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United Arab Emirates passport: visa requirements for African countries (2026)
Travelling to Africa on a United Arab Emirates passport? You can enter 18 African countries visa-free and 18 with a visa on arrival. 13 offer an e-visa or eTA, and 5 need a visa arranged in advance (January 2025 data).
Data snapshot: January 2025. African countries add and remove e-visa and visa-on-arrival schemes often. Confirm with the destination's embassy or official immigration site before you book.
Visa-free (18)
Angola (30d)Botswana (90d)Burkina FasoChadEgypt (180d)Equatorial Guinea (90d)Mali (90d)Mauritius (90d)Morocco (90d)Mozambique (30d)Senegal (90d)Seychelles (90d)South Africa (90d)SudanSão Tomé and Príncipe (15d)The Gambia (90d)Tunisia (90d)Zambia (90d)
Visa on arrival (18)
BurundiCabo VerdeCentral African RepublicComorosDjiboutiEthiopiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauMadagascarMauritaniaNamibiaRepublic of the CongoRwandaSierra LeoneSomaliaTanzaniaZimbabwe
e-Visa (11)
Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) (2)
Visa required in advance (5)
All 54 African countries
| Destination | Entry requirement |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Visa required in advance |
| Angola | Visa-free, up to 30 days |
| Benin | e-Visa |
| Botswana | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Burkina Faso | Visa-free |
| Burundi | Visa on arrival |
| Cabo Verde | Visa on arrival |
| Cameroon | e-Visa |
| Central African Republic | Visa on arrival |
| Chad | Visa-free |
| Comoros | Visa on arrival |
| DR Congo | e-Visa |
| Djibouti | Visa on arrival |
| Egypt | Visa-free, up to 180 days |
| Equatorial Guinea | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Eritrea | Visa required in advance |
| Eswatini | Visa required in advance |
| Ethiopia | Visa on arrival |
| Gabon | e-Visa |
| Ghana | Visa on arrival |
| Guinea | Visa on arrival |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival |
| Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) | Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) |
| Kenya | Electronic travel authorisation (eTA) |
| Lesotho | e-Visa |
| Liberia | Visa required in advance |
| Libya | e-Visa |
| Madagascar | Visa on arrival |
| Malawi | e-Visa |
| Mali | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Mauritania | Visa on arrival |
| Mauritius | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Morocco | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Mozambique | Visa-free, up to 30 days |
| Namibia | Visa on arrival |
| Niger | Visa required in advance |
| Nigeria | e-Visa |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa on arrival |
| Rwanda | Visa on arrival |
| Senegal | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Seychelles | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Sierra Leone | Visa on arrival |
| Somalia | Visa on arrival |
| South Africa | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| South Sudan | e-Visa |
| Sudan | Visa-free |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa-free, up to 15 days |
| Tanzania | Visa on arrival |
| The Gambia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Togo | e-Visa |
| Tunisia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Uganda | e-Visa |
| Zambia | Visa-free, up to 90 days |
| Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival |
Going to Sierra Leone?
For United Arab Emirates passport holders our data shows: Visa on arrival. We live in Freetown: read the Sierra Leone travel guide, the airport guide and the Lungi airport hotel page.