Editing Legal drinking age (section)

==Africa==
The most common minimum age to purchase alcohol in Africa is 18. However, Angola (except Luanda Province), Central African Republic, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Mali have no laws on the books restricting the sale of alcohol to minors. In Libya, Somalia and Sudan the sale, production and consumption of alcohol is completely prohibited.{{synthesis inline|date=October 2018}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
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! rowspan=2 style="width:12%;"| Country
! rowspan=2 style="width:12%;"| State/&thinsp;region/&thinsp;province
! colspan=2 style="width:20%;"| [[De jure]]
! rowspan=2 style="width:56%;"| Notes
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! style="width:10%;"| Drinking age
! style="width:10%;"| Purchase age
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Algeria}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 July 2020|title=Drinking age in Algeria|url=https://drinkingagein.com/algeria|access-date=29 October 2020|website=Drinking Age in Countries Around the World|language=en}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 18<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=Minimum Legal Age Limits |url=https://www.iard.org/science-resources/detail/Minimum-Legal-Age-Limits |access-date=5 November 2023 |website=International Alliance for Responsible Drinking |language=en}}</ref>
|Order No. 26-75 (1975), Article 14
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{flag|Angola}}
|
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" colspan="2" |None<ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL">{{cite web|url=http://www.africanchildforum.org/clr/Harmonisation%20of%20Laws%20in%20Africa/other-documents-harmonisation_8_en.pdf|title=PROTECTION FROM DRUG ABUSE/ MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL LAWS|publisher=The African Child Policy Forum|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| There is no national legislation prohibiting the sale of alcohol to minors.
|-
|[[Luanda Province]]
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | 18<ref name="Decreto Executivo nº 87/08 de 10 julho">{{cite web|url=http://www.luanda.gov.ao/verlegislacao.aspx?id=434|title=Sobre o acesso de menores a espectáculos nocturnos, e o consumo e a comercialização de bebidas alcoólicas por menores|publisher=Governo Provincial de Luanda|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209114749/http://www.luanda.gov.ao/verlegislacao.aspx?id=434|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Legislation in [[Luanda Province]]: It is prohibited to sell alcohol beverages to anyone under the age of 18. It is also prohibited for minors to buy and consume alcohol.<ref name="Decreto Executivo nº 87/08 de 10 julho"/>
|-
| colspan="2" | {{flag|Benin}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" |20
|Republic of Benin Report to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child CRC/C/BEN/2 (2005):

* Article 8 of the decree of 10 June 1942 regulating the production, import, advertisement, sale, and consumption of alcohol beverages in French West Africa, prohibits the sale or free supply of alcohol beverages to minors under 20.
* Article 13 stipulates fines ranging from CFAF 200,000 to CFAF 1 million for such offences, doubled in the case of repeat offences.
* There are no official measures prohibiting children from consuming alcohol, tobacco or other substances harmful to their health.
|-
| colspan="2" | {{flag|Botswana}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="Botswana Liquor Act 2008">{{cite web|url=https://www.a-mla.org/images/acts/LIQOUR%20ACT,%202004.pdf.pdf|title=Liquor Act 2008 – Section 32|publisher=Government of Botswana|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313032128/https://www.a-mla.org/images/acts/LIQOUR%20ACT,%202004.pdf.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> <small>(prohibited for any person to supply)</small><ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL" />
| align="center" |18<ref name="Botswana Liquor Act 2008" />
| It is prohibited for any person with a liquor license to sell or supply alcohol beverages to minors under the age of 18 years. Since the law only applies to licenses, it is not prohibited for minors to buy, consume, or possess alcohol beverages.<ref name="Botswana Liquor Act 2008" /> It is also prohibited for any person to expose or supply alcohol to a minor under the age of 18 years.<ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL" />
|-
| colspan="2" | {{flag|Burundi}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="Code Penal Burundi">{{cite web|url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/0/cb9d300d8db9fc37c125707300338af2/$FILE/Code%20P%C3%A9nal%20du%20Burundi%20.pdf|title=Code Pénal du Burundi – Article 501 et 502|publisher=MINISTRE DE LA JUSTICE ET GARDE|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| align="center" |18 <small>(unless accompanied by parent or legal guardian)</small><ref name="Code Penal Burundi" />
| It is prohibited for any person with a liquor license to sell or supply alcohol beverages to unaccompanied minors under the age of 18 years.
|-
| colspan="2" |{{flag|Cameroon}}
| colspan="2" align="center" | 21<br />18 <small>(if accompanied by a person 21 years of age or older)</small><ref name="Cameroon Penal Code">{{cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/fr/text.jsp?file_id=425156|title=Law No. 2016/007 of July 12, 2016, relating to the Penal Code – Section 348|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| It is prohibited for any person with a liquor license to sell or supply alcohol beverages to anyone under 18 years of age. The law permits adults from the ages 18 to 21 to consume, purchase and buy alcohol beverages if accompanied by a person 21 years of age or older. Anyone over the age of 21 years may buy or consume alcohol unaccompanied.
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Cape Verde}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="Cap Verde Liquor Law">{{cite web|url=https://www.minsaude.gov.cv/index.php/documentosite/342-1-plano-alcool-b-o-i-serie-n-29-de-18-de-abril-de-2016/file|title=Lei n.° 27/V/97|publisher=Imprensa Nacional de Cabo Verde|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| align="center" |18<ref name="Cap Verde Liquor Law"/>
| It is prohibited for any person to sell or supply alcohol beverages to minors under the age of 18 years.
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Central African Republic}}
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 15 <small>(off-premises)</small>, or 21 <small>(on-premises)</small><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=WHO Global Alcohol Report Central African Republic |date=2014 |url=https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/profiles/caf.pdf |publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>
|It is prohibited for any person to sell or supply alcohol beverages to minors under the age of 15 years when sold or supplied off-premises (e.g., liquor stores, wine stores, and supermarkets). It is prohibited for any person to sell or supply alcohol beverages to minors under the age of 21 years when sold or supplied on-premises (e.g., restaurants, bars, and cafes).<ref name=":1" />
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| colspan="2" | {{flag|Chad}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" |18
|Law 2017-01 Penal Code Chapter 6 Articles 376–378 establish penalties for licensees who permit entry to youth below age 16 unaccompanied by a supervising adult, sell or offer alcohol beverages to youth below age 18 unaccompanied by a supervising adult, or serve a person below age 18 to intoxication.
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| colspan="2" |{{flag|Comoros}}
| colspan="2" align="center" | 18<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=WHO Global Alcohol Report Comoros |date=2014 |url=https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/profiles/com.pdf |publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>
|It is prohibited for any person to sell or supply alcohol beverages to minors under the age of 18 years.<ref name=":2" />
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
| colspan=2 align="center" |18
|
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Djibouti}}
| colspan=2 align="center" |None
|
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Egypt}}
| colspan=2 align="center" |21 
|Law No. 371 of 1956 concerning public shops and the resolutions implementing it
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
| colspan=2 align="center" | 21<ref>{{Cite web|title=WHO Global Alcohol Report Equatorial Guinea |date=2014 |url=https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/profiles/gnq.pdf |publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Eritrea}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="Penal Code Eritrea">{{cite web|url=https://www.unodc.org/res/cld/document/penal-code_html/PENAL_CODE_ERITREA.pdf|title=Penal Code of Eritrea – Article 267|publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313092456/https://www.unodc.org/res/cld/document/penal-code_html/PENAL_CODE_ERITREA.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center" |18<ref name="Penal Code Eritrea"/>
| It is prohibited for any person to sell or serve alcohol beverages to minors under the age of 18 years.
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Eswatini}}
| colspan=2 align="center" | 18<ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL"/> 
|Liquor Licenses Act (1964) Section 27
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Ethiopia}}
| colspan="2" align="center" |21<ref name="Penal of Ethiopia">{{cite web|url=http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/et/et011en.pdf|title=Criminal Code, 2004 – Article 531 & 818|publisher=WIPO|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethiopia: Plans To Strengthen Alcohol Control |url=https://movendi.ngo/news/2019/02/06/ethiopia-improves-alcohol-control/ |access-date=5 November 2023 |website=Movendi International |language=en-US}}</ref>
| It is prohibited for any person to sell, offer, serve or allow to serve alcohol beverages "in substantial quantities" to any infant or young person. The criminal code defines a young person as any person under the age of 18 years. But the Criminal Code Proclamation 414 (2004) states: "Whoever endangers the health of another, intentionally and unscrupulously, by administering or serving, or by causing or permitting to be administered or served, to minors (defined as anyone under the age of 18 years) (...) alcohol beverages or spirituous liquors of such kind or in such quantity as to make their injurious effect certain or probable, is punishable with simple imprisonment not exceeding one year, and fine." 
The Revised Family Code Proclamation No. 213 (2000) Article 215 defines a minor as anyone who has not attained the full age of 18.

In 2019, the Ethiopian parliament passed a bill that bans a specific category of alcohol advertising in the media and also increases the age limit for purchasing alcohol from 18 to 21 years of age.
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Gabon}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" |18
|Penal Code (1963), Article 209bis-1
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Gambia}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: State Party Report: Gambia">{{cite web|url=http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=search&docid=3df5a6d17&skip=0&query=liquor&coi=GMB|title=Drug Control Decree and Decree No. 80 of 1996|publisher=UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL"/>
| align="center" | 16<ref name="UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: State Party Report: Gambia"/><ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL"/>
| Under the Liquor License Act (1957) it is prohibited to sell, serve or supply alcohol beverages to "anyone under the apparent age of 16".
A "young person" is defined as anyone under the age of 17 by the Children and Young Persons Act, 1949 Section 2.
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Ghana}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" |18<ref name="Ghana LIQUOR LICENSING ACT – 1970">{{cite web|url=http://laws.ghanalegal.com/acts/id/87/section/15/Young_Persons_To_Be_Excluded|title=LIQUOR LICENSING ACT – 1970 (ACT 331) – Section 15 – Young Persons to be Excluded.|publisher=Ghana Legal|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL"/>
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|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Kenya}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="ALCOHOLIC DRINKS CONTROL ACT KENYA">{{cite web|url=http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/Acts/Alcoholic_Drinks_Control_Act__No4of2010.pdf|title=ALCOHOLIC DRINKS CONTROL ACT – SECTION 28|publisher=National Council for Law Reporting|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| align="center" | 18<ref name="ALCOHOLIC DRINKS CONTROL ACT KENYA"/>
| It is prohibited to sell, serve or supply alcohol beverages to anyone under the age of 18 years.
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Lesotho}}
| colspan=2 align="center" | 18<ref name="LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1998 LESOTHO">{{cite web|url=https://www.lesothotradeportal.org.ls/index.php?r=site/display&id=57#39|title=LIQUOR LICENSING ACT 1998 – Section 39|publisher=Ministry of Tourism Environment and Culture|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| It is prohibited to sell, serve or supply any alcohol beverage to a minor under the age of 18 years. It is also prohibited for minors to consume, buy or attempt to buy alcohol.
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Liberia}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" | 18
| It is prohibited to sell, serve or supply alcohol beverages to anyone under the age of 18 years; "this section shall not apply to a parent or guardian who serves an alcoholic beverage to his child or ward" Penal Law of 1976 Sec 16.
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Libya}}
| colspan=2 align="center" | Prohibited for all ages<ref name="Penal Code Libya">{{cite news|url=http://security-legislation.ly/node/33464|title=Penal Code – Article (21) of Law No. (89) of 1974 prohibiting alcohol and establish the hudud punishment for drinking|newspaper=Libya - Dcaf Legal Databases |publisher=Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| Previously Article 498 of the Libyan Penal Code prohibited the sale of alcohol beverages to juveniles under the age of 16 years.<ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL"/>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Malawi}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" | 18<ref name="Malawi Liquor Act">{{cite web|url=http://www.africanchildinfo.net/clr/Legislation%20Per%20Country/Malawi/malawi_liquor_1979_en.pdf|title=Liquor Act -Section 74|publisher=The African Child Information Hub|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| It is prohibited to sell, serve or supply alcohol beverages to anyone under the age of 18 years.
|-
| colspan="2" |{{Flag|Mauritania}}
| colspan="2" align="center" | Prohibited for all ages<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minimum Legal Drinking Age in Other Countries - Drinking Age - ProCon.org|url=https://drinkingage.procon.org/minimum-legal-drinking-age-in-other-countries/|access-date=2 January 2021|website=Drinking Age|language=en-US}}</ref>
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| colspan="2" | {{flag|Mauritius}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" | 18<ref name="Mauritius Child Protection Act, 1995">{{cite web|url=http://dpp.govmu.org/English/Documents/Legislation/CHILD%20PROTECTION.pdf|title=Child Protection Act, 1995 Section 16|publisher=Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| It is prohibited to sell, serve, or supply alcoholic beverages to anyone under the age of 18 years.
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Morocco}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" | Restricted to 16 for non-Muslims,<br />Prohibited for Muslims
|Legislative Decision No. 3.177.66 of 1967 Art 28–29
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Mozambique}}
| colspan=2 align="center" | 18<ref name="Sanções duras para infractores do novo regulamento">{{cite web |url=http://jornaldomingo.co.mz/index.php/sociedade/2053-sancoes-duras-para-infractores-do-novo-regulamento |title=Sanções duras para infractores do novo regulamento|publisher=Domingo|access-date=12 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313155745/http://jornaldomingo.co.mz/index.php/sociedade/2053-sancoes-duras-para-infractores-do-novo-regulamento|archive-date=13 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Decree 54/2013 Regulations on the Control of the Production, Sale and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages (2013), Article 5 (Prohibitions)
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Namibia}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" | 18<ref name="Namibia Liquor Act 6 of 1998">{{cite web|url=http://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoREG/Liquor%20Act%206%20of%201998%20-%20Regulations%202001-142%20(annotated).pdf|title=Liquor Act 6 of 1998|publisher=Legal Assistance Centre|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031902/http://www.lac.org.na/laws/annoREG/Liquor%20Act%206%20of%201998%20-%20Regulations%202001-142%20(annotated).pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| It is prohibited to sell, serve or supply alcohol beverages to anyone under the age of 18 years.
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Niger}}
| colspan=2 align="center" | 18
|Penal Code Article 302
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None (at national level)<ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL"/>
| style="text-align:center;" | None (all other states)<br />18 in Abuja<br />Prohibited in Borno
|For Abuja: Municipal Area Council Bye-Law 2001 Sec 15
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" | 18<ref name="LOI N° 4-2010 DU 14 JUIN 2010">{{cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/wcaro/wcaro_CONG_childprotection_framework_2010.pdf|title=LOI N° 4-2010 DU 14 JUIN 2010 Article 123|publisher=UNICEF|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912163001/http://www.unicef.org/wcaro/wcaro_CONG_childprotection_framework_2010.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Rwanda}}
| colspan=2 align="center" |18
|Organic Law implementing the Penal Code N°01/2012/OL Articles 217 and 219
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Senegal}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" |18<ref name="N° 3097/MINT/DAGAT/DEL/DB">{{cite web|title=N° 3097/MINT/DAGAT/DEL/DB |publisher=REPUBLIQUE DU SENEGAL MINISTRE DE L'INTERIEUR |url=http://www.servicepublic.gouv.sn/assets/textes/debits_de_boisson.pdf|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218232139/http://www.servicepublic.gouv.sn/assets/textes/debits_de_boisson.pdf |archive-date=18 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Saint Helena}}
| colspan=2 align="center" |18 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2021/news/underage-drinking/ | title=Underage Drinking | date=29 June 2021 }}</ref>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Seychelles}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" |18
| Chapter 113 Licenses Act (2010)

* Subsidiary Legislation: Licenses (Manufacturing) Regulation (1987), Article 8(5)(page 20):
** In the case of manufacturing and processing of liquor, tobacco and tobacco products, the license holder shall (i) not deliver or sell liquor to, or allow any consumption of liquor by, any person under the age of 18 years or deliver or sell tobacco or tobacco products or allow it to be used on the premises by such a person;
* Subsidiary Legislation: Licenses (Liquor and Outdoor Entertainment) Regulations (1998), Article 14 (page 28):
** (1) The holder of a license, his servant or agent shall not (a) employ or allow a person under the age of 18 years, ... (b) sell or deliver liquor, cigarettes or tobacco products to, or allow liquor to be consumed or cigarettes or any tobacco products to be used by any person under the age of 18 years on the premises; ... (i) admit any person under the age of 18 years to a premises licensed as a public bar, toddy bar or at the premises licensed to manufacture and sell baka or lapire;...
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Somalia}}
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| Prohibited for all ages<ref name="Acsom">{{cite web|title=WHO Global Alcohol Report Somalia |url=https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/profiles/som.pdf |publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>
|
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|South Africa}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" |18
| The parent, adult guardian of a minor or a person responsible for administering a religious sacrament, may on occasion supply to that minor a moderate quantity of liquor to be consumed by the minor in the presence and under the supervision of that parent, guardian or other person.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Department of Trade & Industry |journal=Government Gazette |volume=446 |issue=26294 |date=26 April 2004 |url=http://www.thedti.gov.za/business_regulation/docs/nla/act2003.pdf |title=The National Liquor Act, 59 of 2003 |access-date=8 January 2013 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106232633/http://www.thedti.gov.za/business_regulation/docs/nla/act2003.pdf%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|South Sudan}}
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|18<ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL"/>
|
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Sudan}}
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| Restricted to non-Muslims<br />Muslims: Prohibited for all ages<br />Non-Muslims: Unknown<ref>{{cite web|url=https://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1029.html|title=Sudan: Country Specific Information|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111012511/http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1029.html|archive-date=11 January 2014}}</ref>
|Penal Code 1991, Art 78–79
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Tanzania}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| align="center" | 18<ref name="Tanzania Law of the Child Act 2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.mcdgc.go.tz/data/Law_of_the_Child_Act_2009.pdf|title=Law of the Child Act 2009 – Section 17|publisher=Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=13 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213055536/http://www.mcdgc.go.tz/data/Law_of_the_Child_Act_2009.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Togo}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL"/>
| align="center" | 20<ref name="auto1"/><br />18 <sup>(beer, wine and cider)</sup>
|Ordinance No. 34 of 1967 Code of alcohol beverage outlets and anti-alcoholism measures Art 29
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Tunisia}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None
| style="text-align:center;" |18 
|Law 2004-75 Article 4 prohibits entry to night clubs to those under 18 with an exception for accompanied persons between 16 and 18 in certain venues, sale of alcohol beverages to whom is prohibited.
|-
| colspan=2| {{flag|Uganda}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="Liquor Act 1960, Uganda">{{cite web|url=https://ulii.org/ug/legislation/consolidated-act/93|title=Liquor Act 1960 – Section 19|publisher=Uganda Legal Information Institute|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142941/https://ulii.org/ug/legislation/consolidated-act/93|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center" |18<br />16 <sup>(wine, beer, porter, cider, perry or native liquor with meal)</sup><ref name="Liquor Act 1960, Uganda"/>
| It is prohibited for any licensee to sell, serve or supply alcohol beverages to anyone under the age of 18 years. The law provides an exception for anyone who is 16 or 17 years of age, and consumes a fermented alcohol drink with a meal, in a part of a licensed premises that serves meals and is not a bar.
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| colspan=2| ''{{flag|Western Sahara}}''
| style="background:Gainsboro" colspan="2" align="center"| None<ref name="ACPF: MINIMUM AGE FOR SALE OF ALCOHOL"/>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Zambia}}
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| 18<ref name="Liquor Licensing Act 2011, Zambia">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.zm/sites/default/files/documents/acts/Liqour%20Licensing%20Act%2C%202011.pdf|title=THE LIQUOR LICENSING ACT, 2011 – Section 36|publisher=Government of Zambia|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref><br />16 <sup>(traditional beer)</sup><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.parliament.gov.zm/sites/default/files/documents/acts/Traditional%20Beer%20Act.pdf |title=THE TRADITIONAL BEER ACT |pages=10, 12}}</ref>
| It is prohibited for any person with a liquor license, to sell, serve or supply alcohol beverages to anyone under 18 years of age. Before the Liquor Licensing Act was enacted in 2011, the minimum age to sell, serve and supply alcohol beverages was 14 years.<ref>The Liquor Act, 1959 – Section 46</ref>
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| colspan=2| {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
| style="background:Gainsboro" align="center" |None<ref name="CHILDREN'S ACT ZIMBABWE">{{cite web|url=https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/76958/88827/F-860336063/ZWE76958.pdf|title=CHILDREN'S ACT – Section 78|publisher=International Labour Organisation|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| align="center" |18 <small>(except with parent or guardian consent)</small>
| Liquor Act Article 116 Prohibited conduct by persons in general (1) No person shall— ... (l) being a person to whom in terms of this Act the sale of liquor is prohibited, purchase or attempt to purchase liquor in contravention of such provision; .... (o) sell, lend, give, supply or deliver, or offer so to do, any liquor to any person under the age of eighteen years except with the consent of the parent or guardian of that person.

Children's Act Section 78 – It is prohibited for any person to sell, lend, give, supply, deliver or offer alcohol beverages to any child under the age of 16 years, except upon production of a written order signed by the parent or guardian of the child known to such person. The police has the duty to seize any alcohol beverage in the possession of a child under the age of 16 years without a written consent of the parents or legal guardian.<ref name="CHILDREN'S ACT ZIMBABWE" />
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