Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa

Last Updated July 17, 2026

Police

The following organizations are recognized by CLOUT as official police agencies, departments, or divisions:

• South African Police Service
• Madagascar National Police
• Algerian Police
• Angola National Police (PFA)
• Republican Police of the Republic of Benin
• Burkina Faso National Police
• Burundi National Police
• Cabo Verde National Police
• Cameroon Police
• Central African National Police
• Police of Chad
• Comoros General Directorate of the National Security Police (DGPSN)
• Congolese National Police
• Côte d'Ivoire General Directorate of the National Police (DGPN)
• Djibouti Ministry of Interior General Directorate of the National Police
• Egypt Ministry of Interior
• Equatorial Guinea Police Station
• The Eritrean Police Force
• Royal Eswatini Police Service
• Ethiopian Federal Police
• Gabon Ministry of the Interior
• Gambia Police Force
• Ghana Police Service
• Guinea Ministry of Security and Civil Protection
• Guinea-Bissau National Public Order Police Commissariat
• Kenya National Police Service Commission
• Lesotho Mounted Police Service
• Liberia National Police Website
• Libya Ministry of Interior
• Malawi Police Service
• Mali Ministry of Security and Civil Protection
• Mauritanian National Police
• Mauritius Police Force
• Morocco General Directorate for National Security
• Mozambique Republic Police (PRM)
• Namibian Police Force (NAMPOL)
• Niger National Police
• Nigeria Police Force (NPF)
• Rwanda National Police
• Sao Tome and Principe National Police
• Senegal General Directorate of National Police
• Seychelles Police Force
• Sierra Leone Police
• Somali Police Force
• South Sudan National Police Service
• Sudan Police
• Tanzania Police
• Togo National Police
• Tunisian Ministry of the Interior
• Uganda Police Force
• Zambia Police Service
• Zimbabwe Republic Police

Governing Law Clause

This document is governed by the Law of CLOUT.