# List of diplomatic visits to the United States from Africa

International trips made by the heads of state and heads of government to the United States have become a valuable part of American diplomacy and international relations since such trips were first made in the mid-19th century. They are complicated undertakings that often require months of planning along with a great deal of coordination and communication.
The first international visit to the United States was made by King Kalakaua of Hawaii in 1874, which was the first visit by a foreign chief of state or head of government.
The first African head of state to visit the United States was President Edwin Barclay of Liberia in 1943.

## Algeria

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 9–15, 1962 | Ahmed Ben Bella | President | Informal visit to Washington D.C. while attending the United Nations General Assembly session. First foreign leader to receive a welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. |
| April 11, 1974 | Houari Boumedienne | President | Private visit to Washington, D.C. while attending the U.N. General Assembly session. |
| April 16–22, 1985 | Chadli Bendjedid | President | State visit; visited Los Angeles, Fresno, and San Francisco. |
| July 11–14, 2001 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | President | Working visit |
| November 5, 2001 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| June 9–10, 2004 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | President | Met with President Bush during the 30th G8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia. |
| September 23, 2009 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | President | Attended the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Abdelmalek Sellal | Prime Minister | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| March 31 – April 1, 2016 | Abdelmalek Sellal | Prime Minister | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. |
| December 13–15, 2022 | Aymen Benabderrahmane | Prime Minister | Attended the United States-Africa Leaders Summit 2022. |
| September 19, 2023 | Abdelmadjid Tebboune | President | Attended the 78th United Nations General Assembly. |

## Angola

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| September 16, 1991 | José Eduardo dos Santos | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| December 7–9, 1995 | José Eduardo dos Santos | President | Official working visit |
| February 25–26, 2002 | José Eduardo dos Santos | President | Working visit |
| May 11–14, 2004 | José Eduardo dos Santos | President | Working visit |
| September 26, 2018 | João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço | President | Attended the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| September 24, 2019 | João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço | President | Attended the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| November 30, 2022 | João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço | President | Met with President Biden marks the 30th anniversary of the Diplomatic Relations between Angola and the United States. |
| September 20, 2023 | João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço | President | Attended the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |

## Benin

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| March 5, 1969 | Émile Zinsou | President | Private visit |
| October 24, 1970 | Hubert Maga | Chairman | Attended dinner celebrating the 25th anniversary of the United Nations at the White House. |
| December 9, 1971 | Hubert Maga | Chairman | Private visit |
| November 4–6, 1991 | Nicephore Soglo | President | Official visit |
| July 12–15, 1995 | Nicephore Soglo | President | Official working visit |
| December 11–14, 2006 | Thomas Boni Yayi | President | Working visit. Attended a summit at the White House addressing malaria. |
| September 28, 2008 | Thomas Boni Yayi | President | Attended the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| July 29, 2011 | Thomas Boni Yayi | President | Working visit. Attended a summit at the White House addressing democratic progresses in West Africa with U.S. President Barack Obama, Guinean President Alpha Condé, Ivoirian President Alassane Ouattara and Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Thomas Boni Yayi | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| September 30, 2015 | Lionel Zinsou | Prime Minister | Attended the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| September 22, 2016 | Patrice Talon | President | Attended the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| January 26-30, 2020 | Patrice Talon | President | Working visit, meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. |
| December 13-15, 2022 | Patrice Talon | President | Attended the United States-Africa Leaders Summit 2022. |

## Botswana

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| March 31 – April 1, 1969 | Seretse Khama | President | Consultations with IBRD; attended Eisenhower funeral; met with President Nixon March 31. |
| June 9, 1976 | Seretse Khama | President | Private visit. |
| May 7 - 10, 1984 | Quett Masire | President | Official working visit. Private visit to New York City afterwards. |
| June 7, 1989 | Quett Masire | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| October 19, 1995 | Quett Masire | President | Attended Africare dinner with President Clinton. |
| February 25-26, 2002 | Festus Mogae | President | Working visit. |
| June 12 - 13, 2005 | Festus Mogae | President | Working visit. Discussed African Growth and Opportunity Act. |
| November 5, 2009 | Ian Khama | President | Working Visit. |
| September 19-27, 2018 | Mokgweetsi Masisi | President | Attended the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly and visited the Florida State University, his alma mater. |
| May 28-June 7, 2019 | Mokgweetsi Masisi | President | Working visit. |
| September 22, 2022 | Mokgweetsi Masisi | President | Attended the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| December 13-15, 2022 | Mokgweetsi Masisi | President | Attended United States-Africa Leaders Summit 2022. |
| September 20, 2023 | Mokgweetsi Masisi | President | Attended the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| April 28 - May 9, 2024 | Mokgweetsi Masisi | President | Working Visit. |

## Burkina Faso

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| March 28 – April 7, 1965 | Maurice Yaméogo | President | State visit. Also visited Williamsburg, Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Springfield, and New York City. |
| October 24, 1970 | Sangoule Lamizana | President | Attended dinner on the 25th anniversary of the United Nations at the White House. |
| October 15, 1973 | Sangoule Lamizana | President | Private visit; met with President Nixon at the White House to discuss the drought in West Africa. |
| July 13–16, 2008 | Blaise Compaoré | President | Working visit |
| September 24, 2008 | Blaise Compaoré | President | Attended the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| September 25, 2009 | Blaise Compaoré | President | Attended the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| September 25, 2013 | Blaise Compaoré | President | Attended the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Blaise Compaoré | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| October 2, 2015 | Michel Kafando | President of the Transitional Council | Attended the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| September 22, 2016 | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | President | Attended the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| September 21, 2017 | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | President | Attended the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| September 24, 2019 | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | President | Attended the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |

## Burundi

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| May 17–28, 1964 | Mwambutsa IV | King | Private visit; dedicated African Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. |
| September 23–25, 1998 | Pierre Buyoya | President | Met with President Clinton during a private visit after the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Pierre Nkurunziza | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. Met with Secretary of State John Kerry. |
| September 22, 2022 | Évariste Ndayishimiye | President | Attended the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |
| December 13-15, 2022 | Évariste Ndayishimiye | President | Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022. |
| September 21, 2023 | Évariste Ndayishimiye | President | Attended the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. |

## Cameroon

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| March 13–18, 1962 | Ahmadou Ahidjo | President | Presidential guest. Afterwards visited New York City. |
| October 19–25, 1967 | Ahmadou Ahidjo | President | Informal visit; visited New York City and Pittsburgh. |
| October 9, 1979 | Ahmadou Ahidjo | President | Private visit |
| July 25–28, 1982 | Ahmadou Ahidjo | President | Official working visit. Private visit to Gainesville, Florida afterwards. |
| February 25–28, 1986 | Paul Biya | President | Official working visit. Private visit to Los Angeles afterwards. |
| May 6, 1991 | Paul Biya | President | Private visit; met with President Bush. |
| March 21–23, 2003 | Paul Biya | President | Working visit |
| June 22–29, 2003 | Paul Biya | Prime Minister | Attended United States-Africa Business Summit on June 24–27; met with President George W. Bush during a private visit on June 26. |
| August 2–6, 2014 | Paul Biya | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Cape Verde

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 3–7, 1983 | Aristides Maria Pereira | President | Private visit; met with President Reagan on October 3. |
| January 30, 1992 | Carlos Veiga | Prime Minister | Met with President Bush while attending a United Nations Security Council summit in New York City. |
| March 28, 2013 | José Maria Neves | Prime Minister | Attended the African Leaders Summit. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Jorge Carlos Fonseca | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Central African Republic

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 19, 1995 | Ange-Félix Patassé | President | Attended Africare dinner with President Clinton. |

## Chad

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 2–6, 1968 | François Tombalbaye | President | Official visit; visited San Antonio, Lubbock, Cape Kennedy, and New York City. |
| October 24, 1970 | François Tombalbaye | President | Attended a dinner at the White House celebrating the 25th anniversary of the United Nations. |
| June 18–23, 1987 | Hissène Habré | President | Official working visit |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Idriss Déby | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Comoros

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| August 5-6, 2014 | Ikililou Dhoinine | President | Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Congo (Democratic Republic of) (Zaire)

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| July 27–29, 1960 | Patrice Lumumba | Prime Minister | Met with Secretary of State Christian Herter and United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. |
| February 5–8, 1962 | Cyrille Adoula | Prime Minister | Informal visit. Afterwards visited New York City. |
| August 3–14, 1970 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President | Official visit; visited Annapolis, New York City, Fort Bragg, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. |
| October 10, 1973 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President | Private visit; met with President Nixon at the White House. |
| August 10–13, 1979 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President | Private visit; attended an International Monetary Fund meeting. Also met with President Jimmy Carter on September 11. |
| November 29 – December 8, 1981 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President | Private visit; met with President Reagan on December 1. |
| August 2–6, 1983 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President | Official working visit |
| September 23, 1984 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President | Private visit; met with President Reagan at a U.N. General Assembly reception in New York City. |
| December 6–12, 1986 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President | Official working visit |
| June 28–30, 1989 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President | Official working visit |
| October 4, 1989 | Mobutu Sese Seko | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| August 13, 2002 | Joseph Kabila | President | Met with President Bush at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. |
| November 2 – December 6, 2003 | Joseph Kabila | President | Working visit; met with President Bush at the Oval Office. |
| October 24–28, 2007 | Joseph Kabila | President | Working visit |
| September 23, 2010 | Joseph Kabila | President | Attended the United Nations General Assembly. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Joseph Kabila | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. Met with Secretary of State John Kerry. |
| September 20, 2022 | Felix Tshisekedi | President | Attended the United Nations General Assembly |

## Congo (Republic of) (Brazzaville)

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| June 8–13, 1961 | Fulbert Youlou | President | Informal visit. Afterwards visited New York City. |
| February 11–14, 1990 | Denis Sassou-Nguesso | President | State visit. Private visit to Houston afterwards. |
| December 8–14, 1991 | André Milongo | Prime Minister | Private visit. Met with President Bush on December 13. Also visited Atlanta. |
| June 24–27, 2003 | Denis Sassou Nguesso | President | Attended the United States-Africa Business Summit. Met with President Bush during a private visit on June 26. |
| June 4–7, 2006 | Denis Sassou Nguesso | President | Working visit |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Denis Sassou Nguesso | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Djibouti

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| September 27, 1977 | Hassan Gouled Aptidon | President | Private visit |
| April 23–25, 1991 | Hassan Gouled Aptidon | President | Official working visit |
| September 21, 1999 | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | President | Met with President Clinton during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. |
| January 19–24, 2003 | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | President | Working visit |
| May 5, 2014 | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | President | Met with President Obama at the Oval Office. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Egypt

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| September 26, 1960 | Gamal Abdel Nasser | President | Met with President Eisenhower in New York City while attending a United Nations General Assembly session. |
| October 27 – November 5, 1975 | Anwar El Sadat | President | State visit; met with President Ford in Jacksonville, Florida on November 2. Addressed a joint session of U.S. Congress on November 5. Also visited Williamsburg, New York City, Chicago, and Houston. |
| April 3–6, 1977 | Anwar El Sadat | President | Official working visit |
| February 3–8, 1978 | Anwar El Sadat | President | Official visit |
| September 5–19, 1978 | Anwar El Sadat | President | See also: Camp David Accords Official visit. Met with President Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David. |
| December 1, 1978 | Mustafa Khalil | Prime Minister | Private visit to discuss progress of peace negotiations between Egypt and Israel. |
| February 20–25, 1979 | Mustafa Khalil | Prime Minister | Official visit. Second meeting with President Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David regarding the Camp David Accords. |
| March 24–29, 1979 | Anwar El Sadat | President | Official visits. Signed the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty on March 26. |
| March 24–29, 1979 | Mustafa Khalil | Prime Minister | Official visits. Signed the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty on March 26. |
| April 7–10, 1980 | Anwar El Sadat | President | Official visit |
| August 4–9, 1981 | Anwar El Sadat | President | State visit; visited New York City. |
| February 2–5, 1982 | Hosni Mubarak | President | State visit |
| January 26–31, 1983 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official working visit |
| September 29 – October 3, 1983 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official working visit |
| February 11–15, 1984 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official working visit |
| March 11–13, 1985 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official working visit |
| September 21–23, 1985 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Private visit; met with President Reagan on September 23. Afterwards visited New York City on September 24–28. |
| January 26–29, 1988 | Hosni Mubarak | President | State visit; visited Dallas on January 30. |
| April 1–5, 1989 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official visit. Private visit to New York City afterwards. |
| October 1–3, 1989 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| April 3–6, 1993 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| October 23–28, 1993 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| April 1–5, 1995 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official working visit |
| September 28–30, 1995 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Attended the signing of Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement. |
| July 28–31, 1996 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official working visit |
| March 8–13, 1997 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official working visit |
| June 26 – July 6, 1999 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official working visit |
| March 24–30, 2000 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official working visit |
| March 30 – April 4, 2001 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Working visit |
| March 2–6, 2002 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Working visit |
| June 5–8, 2002 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Met with President Bush in Washington, D.C. and Camp David. |
| April 5–9, 2004 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Official select visit. Met with President Bush on April 12 at his Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas. |
| May 8–17, 2005 | Ahmed Nazif | Prime Minister | Working visit |
| August 17–19, 2009 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Working visit |
| September 1, 2010 | Hosni Mubarak | President | Attended Middle East peace talks. |
| September 26, 2012 | Mohamed Morsi | President | Addressed the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Ibrahim Mahlab | Prime Minister | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| September 23, 2014 | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | President | Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
| September 24–29, 2015 | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | President | Addressed the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 28. Met with President Obama. Attended a summit on addressing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on September 29. |
| April 3, 2017 | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | President | Official Working Visit. |
| April 9, 2019 | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | President | Official Working Visit. |

## Equatorial Guinea

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| April 12, 2006 | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | President | Met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. |
| September 23, 2009 | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | President | Addressed the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| September 24–25, 2014 | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | President | Addressed the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. |

## Eritrea

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| February 5–15, 1995 | Isaias Afwerki | President | Working visit |
| April 25 – May 3, 1998 | Isaias Afwerki | President | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| September 23–25, 2011 | Isaias Afwerki | President | Addressed the sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. |

## Ethiopia

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| April 26 – June 14, 1945 | Endelkachew Makonnen | Prime Minister | Led Ethiopian delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco. |
| May 26 – July 12, 1954 | Haile Selassie | Emperor | At the invitation of the President Eisenhower. Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress on May 4. Afterwards, visited Princeton, New York City, Boston, Ann Arbor and Lansing, Chicago, St. Paul, Spokane and Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Stillwater and Fort Benning. |
| September 30 – October 7, 1963 | Haile Selassie | Emperor | State visit; visited Philadelphia and New York City. |
| November 24–25, 1963 | Haile Selassie | Emperor | Attended the funeral of President Kennedy. |
| February 13–17, 1967 | Haile Selassie | Emperor | State visit. Afterwards visited New York City. |
| July 7–11, 1969 | Haile Selassie | Emperor | State visit. Afterwards visited Atlanta and Cape Canaveral to view the Apollo 11 launch. |
| October 24–25, 1970 | Haile Selassie | Emperor | Attended a dinner at the White House for the 25th anniversary of the United Nations; met privately with President Nixon on October 25. |
| May 14–15, 1973 | Haile Selassie | Emperor | Official visit |
| August 10–16, 1994 | Meles Zenawi | President | Working visit |
| October 19, 1995 | Meles Zenawi | Prime Minister | Attended an Africare dinner with President Clinton. |
| December 4–5, 2002 | Meles Zenawi | Prime Minister | Working visit |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Hailemariam Desalegn | Prime Minister | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. Met with Secretary of State John Kerry. |
| September 21–23, 2014 | Hailemariam Desalegn | Prime Minister | Participated in the Climate Summit on September 23. Addressed the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 25. Met with President Obama on September 25. |

## Gabon

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| August 2, 1973 | Omar Bongo | President | Private visit; met with President Nixon at the White House. |
| March 3, 1977 | Omar Bongo | President | Met with President Carter during a private visit. |
| October 17, 1977 | Omar Bongo | President | Met with President Carter during a private visit. |
| June 15, 1981 | Omar Bongo | President | Met with President Reagan during a private visit. |
| July 30 – August 3, 1987 | Omar Bongo | President | Official working visit. Also visited Atlanta on August 1–2. Private visit to Houston afterwards. |
| May 26, 2004 | Omar Bongo | President | Working visit |
| June 9, 2011 | Ali Bongo Ondimba | President | Working visit |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Ali Bongo Ondimba | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| March 31 – April 1, 2016 | Ali Bongo Ondimba | President | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. |

## Gambia

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| May 15–18, 1989 | Dawda Jawara | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. Also visited Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and Cape Canaveral. |
| June 21–29, 2003 | Yahya Jammeh | President | Attended United States-Africa Business Summit; met with President Bush during a private visit on June 26. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Yahya Jammeh | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| August 5–6, 2015 | Yahya Jammeh | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Ghana

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| July 23 – August 2, 1958 | Kwame Nkrumah | Prime Minister | Official visit. Afterwards visited Pennsylvanian cities of Hershey, Harrisburg and Philadelphia, New York City, and Chicago. |
| September 22, 1960 | Kwame Nkrumah | President | Met with President Eisenhower in New York City while attending a United Nations General Assembly session. |
| March 8, 1961 | Kwame Nkrumah | President | Informal visit while attending a U.N. meeting. |
| October 9–14, 1967 | Joseph Arthur Ankrah | Chairman | Private visit; visited Tampa, Cape Kennedy, and New York City. |
| October 20, 1969 | Kofi Abrefa Busia | Prime Minister | Private visit |
| October 24, 1970 | Kofi Abrefa Busia | Prime Minister | Attended a dinner at the White House on 25th anniversary of the U.N. |
| November 3–4, 1971 | Kofi Abrefa Busia | Prime Minister | Private visit while en route to Mexico. |
| March 8–9, 1995 | Jerry Rawlings | President | Official working visit |
| February 3–6, 1999 | Jerry Rawlings | President | State visit |
| June 27–29, 2001 | John Kufuor | President | Working visit; attended a forum of the Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa. |
| September 24, 2003 | John Kufuor | President | Met with President Bush at a U.N. General Assembly session in New York City. |
| June 9–10, 2004 | John Kufuor | President | Met with President Bush at the 30th G8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia. |
| June 12–13, 2005 | John Kufuor | President | Working visit; discussed the African Growth and Opportunity Act. |
| October 26, 2005 | John Kufuor | President | Working visit. |
| April 11–13, 2006 | John Kufuor | President | Working visit |
| September 14–17, 2008 | John Kufuor | President | State visit |
| March 7–12, 2012 | John Atta Mills | President | Working visit |
| August 4–6, 2014 | John Dramani Mahama | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit., then attended private event in Springfield, Missouri |
| September 21–27, 2014 | John Dramani Mahama | President | Working visit; participated in the Climate Summit in New York City on September 23. Addressed the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 25. Delivered lectures at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts on September 26–27. |
| September 26–30, 2015 | John Dramani Mahama | President | Working visit; co-hosted an event on health crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on September 26 in New York City. Also addressed the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 30. |

## Guinea

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 25 – November 8, 1959 | Ahmed Sékou Touré | President | State visit; also visited Raleigh, Chicago, Los Angeles, Wheeling, Omal, and New York City. |
| October 9–12, 1962 | Ahmed Sékou Touré | President | Informal visit; visited New York City. |
| August 8–15, 1979 | Ahmed Sékou Touré | President | Private visit; met with President Carter on August 8. Also visited Los Angeles, Denver, Pittsburgh, and New York City. |
| June 26 – July 3, 1982 | Ahmed Sékou Touré | President | Private visit; met with President Reagan on June 30. |
| July 29, 2011 | Alpha Condé | President | Working visit |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Alpha Condé | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| April 15, 2015 | Alpha Condé | President | Attended the Africa Leaders Ebola Meeting. |

## Guinea-Bissau

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 19, 1995 | Manuel Saturnino da Costa | Prime Minister | Attended an Africare dinner with President Clinton. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | José Mário Vaz | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| May 5–29, 1962 | Félix Houphouët-Boigny | President | State visit. Private visit to New York City on May 5–15. Later visited Boston and Philadelphia. |
| August 17 – September 1, 1967 | Félix Houphouët-Boigny | President | Official visit. Private visit to New York City on August 26 – September 1. |
| October 8–18, 1973 | Félix Houphouët-Boigny | President | State visit. Afterwards visited Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City (private visit after October 15). |
| June 6–20, 1983 | Félix Houphouët-Boigny | President | State visit; visited New York City. |
| July 29, 2011 | Alassane Ouattara | President | Working visit |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Daniel Kablan Duncan | Prime Minister | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Kenya

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| February 19–22, 1980 | Daniel arap Moi | President | State visit |
| September 24–26, 1981 | Daniel arap Moi | President | Private visit en route to the United Nations General Assembly. Met with President Reagan on September 25. |
| May 11–14, 1987 | Daniel arap Moi | President | Official working visit. Also visited New York City on March 14. |
| December 4–6, 2002 | Daniel arap Moi | President | Working visit |
| October 5–7, 2003 | Mwai Kibaki | President | State visit |
| September 23, 2010 | Mwai Kibaki | President | Attended the United Nations General Assembly |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Uhuru Kenyatta | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| April 20–27, 2015 | Uhuru Kenyatta | President | Working visit; attended the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles. |
| September 24 – October 8, 2015 | Uhuru Kenyatta | President | Working visit; attended the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Met with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Pope Francis. |
| August 27, 2018 | Uhuru Kenyatta | President | Official Working visit |
| February 6, 2020 | Uhuru Kenyatta | President | Official Working visit |
| October 11-15, 2021 | Uhuru Kenyatta | President | Official Working visit |
| September 20-24, 2022 | William Ruto | Attended the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly |

## Lesotho

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| August 22 – September 30, 1967 | Leabua Jonathan | Prime Minister | Informal visit. Afterwards visited New York City and San Diego. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Tom Thabane | Prime Minister | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Liberia

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| May 26 – June 12, 1943 | Edwin Barclay | President | Official visit. Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress on May 28. Afterwards visited Akron and Columbus, Buffalo, Philadelphia and New York City. |
| October 18–21, 1954 | William Tubman (President-elect) | President | Accompanied President Edwin Barclay. |
| October 17–24, 1961 | William Tubman (President-elect) | President | Official visit; visited New York City and Rutherford. |
| March 23 – April 3, 1968 | William Tubman (President-elect) | President | Official visit.In U.S.March 23 – April 3; visited New York City, Baltimore, and Cedar Rapids. |
| June 5, 1973 | William Tolbert | President | Private visit |
| November 5, 1974 | William Tolbert | President | Private visit |
| September 20–27, 1976 | William Tolbert | President | State visit. Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress on September 23. Also visited Williamsburg, Virginia and Atlanta. After September 27, private visit to Philadelphia and New York City. |
| September 25 – October 2, 1979 | William Tolbert | President | Private visit; met with President Carter on October 2. |
| August 16–21, 1982 | Samuel Doe | President | Official working visit. Private visit afterwards to Los Angeles. |
| February 9–12, 2004 | Gyude Bryant | Chairman | Working visit |
| March 15–23, 2006 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | Addressed joint session of U.S. Congress on March 15. |
| February 12–16, 2007 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | Working visit |
| October 17–28, 2007 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | Working visit |
| October 20–22, 2008 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | Working visit. Also addressed the White House summit on international development on October 21. |
| May 27, 2010 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | Working visit |
| February 25–27, 2015 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | Official visit; met with President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss progress in addressing the West African Ebola virus epidemic. |
| April 15, 2015 | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | President | Attended the Africa Leaders Ebola Meeting. |

## Libya

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| July 13–17, 1954 | Mustafa Ben Halim | Prime Minister | Unofficial visit. Discussed U.S. military base rights and economic assistance. |
| March 7, 2012 | Abdurrahim El-Keib | Prime Minister | Working visit. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Abdullah al-Thani | Prime Minister | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| December 1, 2017 | Fayez al-Sarraj | Prime Minister | Working visit. Met with President Trump. |

## Madagascar

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| July 27-August 5, 1964 | Philibert Tsiranana | President | Official visit. In U.S. July 26–August 5, visited Philadelphia, New York City, Minneapolis (Minnesota), San Francisco, and Honolulu (Hawaii). |
| August 5-6, 2014 | Hery Rajaonarimampianina | President | Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Malawi

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| June 2–11, 1967 | Hastings Banda | President | Private visit; visited Amherst, Massachusetts and Kansas City, Missouri. |
| October 19, 1995 | Bakili Muluzi | President | Attended Africare dinner with President Clinton. |
| September 23, 2010 | Bingu Wa Mutharika | President | Attended the United Nations General Assembly. |
| March 28, 2013 | Joyce Banda | President | Attended the African Leaders Summit. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Peter Mutharika | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Mali

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| September 12, 1961 | September 13, 1961 | Modibo Keïta | President | Informal visit after attendingConference of Nonaligned Nations in Belgrade. |
| October 5, 1988 | October 9, 1988 | Moussa Traore | President | State Visit; (October 9) visited Dayton, Wilberforce, and Columbus |
| November 18, 1997 | November 21, 1997 | Alpha Oumar Konare | President | Working visit. |
| June 26, 2001 | June 28, 2001 | Alpha Oumar Konare | President | Working visit; attended a forum of the Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa. |
| February 11, 2008 | February 13, 2008 | Amadou Toumani Toure | President | Working visit. |

## Morocco

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| November 25, 1957 | November 28, 1957 | Mohammed V | King | State visit.Afterwards visited Williamsburg, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Omaha, Niagara Falls, and New York City.Departed U.S.December 13. |
| October 15, 1959 | October 15, 1959 | Abdallah Ibrahim | Prime Minister | Informal meeting with President Eisenhower. In U.S.October 11–30, led Moroccan delegation to the UN General Assembly, and visited Knoxville, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Detroit and Niagara Falls |
| March 27, 1963 | March 29, 1963 | Hassan II | King | State visit. In U.S.March 26 – April 5. Visited New York City |
| February 9, 1967 | February 11, 1967 | Hassan II | King | Informal visit. Afterwards made a private visit to New York City.In U.S.February 8–17. |
| June 4, 1970 | June 4, 1970 | Ahmed Laraki | Prime Minister | Private visit. Presented personal message to President Nixon from King Hassan II |
| October 24, 1970 | October 24, 1970 | Ahmed Laraki | Prime Minister | Attended White House dinner on 25th Anniversary of the U.N. |
| April 15, 1971 | April 15, 1971 | Ahmed Laraki | Prime Minister | Private visit. |
| December 3, 1977 | December 3, 1977 | Ahmed Laraki | Prime Minister | Private visit. Delivered a message to President Carter postponing a state visit by King Hassan II |
| November 13, 1978 | November 16, 1978 | Hassan II | King | State visit.Afterwards visited Chicago. Departed U.S.November 29. |
| May 18, 1982 | May 21, 1982 | Hassan II | King | Official working visit. Private visit afterward to New York City and Chicago. |
| October 20, 1982 | October 24, 1982 | Hassan II | King | Official working visit. Led Arab League delegation presenting Middle East peace proposals |
| February 28, 1984 | March 1, 1984 | Karim Lamrani | Prime Minister | Official working visit. Private visit to New York City March 2. |
| September 26, 1990 | September 26, 1990 | Hassan II | King | Official visit. |
| January 30, 1992 | January 30, 1992 | Hassan II | King | Met with President Bush while attending a U.N Security Council Summit in New York City. |
| March 15, 1995 | March 17, 1995 | Hassan II | King | State Visit. |
| June 19, 2000 | June 22, 2000 | Mohammed VI | King | State Visit. |
| April 21, 2002 | April 26, 2002 | Mohammed VI | King | Working visit. |
| September 23, 2003 | September 23, 2003 | Mohammed VI | King | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City |
| July 7, 2004 | July 8, 2004 | Mohammed VI | King | Working visit. |
| April 12, 2010 | April 13, 2010 | Abbas El Fassi | Prime Minister | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit |
| November 22, 2013 | November 22, 2013 | Mohammed VI | King | Working visit. |

## Mauritania

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| December 12, 1960 | December 12, 1960 | Moktar Ould Daddah | President | Met President Eisenhower |
| September 28, 1971 | September 28, 1971 | Moktar Ould Daddah | President | Private visit to Washington, D.C. while attending session of the U.N. General Assembly |
| August 5, 2014 | August 6, 2014 | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | President | Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Mauritius

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| May 8, 1968 | May 9, 1968 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Prime Minister | Informal visit.Afterwards visited Cape Kennedy.Departed U.S.May 10. |
| September 18, 1969 | September 18, 1969 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Prime Minister | Met with President Nixon in New York City while attending a U.N. General Assembly session. |
| October 24, 1970 | October 24, 1970 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Prime Minister | Attended White House dinner on 25th Anniversary of the U.N. |
| September 30, 1975 | September 30, 1975 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Prime Minister | Private visit while attending U.N. General Assembly session. |
| October 12, 1981 | October 16, 1981 | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Prime Minister | Private visit.Met with President Reagan October 16. |
| June 4, 1991 | June 6, 1991 | Aneerood Jugnauth | Prime Minister | Official working visit.Private visit to New York City afterward. |
| June 23, 2003 | June 27, 2003 | Aneerood Jugnauth | Prime Minister | Working visit.Also attended United States-Africa Business Summit. |
| August 5, 2014 | August 6, 2014 | Navinchandra Ramgoolam | Prime Minister | Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Mozambique

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 4, 1977 | October 4, 1977 | Samora Machel | President | Met with President Carter in New York City while attending U.N. General Assembly session. |
| September 17, 1985 | September 21, 1985 | Samora Machel | President | Official Working Visit.Private visit to Atlanta afterward. |
| October 5, 1987 | October 5, 1987 | Joaquim Chissano | President | Met with President Reagan during a private visit. |
| March 12, 1990 | March 14, 1990 | Joaquim Chissano | President | Official visit. |
| September 27, 1993 | September 27, 1993 | Joaquim Chissano | President | Met with President Clinton at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City |
| November 29, 1998 | December 1, 1998 | Joaquim Chissano | President | Working visit. |
| November 22, 2002 | November 27, 2002 | Joaquim Chissano | President | Working visit. |
| September 24, 2003 | September 24, 2003 | Joaquim Chissano | President | Met with President Bush at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City |
| June 12, 2005 | June 13, 2005 | Armando Guebuza | President | Working visit. Discussed African Growth and Opportunity Act |

## Namibia

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| June 19, 1990 | June 19, 1990 | Sam Nujoma | President | Private visit. |
| June 16, 1993 | June 19, 1993 | Sam Nujoma | President | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| June 12, 2005 | June 13, 2005 | Hifikepunye Pohamba | President | Working visit.Discussed African Growth and Opportunity Act |

## Niger

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| September 26, 1967 | September 27, 1967 | Hamani Diori | President | Official visit. In U.S.September 25-October 11; visited the U.S Virgin Islands, Tucson, Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco. |
| December 10, 1984 | December 13, 1984 | Seyni Kountché | President | Official Working Visit.Private visit afterwards to Columbus |
| June 12, 2005 | June 13, 2005 | Mamadou Tandja | President | Working visit.Discussed African Growth and Opportunity Act |
| September 29, 2011 | September 29, 2011 | Mahamadou Issoufou | President | Working visit |

## Nigeria

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 8, 1960 | October 8, 1960 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | Prime Minister | Met with President Eisenhower in Washington, D.C. while attending UN General Assembly |
| July 25, 1961 | July 28, 1961 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | Prime Minister | Official visit. In U.S.July 24 – August 1, visiting New York City, Chicago, and Knoxville |
| October 10, 1977 | October 13, 1977 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Official Visit. Afterwards visited New York City.Departed U.S.September 15 |
| October 3, 1980 | October 8, 1980 | Shehu Shagari | President | State visit. |
| March 30, 1999 | March 30, 1999 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Arrived in New York City March 29. |
| October 27, 1999 | October 30, 1999 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Official working visit. |
| May 10, 2001 | May 12, 2001 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Working visit. |
| November 2, 2001 | November 2, 2001 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| June 20, 2002 | June 20, 2002 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| June 10, 2004 | June 11, 2004 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Met with President Bush during the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island. Attended the funeral of Former President Reagan. |
| December 2, 2004 | December 3, 2004 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Working visit. |
| May 5, 2005 | May 5, 2005 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Working visit. |
| March 28, 2006 | March 29, 2006 | Olusegun Obasanjo | President | Working visit. |
| December 12, 2007 | December 15, 2007 | Umaru Yar'Adua | President | Working visit. |
| April 11, 2010 | April 13, 2010 | Goodluck Jonathan | President | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. |
| June 8, 2011 | June 8, 2011 | Goodluck Jonathan | President | Working visit. |
| September 23, 2013 | September 23, 2013 | Goodluck Jonathan | President | Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |
| July 20, 2015 | July 21, 2015 | Muhammadu Buhari | President | Working visit. |
| March 31, 2016 | April 1, 2016 | Muhammadu Buhari | President | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. |
| April 30, 2018 | April 30, 2018 | Muhammadu Buhari | President | Working visit. |

## Rwanda

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| September 19, 1962 | September 22, 1962 | Grégoire Kayibanda | President | Informal visit while attending UN General Assembly |
| August 14, 1967 | August 14, 1967 | Grégoire Kayibanda | President | Informal visit. In U.S.August 13–14; visited New York City |
| September 24, 1980 | September 26, 1980 | Juvenal Habyarimana | President | Private visit. Met with President Carter September 25. |
| October 19, 1995 | October 19, 1995 | Pasteur Bizimungu | President | Attended Africare dinner with President Clinton |
| September 13, 2002 | September 13, 2002 | Paul Kagame | President | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City |
| March 3, 2003 | March 6, 2003 | Paul Kagame | President | Working visit. |
| April 15, 2005 | April 15, 2005 | Paul Kagame | President | Working visit. |
| May 30, 2006 | June 2, 2006 | Paul Kagame | President | Working visit. |

## Seychelles

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| July 20, 1989 | July 20, 1989 | France-Albert René | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| August 5, 2014 | August 6, 2014 | James Michel | President | Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. |
| September 20, 2022 | September 20, 2022 | Wavel Ramkalawan | President | Attended the United Nations General Assembly |

## Senegal

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| November 3, 1961 | November 3, 1961 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | President | Official visit. In U.S. October 30 – November 4. Also visited New York City. |
| September 28, 1966 | September 28, 1966 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | President | State Visit. |
| October 24, 1970 | October 24, 1970 | Abdou Diouf | Prime Minister | Attended White House dinner on 25th Anniversary of the U.N. |
| June 18, 1971 | June 18, 1971 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | President | Private visit. In the U.S. June 12–18. Also visited Cambridge |
| May 22, 1975 | May 22, 1975 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | President | Private visit. |
| June 8, 1978 | June 8, 1978 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | President | Private visit. |
| April 5, 1980 | April 8, 1980 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | President | Private visit. Met with President Carter April 8. |
| August 9, 1983 | August 9, 1983 | Abdou Diouf | President | Official working visit. |
| April 13, 1985 | April 17, 1985 | Abdou Diouf | President | Private Visit. Met with President Reagan April 16. |
| May 14, 1990 | May 14, 1990 | Abdou Diouf | President | Private visit. |
| September 9, 1991 | September 12, 1991 | Abdou Diouf | President | State Visit. |
| May 21, 1994 | May 23, 1994 | Abdou Diouf | President | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| June 28, 2001 | June 28, 2001 | Abdoulaye Wade | President | Working visit; attended a forum of the Partnership to Cut Hunger in Africa. |
| June 18, 2002 | June 18, 2002 | Abdoulaye Wade | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| June 9, 2004 | June 10, 2004 | Abdoulaye Wade | President | Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island |
| December 5, 2004 | December 7, 2004 | Abdoulaye Wade | President | Working visit. |
| March 28, 2013 | March 28, 2013 | Macky Sall | President | Attended African Leaders Summit. |
| September 20, 2022 | September 20, 2022 | Macky Sall | President | Attended the United Nations General Assembly. |

## Sierra Leone

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| May 19, 1969 | May 19, 1969 | Siaka Stevens | Prime Minister | Official visit. |
| September 25, 1980 | September 25, 1980 | Siaka Stevens | President | Private visit. |
| March 28, 2013 | March 28, 2013 | Ernest Koroma | President | Attended African Leaders Summit |
| April 15, 2015 | April 15, 2015 | Ernest Koroma | President | Attended the Africa Leaders Ebola Meeting. |

## Somalia

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| November 27, 1962 | November 29, 1962 | Abdirashid Ali Shermarke | Prime Minister | Presidential guest.In U.S.November 25 – December 2, visiting New York City, Philadelphia, and San Juan. |
| March 14, 1968 | March 16, 1968 | Ibrahim Egal | Prime Minister | Official visit.In U.S.March 13–21; visited New York City, Knoxville, Cape Kennedy, and Syracuse |
| October 6, 1969 | October 6, 1969 | Ibrahim Egal | Prime Minister | Private visit. |
| October 11, 1974 | October 11, 1974 | Siad Barre | President | Private visit. |
| March 9, 1982 | March 14, 1982 | Siad Barre | President | Official working visit.Private visit afterward to Houston, Chicago, and New York City |

## South Africa

Table of trips :
| Dates | Guest | Title | Reason |
| April 18 – June 26, 1945 | Jan Smuts | Prime Minister | Led South African delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco. |
| October 22 – December 8, 1946 | Jan Smuts | Prime Minister | Led South African delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. In U.S.October 22 – December 8. |
| September 23–25, 1990 | Frederik Willem de Klerk | State President | Official working visit |
| June 30 – July 5, 1993 | Frederik Willem de Klerk | State President | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Received the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia. |
| October 2–7, 1994 | Nelson Mandela | President | State visit; also visited New York City and addressed the U.N. General Assembly. Addressed joint meeting of U.S. Congress. |
| September 21–23, 1998 | Nelson Mandela | President | Working visit |
| September 21, 1998 | Thabo Mbeki | President | Met with President Clinton during the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. |
| May 22–25, 2000 | Thabo Mbeki | President | State visit; afterwards visited Austin, Texas. |
| June 25–27, 2001 | Thabo Mbeki | President | Working visit |
| November 11, 2001 | Thabo Mbeki | President | Met with President Bush at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. |
| September 13, 2002 | Thabo Mbeki | President | Met with President Bush at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. |
| July 10–11, 2004 | Thabo Mbeki | President | Met with President Bush at the G8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia. Attended the funeral for former President Ronald Reagan. |
| June 1, 2005 | Thabo Mbeki | President | Working visit |
| December 7–8, 2006 | Thabo Mbeki | President | Working visit |
| November 14–15, 2008 | Kgalema Motlanthe | President | Attended the G20 summit meeting in Washington, D.C.. |
| September 22–25, 2009 | Jacob Zuma | President | Attended the G20 summit meeting in Pittsburgh. |
| April 12–13, 2010 | Jacob Zuma | President | Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. |
| August 4–6, 2014 | Jacob Zuma | President | Attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit. |
| September 25-27, 2018 | Cyril Ramaphosa | President | Attended the United Nations General Assembly |

## South Sudan

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| September 21, 2011 | September 21, 2011 | Salva Kiir Mayardit | President | Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |

## Sudan

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 4, 1961 | October 7, 1961 | Ibrahim Abboud | President | State visit.Afterwards visited Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City.Departed U.S.October 15. |
| June 10, 1976 | June 10, 1976 | Jaafar Nimeiry | President | Private visit. |
| September 21, 1978 | September 21, 1978 | Jaafar Nimeiry | President | Private visit. |
| June 27, 1980 | July 2, 1980 | Jaafar Nimeiry | President | Private visit.Met with President Carter July 2. |
| November 14, 1981 | November 21, 1981 | Jaafar Nimeiry | President | Private visit.Met with President Reagan November 20 |
| November 19, 1983 | November 22, 1983 | Jaafar Nimeiry | President | Official working visit.Private visit afterward.Departed U.S.December 1. |
| March 27, 1985 | April 5, 1985 | Jaafar Nimeiry | President | Private Visit.Met with President Reagan April 1. |

## Swaziland

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| September 18, 1968 | September 18, 1968 | Makhosini Dlamini | Prime Minister | Informal visit. |
| October 19, 1995 | October 19, 1995 | Mswati III | King | Attended Africare dinner with President Clinton |
| June 21, 2003 | June 26, 2003 | Mswati III | King | Attended United States-Africa Business Summit; met with President Bush during a private visit June 26. |
| August 5, 2014 | August 6, 2014 | Mswati III | King | Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. |

## Tanzania

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| 17.Jul. 1961 | 17.Jul. 1961 | Julius Nyerere | Prime Minister | Informal visit after attending UN Trusteeship Council meeting. |
| July 15, 1963 | July 17, 1963 | Julius Nyerere | President | Official visit. In U.S. July 14–20, visited Boston and New York City. |
| August 3, 1977 | August 5, 1977 | Julius Nyerere | President | State visit. Afterwards visited Sioux City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Atlanta. Departed U.S. August 10. |
| 21.Se.1999 | September 21, 1999 | Benjamin Mkapa | President | Met with President Clinton at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. |
| September 18, 2006 | September 18, 2006 | Jakaya Kikwete | President | Met with President Bush at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. |
| August 26, 2008 | August 31, 2008 | Jakaya Kikwete | President | Working visit. |
| September 23, 2008 | September 23, 2008 | Jakaya Kikwete | President | Met with President Bush at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. |
| May 21, 2009 | May 21, 2009 | Jakaya Kikwete | President | Working Visit. |

## Togo

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| September 23, 1960 | September 23, 1960 | Sylvanus Olympio | President | Met with President Eisenhower in New York City while attending UN General Assembly session. |
| March 20, 1962 | March 22, 1962 | Sylvanus Olympio | President | Presidential guest.In the U.S.March 19–30, visiting New York City, Niagara Falls, and the U.S Virgin Islands. |
| October 22, 1983 | October 26, 1983 | Gnassingbe Eyadema | President | Private visit.Met with President Reagan October 24. |
| July 30, 1990 | August 1, 1990 | Gnassingbe Eyadema | President | Official working visit. |

## Tunisia

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| May 3, 1961 | May 6, 1961 | Habib Bourguiba | President | State visit. Addressed Congress May 4. Afterwards visited Knoxville, Dallas, and New York City. Departed U.S. May 13. |
| May 15, 1968 | May 17, 1968 | Habib Bourguiba | President | State visit. In U.S. May 12–21; visited Williamsburg (private), Houston, San Antonio, and New York City. |
| March 31, 1969 | March 1, 1969 | Habib Bourguiba | President | Attended funeral of former President Eisenhower; met with President Nixon April 1. |
| May 1, 1975 | May 5, 1975 | Hedi Amara Nouira | Prime Minister | Official visit. In U.S. April 29 – May 6; visited Williamsburg and Atlanta. |
| November 28, 1978 | December 1, 1978 | Hedi Amara Nouira | Prime Minister | Official visit. Afterwards visited Dallas, Phoenix, Fresno, and New York City. Departed U.S. December 5. |
| April 26, 1982 | April 30, 1982 | Mohammed Mzali | Prime Minister | Official working visit. In U.S. April 24; visited Princeton. Private visit afterwards to Chicago and New York City. |
| June 14, 1985 | June 25, 1985 | Habib Bourguiba | President | Official Working Visit. |
| November 14, 1989 | November 14, 1989 | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| May 14, 1990 | May 17, 1990 | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | President | State Visit. |
| February 15, 2004 | February 21, 2004 | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | President | Working visit. |
| October 7, 2011 | October 7, 2011 | Beji Caid Essebsi | Prime Minister | Working visit. |
| April 3, 2014 | April 4, 2014 | Mehdi Jomaa | Prime Minister | Working visit. |
| May 20, 2015 | May 21, 2015 | Beji Caid Essebsi | President | Official Working Visit. |

## Uganda

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| October 22, 1962 | October 23, 1962 | Milton Obote | Prime Minister | Presidential guest. |
| October 19, 1987 | October 19, 1987 | Yoweri Museveni | President | Met with President Reagan during a private visit. |
| October 1, 1990 | October 1, 1990 | Yoweri Museveni | President | Met with President Bush at the U.N. General Assembly. |
| June 18, 1994 | June 22, 1994 | Yoweri Museveni | President | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. |
| May 5, 2002 | May 7, 2002 | Yoweri Museveni | President | Working visit. |
| June 9, 2003 | June 14, 2003 | Yoweri Museveni | President | Working visit. |
| June 23, 2003 | June 27, 2003 | Apollo Nsibambi | Prime Minister | Attended United States-Africa Business Summit; met with President Bush during a private visit June 26. |
| June 9, 2004 | June 10, 2004 | Yoweri Museveni | President | Met with President Bush at the G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island. |
| October 29, 2007 | October 31, 2007 | Yoweri Museveni | President | Working visit. |
| September 23, 2008 | September 23, 2008 | Yoweri Museveni | President | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. |

## Zambia

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| 18.-21.Apr.1975 | 18.-21.Apr.1975 | Kenneth Kaunda | President | Private visit.Met with President Ford April 19. |
| 17.5.-19.Apr.1978 | 17.5.-19.Apr.1978 | Kenneth Kaunda | President | State visit.In U.S.May 16–23; visited Williamsburg, Atlanta, Houston, and Los Angeles.Private visit to New York City, May 21–23. |
| 29.3.-2.Apr.1983 | 29.3.-2.Apr.1983 | Kenneth Kaunda | President | Official working visit. |
| 7.-11.Oct.1987 | 7.-11.Oct.1987 | Kenneth Kaunda | President | Official working visit. |
| June 7, 1989 | June 7, 1989 | Kenneth Kaunda | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |
| February 19, 1992 | February 19, 1992 | Frederick Chiluba | President | Met with President Bush during a private visit. |

## Zimbabwe

Table of Trips :
| Start | End | Guest | Title | Reason |
| July 9, 1979 | July 11, 1979 | Abel Muzorewa | Prime Minister | Unofficial visit.Met with President Carter July 11. |
| August 21, 1980 | August 27, 1980 | Robert Mugabe | Prime Minister | Official visit. |
| September 12, 1983 | September 14, 1983 | Robert Mugabe | Prime Minister | Official working visit.Private visit to Detroit afterward. |
| July 23, 1991 | July 25, 1991 | Robert Mugabe | President | Official working visit. |
| May 17, 1995 | May 19, 1995 | Robert Mugabe | President | Official working visit. |
| June 12, 2009 | June 12, 2009 | Morgan Tsvangirai | Prime Minister | Working Visit. |