Editing List of former sovereign states (section)

====Central Africa====
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Loango.svg|20px|border]] [[Kingdom of Loango]] ({{circa|1550|1883}})
* [[Yaka people#Exodus to Kwango Region and establishment of the Yaka kingdom|Yaka Kingdom]] (17th century–18th century)
* [[Anziku Kingdom]] (?–19th century)
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo.svg|20px|border]] [[Kingdom of Kongo]] (1390–1914)
* [[Kuba Kingdom]] (1625–1884)
* [[Kingdom of Luba]] (1585–1889)
* [[Kingdom of Lunda]] ({{circa|1600}}–1887)
* [[Yeke Kingdom]] (1856–1891)
* [[Kingdom of Ndongo]] (16th century–1671)
* [[Kasanje Kingdom]] (1620–1910)
* [[Kingdom of Matamba]] (1631–1744)
* [[Mbunda Kingdom]] (1700–1914)
* [[Chokwe people#History|Chokwe Kingdom]]{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
* [[Kazembe#Pre-colonial history|Kazembe Kingdom]] (c. 1740–1894)
* [[International Association of the Congo]] (1879–1885)
* [[File:Flag of the Congo Free State.svg|20px|border]] [[Congo Free State]] (1885–1908)
* [[File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg|20x20px]] [[Republic of Zaire]] (1971–1997)