished 1964)
• Malawi (abolished 1966)
• Mauritius (abolished 1992)
• Federation of Nigeria (abolished 1963)
• Sierra Leone (abolished 1971)
•  South Africa (abolished 1961)
•  Tanganyika (abolished 1962)
• Uganda (abolished 1963)

Former monarchies

• Kingdom of Burundi (abolished 1966)
• Central African Empire (abolished 1979)
• Congo Free State (annexed by Belgium, 1908)
•  Egypt Kingdom of Egypt (abolished 1953)
•  Ethiopia Empire of Ethiopia (abolished 1975)
•  Libya Kingdom of Libya (abolished 1969)
• Rhodesia (not recognized; abolished 1970)
• Kingdom of Rwanda (abolished 1961)
• Tunisia (abolished 1957)
•  Zanzibar Sultanate of Zanzibar (abolished 1964)

Subnational monarchies

• Zululand (in South Africa)
• Ankole (in Uganda)
• Ashanti (in Ghana)
• Barotseland (in Zambia)
• Buganda (in Uganda)
• Bunyoro (in Uganda)
• Busoga (in Uganda)
• Dagbon (in Ghana)
• Toro Kingdom (in Uganda)

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