How to Call Emergency Services

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Call in Northern Africa.

   These countries cover the Saharan desert and all African land north of it:
   Algeria:
   Ambulance: 021 – 23 63 81 or 021 – 71 14 14 Police: 17 (or 021 – 73 53 50 from a mobile) Fire: 14 (or 021 – 71 14 14 from a mobile) Canary Islands: 112 Egypt:
   Ambulance: 123 Police: 122 Fire: 180 Libya: 193 (currently unreliable) Morocco:
   Ambulance or Fire: 15 Police: 19 Sudan:
   Only local numbers available Tunisia:
   Ambulance: 190 Police: 197 Fire: 198 , Here are emergency numbers for the Horn of Africa, and countries along the eastern half of Africa, including Madagascar.
   
   Burundi:
   Only local numbers available Djibouti:
   Ambulance: 19 Police: 17 Fire: 18 Eritrea:
   Only local numbers available Ethiopia:
   Ambulance: 92 Police: 91 Fire: 93 Kenya:
   All emergencies: 999 Madagascar:
   Ambulance: 124 Police: 117 Fire: 118 Traffic Accidents: 3600 Malawi:
   Ambulance: 998 Police: 997 or 990 Fire: 999 Mauritius:
   Ambulance: 114 Police: 112 or 999 Fire: 115 or 995 Mozambique:
   Ambulance: 117 Police: 119 Fire: 198 Rwanda:
   Ambulance: 912 Police and Fire: 112 Somalia: (may be unreliable or absent in some regions)Ambulance: 999 Police: 888 Fire: 555 South Sudan:
   Police: 777 (in Juba only)Ambulance and Fire:
   Unavailable Tanzania: (may be unreliable; try local numbers) Ambulance: 115 Police: 112 Fire: 114 Uganda: 999 Zambia: 999 or 991 Zimbabwe:
   Ambulance: 994 Police: 777-777 (leads to Harare Central Station) Fire: 993 or 783-983 Medical Air Relief: 771-221 , Look here for information on countries in Central Africa, and on the central western coast. (See Western Africa below for countries along the northwest coast.) Angola:
   Ambulance: 112 Police: 113 Fire: 115 If the numbers above don't work:
   Try the numbers for other services, 110 or
   118.
   
   The disagreement among sources may reflect recent changes or variation throughout the country.
   
   Cameroon: (available in major cities only)Ambulance: 112 (try this first) or 119 Police: 117 Fire: 118 Central African Republic: 117 Chad: (may be unreliable or unavailable in most of country) Ambulance: unavailable Police: 17 Fire: 18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the: none available Congo, Republic of the: (45 minute response times in Brazzaville, services almost nonexistent in rest of country)All emergencies: 112 or +242 06 665-4804 Gabon:
   Ambulance: 1300 Police: 177 (some regions), 01-76-55-85 (in Libreville), 07-36-22-25 (in Port Gentil) Fire: 01-76-15-20 (in Libreville), 07-63-93-63 (in Port Gentil) , This includes all sub-Saharan countries in the Western region of Africa.
   
   For countries along the southwestern coast (south of the "bend"), see Central Africa above or Southern Africa below.
   
   Benin:
   Ambulance:
   Only local numbers available.
   
   Police: 117 Fire: 118 Burkina Faso: 10-10 Gambia: (emergency response teams often low on resources) Ambulance: 116 Police: 117 or (220) 422-4914 Fire: 118 Ghana: (many regions may require local numbers) Ambulance: 193 or 776111-5 Police: 191 or 999 or 171 Fire: 192 Guinea:
   Only local numbers available.
   
   Guinea-Bisseau: (many regions may require local numbers) Ambulance: 119 Police: 121 Fire: 180 Ivory Coast: 111 Liberia: 911 (very unreliable, and the country has no land-line telephones) Mali: (many regions may require local numbers) Ambulance: 15 or 112 Police: 17 or 18 Fire: 17 or 18 or 112 Mauritania:
   Ambulance: 118 (Expect long delays; find alternate transport if possible) Police: 117 Gendarmerie: 116 (military law enforcement, for use outside cities) Fire: 118 Traffic accidents: 117 or 119 Niger:
   Police: 17 or +227-20-72-25-53 (Unreliable, and only available during business hours) Ambulance and Fire:
   Unavailable Nigeria:
   Ambulance and Police: 199 Fire:
   Unavailable Senegal:
   Police: 33-821-2431 or 800-00-20-20 or 800-00-17-00 Tourist Police: (221) 33 860-3810 Ambulance and Fire:
   Unavailable Sierra Leone: (many regions may require local numbers) Ambulance and Police: 999 Fire: 019 Togo: 117 , The following are emergency numbers for southern African countries:
   Botswana:
   Ambulance: 997 Police: 999 Fire: 998 Lesotho: (may be unreliable) Police: (266) 2231 2934 or (266) 2232 2099 Other services:
   Only local numbers available Namibia: 112 South Africa: 10111 Swaziland: 999
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   Step 2: Call in Eastern Africa.

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   Step 3: Call in Central Africa.

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   Step 4: Call in Western Africa.

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   Step 5: Call in Southern Africa.

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