Editing Left- and right-hand traffic (section)

===Africa===
{{multiple image
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|caption1 = LHT roundabout
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|caption2 = RHT roundabout
}}The British Empire introduced LHT in the [[East Africa Protectorate]] (present-day [[Kenya]]), the [[Protectorate of Uganda]], [[Tanganyika Territory|Tanganyika]] (formerly part of [[German East Africa]]; present-day [[Tanzania]]), [[Rhodesia]] (present-day [[Zambia]]/[[Zimbabwe]]), [[Eswatini]] and the [[Cape Colony]] (present-day [[South Africa]] and [[Lesotho]]), as well as in [[British West Africa]] (present-day Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria);<ref name="TBD Gambia">[https://books.google.com/books?id=22wMAQAAIAAJ&q=%22drive+on+the+right%22 ''Tourist and Business Directory – The Gambia''], 1969, page 19</ref> former British West Africa, however, has now switched to RHT, as all its neighbours, which are mostly former French territories, use RHT. South Africa, formerly the Cape Colony, introduced LHT in former [[German South West Africa]], present-day [[Namibia]], after the end of [[World War I]].

Sudan, formerly part of [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]], switched to RHT in 1973.  Most of its neighbours were RHT countries, with the exception of Uganda and Kenya, but since the independence of [[South Sudan]] in 2011, all of its neighbours drive on the right (including South Sudan, despite its land borders with two LHT countries).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/ssd_e/wtaccssd6_leg_51.pdf|title=LAWS OF SOUTH SUDAN, ROAD TRAFFIC AND SAFETY BILL, 2012|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730014335/https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/ssd_e/wtaccssd6_leg_51.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although [[Portugal]] switched to RHT in 1928, its [[Portuguese Mozambique|colony of Mozambique]] remained LHT because it has land borders with former British colonies (with LHT).

France introduced RHT in [[French West Africa]] and the [[Maghreb]],{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} where it is still used. Countries in these areas include [[Mali]], [[Mauritania]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Benin]], [[Niger]], [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], and [[Tunisia]]. Other French former colonies that are RHT include [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Chad]], [[Djibouti]], [[Gabon]], and the [[Republic of the Congo]].

[[Rwanda]] and [[Burundi]] are RHT but are considering switching to LHT (see "Potential future shifts" section below).