Africa: List of emergency telephone numbers
| Country | Police | Ambulance | Fire | Notes | Travel Visa | Embassy List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria
|
1548 | 14 | Gendarme - 1055 | Algeria Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy USA | |
 Angola
|
113 | 112/116 | 115 | Angola Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy USA | |
 Ascension Island
|
999 | |||||
 Benin
|
117 | 112 | 118 | Support for children - 160. | Benin Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy USA |
 Burundi
|
117 | 112 | 118 | Support for children - 116. | Burundi Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here |
 Botswana
|
999 | 997 | 998 | Mobile phones - 112. | ||
 Burkina Faso
|
17 | 112 | 18 | Water emergency - 1111; Electricity emergency - 1130. | Burkina Faso online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here |
 Cameroon
|
112 | Police - 117; Ambulance - 119; Fire - 118; Electricity emergency - 8010. | ||||
 Cape Verde
|
132 | 130 | 131 | Water/electricity emergency - 800 11 33. | Cape Verde Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here |
 Central African Republic
|
117 | 1220 | 118 | |||
 Chad
|
17 | 2251-4242 | 18 | Ambulance - 2251-1237. | ||
 Comoros
|
17 | 772-03-73 | 18 | Ambulance - 773-26-04. | ||
 Republic of Congo
|
117 | 118 | ||||
 Democratic Republic of Congo
|
112 | 118 | ||||
 Djibouti
|
17 | 19 | 18 | Djibouti Visa check | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |
 Egypt
|
122 | 123 | 180 | Tourist police - 126; Traffic police - 128; Electricity emergency - 121; Gas emergency - 129; Mobile phones - 112. | Egypt Visa here | Contacts Your Embassy Check here |
 Equatorial Guinea
|
114 | 115 | 112 | Traffic police - 116. | ||
 Eritrea
|
113 | 114 | 116 | |||
 Ethiopia
|
911 | Police - 991; Ambulance - 907; Fire - 939; Traffic police - 945. | Ethiopia Visa here | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | ||
 Gabon
|
1730 | 1300 | 18 | Gabon Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |
 Gambia
|
117 | 116 | 118 | Police - 112; Electricity emergency - 124; Water emergency - 125. | ||
 Ghana
|
112 | Police - 191; Ambulance - 193; Fire - 192. | Ghana Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | ||
 Guinea
|
117 | 18 | 442-020 |
Maritime Emergency Service - 19; Gendarmerie - 118; National Gendarmerie - 122 | ||
 Guinea-Bissau
|
112 | Police - 117; Ambulance - 119; Fire - 118. | ||||
 Ivory Coast
|
110 or 111 or 170 | 185 | 180 | Ivory Coast Visa-online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |
 Liberia
|
911 | Liberia Visa Information | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |||
 Kenya
|
112 or 999 or 911 | Kenya Visa Information | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |||
 Libya
|
1515 | Ambulance - 193. | ||||
 Lesotho
|
123 | 121 | 122 | |||
 Madagascar
|
117 | 124 | 118 | Traffic police - 3600. | ||
 Malawi
|
997 | 998 | 999 | Police - 990. | Malawi Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here |
 Mali
|
17 | 15 | 18 | Ambulance - 112, Fire - 112. | ||
 Mauritius
|
112 | 114 | 115 | Police - 999; Fire - 995. | ||
 Mauritania
|
117 | 101 | 118 | Gendarmerie - 116; Traffic police - 119. | ||
 Mayotte
|
112 | Police - 17; Ambulance - 15; Fire - 18. | ||||
 Morocco
|
19 | 15 | Royal gendarmerie - 177; Drugs & alcohol service - 113; Racial discrimination hotline - 114; Non-emergency disturbances - 110; General information - 160; National Freeway call center - 5050; Mobile phones - 112. | Morocco Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |
 Mozambique
|
119 | 117 | 198 | Mozambique Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |
 Namibia
|
10 111 | depending on town/city | depending on town/city | |||
 Nigeria
|
112 | Nigeria Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |||
 Niger
|
17 | 15 | 18 | Niger Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |
 Réunion
|
112 | Police - 17; Ambulance - 15; Fire - 18. | ||||
 Rwanda
|
112 | 912 | 112 | Traffic police - 113. | Rwanda information? | Contacts Your Embassy Check here |
 Saint Helena
|
999 | |||||
 Sao Tome and Principe
|
112 | |||||
 Senegal
|
17 | 18 | 1515 | |||
 Seychelles
|
112 or 999 | Police - 133; Ambulance - 151. | ||||
 Sierra Leone
|
019 | 999 | Sierra Leone Visa | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | ||
 Somalia
|
888 | 999 | 555 | Traffic police - 777. | ||
 South Africa
|
10 111 | 10 177 | Emergency in Cape Town - 107; Mobile phones - 112. | South Africa Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |
 Sudan
|
999 | Traffic police - 777 777. | ||||
 South Sudan
|
999 | |||||
 Swaziland
|
999 | 977 | 933 | |||
 Tanzania
|
112 | 114 | 115 | Police - 999. | Tanzania online Visa | Contacts Your Embassy Check here |
 Togo
|
117 | 8200 | 118 | Togo Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | |
 Tristan da Cunha
|
999 | 911 | 999 | |||
 Tunisia
|
197 | 190 | 198 | National guard - 193. | Tunisia Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here |
 Uganda
|
112 | 911 | 112 | Police - 999; Fire - 999. | Uganda Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here |
 Western Sahara
|
150 | |||||
 Zambia
|
999 | Police - 911; Ambulance - 992; Fire - 993; Mobile phones - 112. | Zambia Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | ||
 Zimbabwe
|
999 | Police - 995; Ambulance - 994; Fire - 993; Mobile phones - 112. | Zimbabwe Visa online | Contacts Your Embassy Check here | ||