The Arms Trade Treaty, Number of African States Signatories/Parties

 The treaty enters into force ninety days following the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession ( Article 22 (2) ATT)

	State	Signature	Deposit	Deposit Type
1	Angola	24 September 2013
2	Benin	3 June 2013	7 Nov 2016	Ratification
3	Burkina Faso	3 June 2013	3 June 2014	Ratification
4	Burundi	3 June 2013
5	Cameroon	3 December 2014
6	Central African Republic		7 Oct 2015	Accession
7	Cape Verde	25 September 2013	23 September 2016	Ratification
8	Chad	25 September 2013	25 March 2015	Ratification
9	Comoros	26 September 2013
10	Congo	25 September 2013
11	Côte d'Ivoire	3 June 2013	26 February 2015	Ratification
12	Djibouti	3 June 2013
13	Gabon	25 September 2013
14	Ghana	24 September 2013	22 December 2015	Ratification
15	Guinea	29 July 2013	21 October 2014	Ratification
16	Guinea-Bissau	26 September 2013
17	Lesotho	25 September 2013	25 January 2016	Ratification
18	Liberia	4 June 2013	21 April 2015	Ratification
19	Libya	9 July 2013
20	Madagascar	25 September 2013	22 September 2016	Ratification
21	Malawi	9 January 2014
22	Mali	3 June 2013	3 December 2013	Ratification
23	Mauritania	3 June 2013	23 September 2015	Ratification
24	Mauritius		23 July 2015	Accession
25	Mozambique	3 June 2013
26	Namibia	25 September 2014
27	Niger	24 March 2014	24 July 2015	Ratification
28	Nigeria	12 August 2013	12 August 2013	Ratification
29	Rwanda	3 June 2013
30	Sao Tome and Principe	19 December 2014
31	Senegal	3 June 2013	25 September 2014	Ratification
32	Seychelles	3 June 2013	2 November 2015	Ratification
33	Sierra Leone	25 September 2013	12 August 2014	Ratification
34	South Africa	25 September 2013	22 December 2014	Ratification
35	Swaziland	4 September 2013
36	Togo	3 June 2013	8 October 2015	Ratification
37	United Republic of Tanzania	3 June 2013
38	Zambia	25 September 2013	20 May 2016	Ratification
39	Zimbabwe	18 December 2014