Comparative army officer ranks of Africa

Rank comparison chart of officer ranks for armies/land forces of African states.

Officers

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Algerian Land Forces [1] v t e
			فريق أول‎‎ Farīq 'awwal		فريق Farīq		لواء Liwāʾ		عميد 'Amīd		عقيد 'Aqīd		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Rā'id		نقيب Naqīb		ملازم أول Mulāzim 'awwal			ملازم Mulāzim
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Angolan Army [2] v t e
			General de exército		General		Tenente-general		Brigadeiro		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Mayor		Capitão		Tenente			Sub-tenente
Benin Army [3] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Botswana Ground Force [4] v t e
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Burkina Faso Ground Forces [5] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-major	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Burundi Army [6] v t e
			Général		Lieutenant-général		Général-major		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Major		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
			Jenerai		Riyetena jenerai		Jenerai majoro		Jenerai wa birigade		Koroneri		Riyetena koroneri		Majoro		Kapitene		Riyetena			Suriyetena
Cameroon Ground Forces [7] [8] [9] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Cape Verdean National Guard [10] v t e
							Major-general		Brigadeiro-general		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Primeiro tenente		Tenente		Subtenente
Central African Ground Forces v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Chadian Ground Forces v t e
	Maréchal		Général d'armée		Général de corps		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Comorian Army v t e
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Land Forces of the DR Congo v t e
			Général d'armée		Lieutenant-général		Général-major		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Major		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Congolese Ground Forces [11] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Djiboutian Army [12] v t e
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-major	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Egyptian Army [13] v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Army of Equatorial Guinea v t e
							General de division		General de brigada		Coronel		Teniente coronel		Comandante		Capitán		Teniente			Alférez
Eritrean Army v t e
							Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Ethiopian Army [14] v t e
	የፊልድ ማርሻል ጄኔራል Yefīlidi marishali jēnērali		ጄነራል Jēnerali		ሌተናል ጄነራል Lētenali jēnerali		ሜጀር ጄነራል Mējeri jēnerali		ብርጋዴር ጄነራል Birigadēri jēnerali		ኮሎኔል Kolonēli		ሌተናንት ኮሎኔል Lētenaniti kolonēli		ሻለቃ Shalek’a		ሻምበል Shamibeli		የመቶ ዓለቃ Yemeto ‘alek’a			ምክትል የመቶ ዓለቃ Mikitili yemeto ‘alek’a
Gabonese Army [15] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Gambian National Army v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Ghana Army v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Guinea Ground Forces v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Army of Guinea-Bissau v t e
			General		Tenente-general		Major-general		Brigadeir-general		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Primeiro tenente		Tenente		Subtenente
Ivory Coast Ground Forces [16] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-major	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Kenya Army [17] v t e
	Commander-in-Chief		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Lesotho Army [18] v t e
	Field marshal				Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Liberian Ground Forces [19] v t e
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Libyan Ground Forces [20] v t e
	مشير Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Madagascar Ground Forces [21] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Malawi Army [22] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Malian Army [23] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-major	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Mauritanian National Army [24] v t e
					فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa				عميد Amid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Mauritius	No army
Royal Moroccan Army [25] v t e
	Maréchal		Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-major	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Mozambican Army v t e
			Coronel-general		Tenente-general		Major-general				Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes
Namibian Army [26] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Niger Army [27] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-major	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Nigerian Army [28] v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier-general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Rwandan Land Forces [29] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Army of São Tomé and Príncipe v t e
									Brigadeiro		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes
Senegalese Army v t e
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Seychelles Army [30] [31] v t e
							Major general [a]		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Sierra Leone Army v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Somali National Army [32] v t e
					Sareeye guud		Sareeye gaas		Sareeye guuto		Gashaanle sare		Gashaanle dhexe		Gashaanle		Dhamme		Laba xídígle			Xídígle
Somaliland National Army v t e
					Sareeye guud		Sareeye gaas		Sareeye guuto		Gashaanle sare		Gashaanle dhexe		Gashaanle		Dhamme		Laba xídígle			Xídígle
South African Army [33] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
South Sudan Army v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Sudanese Army [34] v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Eswatini Army v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant
Tanzanian Army v t e
			Jenerali		Luteni jenerali		Meja jenerali		Brigedia jenerali		Kanali		Luteni kanali		Meja		Kapteni		Luteni			Luteni usu
Togolese Army [35] v t e
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Tunisian Army [36] v t e
					فريق أول Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		أمير لواء 'amir liwa'		عميد Amid	عقيد Aqid	مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel-major	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Ugandan Land Forces [37] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Zambian Army [38] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Zimbabwe National Army [39] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers

See also

• Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas
• Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers

Notes

1. Introduced December 2024

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