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=== Africa === {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0;" |+Nationality law in Africa |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width: 13em;"|Country: ! scope="col"|Unmarried fathers able to confer nationality on children ! scope="col"|Mothers able to confer nationality on children ! scope="col"|Women able to confer nationality on spouses |- |{{flagicon|Benin}} [[Beninese nationality law|Benin]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Burundi}} [[Burundian nationality law|Burundi]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Burundi|group="note"|In [[Burundi]], women nationals can confer their nationality on their children if their children are born out of wedlock to unknown fathers or their fathers disown them.}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Cameroonian nationality law|Cameroon]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Central African Republic}} [[Central African nationality law|Central African Republic]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Comoros}} [[Comorian nationality law|Comoros]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Congo}} [[Congolese nationality law|Congo]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Egyptian nationality law|Egypt]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Eswatini}} [[Swazi nationality law|Eswatini]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Guinean nationality law|Guinea]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Lesotho}} [[Lesothan nationality law|Lesotho]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Liberian nationality law|Liberia]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=abroad|group="note"|Women only can confer their nationality on their children who are born in the nation; children born abroad can not acquire citizenship.}} |<!--Women-->{{ya}} |- |{{flagicon|Libya}} [[Libyan nationality law|Libya]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Unknown or Stateless|group="note"|Women nationals can confer their nationality on their children whose fathers are stateless, whose fathers' identities or nationalities are unknown, or whose fathers do not establish filiation with such children.}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Madagascar}} [[Malagasy nationality law|Madagascar]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}}{{Refn|name=Madagascar|group="note"|In [[Madagascar]], mothers can confer nationality on children born in wedlock if the father is stateless or of unknown nationality. Children born out of wedlock or to Madagascan mothers and foreign fathers can apply to the nationality until they reach majority.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/07/Citizenship_CodedText.pdf|title=Citizenship|website=Pew Research Center|date=5 August 2014|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=3 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003230627/https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/07/Citizenship_CodedText.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Malawi}} [[Malawian nationality law|Malawi]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Mauritania}} [[Mauritanian nationality law|Mauritania]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Unknown or Stateless|group="note"}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Mauritius}} [[Mauritian nationality law|Mauritius]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Moroccan nationality law|Morocco]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigerian nationality law|Nigeria]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [[Sierra Leonean nationality law|Sierra Leone]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Somalia}} [[Somali nationality law|Somalia]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Sudanese nationality law|Sudan]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Tanzanian nationality law|Tanzania]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Togo}} [[Togolese nationality law|Togo]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{na}}{{Refn|name=Unknown or Stateless|group="note"}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |- |{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Tunisian nationality law|Tunisia]] |<!--Unmarried fathers-->{{ya}} |<!--Mothers-->{{ya}} |<!--Women-->{{na}} |}
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