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List of first women lawyers and judges in Africa
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== Africa ==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
!Country Name
!Attorney Name (Year) / Historical Significance
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|'''[[Algeria]]'''
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* [[Blanche Azouley]] (1908):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Algeria
* Belmihoub Aziz:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female magistrate in Algeria (c. 1960s)
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|'''[[Angola]]'''
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* [[Maria do Carmo Medina]] (1948):<ref></ref><ref name="Gazeta do Advogado nº 10"></ref> First female lawyer in Angola
* [[Francisca Van Dunem]] (1977):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref> First Black female appointed as the Minister of Justice in Angola (2015)
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|'''[[Benin]]'''
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* [[Hélène Aholou Keke]] (1974):<ref name="barreaucameroun.org">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Benin
* [[Elisabeth Ekoué Pognon]] (c. 1962):<ref name=":5" /> First female judge in Benin (1993)
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|'''[[Botswana]]'''
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* [[Athaliah Molokomme]] (1981):<ref name=":19">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer to become the Attorney General of Botswana (2005)
* [[Unity Dow]] (1983):<ref name=":19" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Botswana (upon her appointment to the High Court of Botswana in 1998)
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|'''[[Burkina Faso]]'''
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* [[Antoinette Ouédraogo]]:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Burkina Faso. She later became the first female Bâtonnier of the Burkina Faso Bar Association (2006).<ref></ref>
* [[:fr:Amina_Moussou_Ouédraogo_Traoré|Amina Moussou Ouédraogo Traoré]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female appointed as the Vice President of the Supreme Court of Burkina Faso (1992) and [https://ift.tt/2IlVLxE Mediator of Burkina Faso] (2005)
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|'''[[Burundi]]'''
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* [[Espérance Musirimu]] (c. 1997):<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /> First female lawyer in Burundi
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* [[Lucie Nizigama|Lucie Nizigama (2001)]]:<ref></ref> First female judge in the rural province of Karuzi, Burundi
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|'''[[Cameroon]]'''
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* [[Alice Nkom]] (1969):<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Cameroon
* [[Florence Rita Arrey]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal in Cameroon (1990). She was also the first female appointed as the Prosecutor of the Court of First Instance (1974).
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* Juliana Djenga:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Kumba, Cameroon (2006)
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|'''[[Cape Verde]]'''
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* [[Vera Duarte]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>: First female magistrate in Cabo Verde (1993)
* [[Lígia Fonseca|Lígia Lubrino Dias Fonseca]] (1989):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref><ref></ref> First Bastonária of the Cape Verde Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados de Cabo Verde) from 2001-2004. She became [[First Lady of Cape Verde]] in 2011.
* [[Maria de Fátima Coronel]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female appointed as the President of the Supreme Court of Justice in Cape Verde (2015)
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|'''[[Central African Republic]]'''
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* Thérèse Dejean (c. 1970s):<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female magistrate in the Central African Republic
* [[Catherine Samba-Panza]] (c. 1990s): First female (a lawyer) Interim President of the Central African Republic (2014–2016)
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|'''[[Chad]]'''
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* Ngonyam Béradinfar:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female magistrate in Chad (1983)
* Nadingar Ekoue Thérèse, [[Jacqueline Moudeina]] (1995), and [[Delphine Djiraibe]]:<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyers in Chad respectively
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|'''[[Comoros]]'''
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* [[Harimia Ahmed]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Comoros
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|'''[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]'''
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* [[Marie-Thérèse Nlandu Mpolo Nene]] (1982):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a lawyer) Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* [[Viviane Bikuba Cibalonza]]:<ref name=":0"></ref><ref> WikiPeaceWomen – Français|website=wikipeacewomen.org|language=fr-FR|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref> First female lawyer from the ancient South Kivu region
* Otshumba Kandolo:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Ntumba Kaja:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer to become a Bâtonnier for the Lubumbashi Bar of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2014)
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|'''[[Djibouti]]'''
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* [[Korane Ahmed Aouled]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Djiboutian woman to start a legal practice in the private sector
* [[Hawa Ahmed Youssouf]]:<ref></ref> First female (a lawyer) cabinet member in Djibouti (1999)
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|'''[[Egypt]]'''
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* [[Naima Ilyas al-Ayyubi]] (1933):<ref> Chronicles Lady lawyer|last=Rizk|first=Yunan Labib|website=weekly.ahram.org.eg|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> First female lawyer in Egypt
* [[:ar:مفيدة_عبد_الرحمن|Mufidah Abdul Rahman]] (1939):<ref> Egypt Obituary: Lady of the law|website=weekly.ahram.org.eg|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref> First female lawyer to take cases to the Court of Cassation. She was also the first woman to practice law in Cairo, Egypt.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* [[Aisha Rateb]] (1955):<ref name=":19" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a lawyer) ambassador in Egypt (1979). She was also the first female law professor in Egypt.
* [[Tahani al-Gebali]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Egypt (upon her appointment to the Supreme Constitutional Court in 2003)
* Sally al-Saidi:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the Criminal Court (2009) and the Head of the Court of Cassation in Egypt (2013)
* Dalia al-Namaky:<ref></ref> First female appointed as the Chief Judge of the Family Courts in Egypt (2010)
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|'''[[Equatorial Guinea]]'''
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* [[Fernandino peoples|Ana María Dougan Thomson]] (1957):<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> One of the practicing female lawyers around the time of Equatorial Guinea's independence in 1968. She later served as the Dean of the Bar Association of Equatorial Guinea (1990).
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|'''[[Eritrea]]'''
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* [[Fozia Hashim]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the Minister of Justice for Eritrea (1993). She served as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Eritrea prior to her appointment.
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|'''[[Ethiopia]]'''
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* [[Atsedeweine Tekle]] (1978):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female judge in Ethiopia
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|'''[[Gabon]]'''
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* [[Marylise Issembé]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Gabon (after having registered in Gabon's Libreville Bar)
* [[Rose Francine Rogombé]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Gabon (1967). She later became the first female Acting President of Gabon (2009).
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|'''[[Gambia]]'''
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* [[Mariam Jack-Denton]] (c. 1980s)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>: First female lawyer in Gambia
* [[Mary Sey]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> First female judge in Gambia (upon her appointment to the High Court of Gambia in the 1990s)
* [[Mabel Agyemang]] (Ghana Bar, 1987):<ref name="Gainako">[https://ift.tt/2IleucW "Editorial: Will Appointment of Ghanaian Justice Mabel Agyemang as Chief Justice bring Judicial reform in Gambia?"], Gainako, 23 July 2013.</ref><ref name="[The Observer]">[https://ift.tt/2KqUZMp "Agyemang Confirmed Chief Justice"] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2), ''The Daily Observer''.</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia (2013-2014)
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|'''[[Ghana]]'''
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* [[Annie Jiagge]] (1950):<ref></ref> First female lawyer in Ghana. She later became the first female judge, as well as the first female Justice of the Supreme Court in Ghana.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* [[Joyce Bamford-Addo]] (1962):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a former justice) appointed as the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (2009-2013)
* [[Georgina Theodora Wood]] (c. 1970s):<ref name=":5">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2007)
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|'''[[Guinea]]'''
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* [[Fatoumata Binta Diallo]] (1998):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First woman who registered to practice law in the Bar of the Republic of Guinea Conakry (Barreau de la République de Guinée)
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|'''[[Guinea-Bissau]]'''
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* [[Maria do Céu Monteiro]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female justice elected as the President of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Superior Council of Guinea-Bissau
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|'''[[Ivory Coast]]'''
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* [[Kwassi Béatrice Cowplli-Boni]]:<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /> First female lawyer in Ivory Coast
* Mazohin Marguerite:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Ivory Coast
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|'''[[Kenya]]'''
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* [[Effie Owuor]] (c. 1960s):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female judge of Kenya (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court in 1982). She was also the first female to be appointed as a state counsel (c. 1960s), magistrate (1971), and Judge of the Court of Appeal (2003) in Kenya.
* [[Kalpana Rawal]] (1975):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Kenya (upon her establishment of a law practice in 1978). She later became the first female judge of Asian descent in Kenya (2000).
* [[Martha Karua]] (1981):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a lawyer) elected by the people to serve as a Member of the Kenyan Parliament (1992)
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|'''[[Lesotho]]'''
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* [['Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Although she was an educator and not a lawyer, she was the first female High Court Assessor in Lesotho (1979)
* [[Kellelo Justina Mafoso-Guni|Kelello Justina Mafoso-Guni]]:<ref name=":26">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court in Lesotho
* [['Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana]] (1980):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First woman to hold the post of ombudsman in Lesotho (2010)
* [[Nthomeng Majara]] (1997):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Lesotho (2014)
* Hlalefang Motinyane:<ref></ref> First female appointed as the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions for Lesotho (2017)
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|'''[[Liberia]]'''
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* [[Angie Brooks]] (1953):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":34">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Liberia. She later became the first female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia (1977).
* [[Emma Shannon Walser]] (1969):<ref name=":34" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Liberia (upon her appointment as a Judge of the Circuit Court of Liberia in 1971)
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|'''[[Libya]]'''
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* [[Karima El Hadi Turki]]:<ref> بلد الطيوب|publisher=tieob.com|language=ar|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Libya
* Rafia al-Obeidi:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female judge in Libya (1989)
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|'''[[Madagascar]]'''
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* [[Berthe Raharijaona]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Madagascar
* Fanirisoa Ernaivo:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female elected as the President of the Union of Magistrates of Madagascar (2016)
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|'''[[Malawi]]'''
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* [[Vera Chirwa]] (1959):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Malawi
* [[Anastasia Msosa]] (1975):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals (1992-1997), Judge of the High Court (1993-1998), and Chief Justice (2013-2015)
* [[Chanju Samantha Mwale]] (c. 2002):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer (who is a Lieutenant Colonel) in Malawi's army (2004)
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|'''[[Mali]]'''
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* Fatoumata Sylla (1982):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref name=":63">Fomba, M. (2013, December 19). La profession de magistrat au Mali. La difficile quête d'indépendance du juge. UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX UNIVERSITÉ MONTESQUIEU – BORDEAUX IV / SCIENCES PO BORDEAUX ECOLE DOCTORALE DE SCIENCE POLITIQUE DE BORDEAUX - E.D. 208 LAM-Les Afriques dans le Monde (UMR 5115 du CNRS). </ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Mali. She later became the first female justice of the peace (1985), first female Bâtonnière of the Bar Association in Mali (1998-2004), and the first female appointed as the Minister of Justice in Mali (2004-2007).
* [[Kaïta Kayentao Diallo]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref name=":63" /> First female appointed as the President of the Supreme Court of Mali (2006)
* Diakité Manassa Danioko:<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":63" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the President of the Constitutional Court of Mali (2015). She was also the first female appointed as the Attorney General of Mali (1995).
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|'''[[Mauritania]]'''
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* [[Fatimata M'Baye]] (c. 1985):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Mauritania
* Amamah Bint Cheikh Sidya:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female judge in Mauritania (2013)
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|'''[[Mauritius]]'''
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* [[Laure Pillay]] (1955):<ref></ref> First female lawyer in Mauritius. She later became the first female judge in Mauritius (1967).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* [[Saheda Peeroo]] (1972):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Muslim female lawyer in Mauritius
* Vidya Narayan:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mauritius (1993)
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|'''''[[Mayotte]]'''''
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* [[Fatima Ousseni]] (c. 1997):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Mayotte
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|'''[[Morocco]]'''
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* [[Hélène Cazès-Benatar]] (c. 1929):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Morocco
* Zaynab Abd al-Razzaq:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Morocco (1960)
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* Najat Chraibi Berrada (1966):<ref></ref> First female registered in the Bar Association of Rabat, Morocco
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|'''[[Mozambique]]'''
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* Noémia Neves Anacleto (c. 1953):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Mozambique
* [[Gita Honwana Welch]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref> First female academic lawyer in Mozambique. She was also one of Mozambique's first female judges (sometime between 1978-1989).
* Luísa Chadraca (c. 1990):<ref></ref> First woman to enroll with the Bar Association of Mozambique (Ordem dos Advogados de Moçambique)
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|'''[[Namibia]]'''
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* Karen Goldblatt Marshall (1966):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer (non-native) in Namibia (upon being called to the Bar of Windhoek). She later became the first female judge in Namibia.
* [[Bience Gawanas]] (c. 1993):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First native-born female lawyer in Namibia. She was also the first female appointed as the Head of the Office of the Namibian Ombudsman (1996-2003).
* [[Mavis Gibson]]:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Namibia (1995)
* [[Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana]] (1999):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the Attorney General of Namibia (2001)
* Martha Imalwa:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the Prosecutor General of Namibia (2004)
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|'''[[Niger]]'''
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* [[Adji Fati Kountche]]:<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /> First female lawyer in Niger
* [[Salifou Fatimata Bazeye|Fatimata Bazeye Salifou]] (1979):<ref name=":5" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female magistrate in Niger. She later became the first female appointed as the President of the Constitutional Court of Niger (2007).
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|'''[[Nigeria]]'''
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* [[Stella Thomas]] (1935):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Nigeria. She later became the first female magistrate in Nigeria (1943).
* [[Modupe Omo-Eboh]] (1952):<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Nigeria (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court in Nigeria in 1969)
* [[Folake Solanke]] (1962): First female lawyer in Nigeria to become Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Senior Counsel (1981)
* Victoria Ayodele Uzoamaka Onejeme (1965):<ref></ref> First female Attorney General of Nigeria (1978)
* [[Aloma Mariam Mukhtar]] (1967):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and its Chief Justice (2009-2014).<ref name=":5" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She was also the first female lawyer in Northern Nigeria, as well as the first female Judge of the Kano High Court, Nigeria. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* [[Roseline Ukeje]] (1971):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Nigeria (2001)
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* [[Mary Slessor]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female (non-attorney of Scottish descent) magistrate in what was then Southern Nigeria (c. 1890s). She was also known as being the first female magistrate in the British Empire.
* [[Hauwa Ibrahim]] (c. 1999):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Muslim female lawyer in the Yamaltu District in the Gombe State, Nigeria
* [[Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye]]:<ref></ref> First female judge in [[Lagos State]], Nigeria (1976)
* Rahila Hadea Cudjoe (1972):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court, as well as the Chief Judge of Kaduna State, Nigeria
* [[Aisha Alhassan|Aisha Jumai Alhassan]]:<ref></ref> First female lawyer to become Taraba State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, as well as the first woman to become Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Judicial Council in Nigeria
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|'''[[Republic of the Congo]]'''
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* [[Agathe Pembellot]] (1969): First female magistrate in the Republic of the Congo (1970)
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|'''''[[Réunion]]'''''
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* [[Marie Collardeau]] (1930):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Réunion
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* Gracieuse Lacoste-Etcheverry:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female appointed as the President of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis (Réunion; 2015)
* Valérie Lebreton:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the President of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre (Réunion; 2017)
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|'''[[Rwanda]]'''
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* [[Agnes Mukabaranga]] (1994):<ref></ref> First woman that registered to practice law in the Rwanda Bar Association
* Immaculée Nyirinkwaya:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Rwanda (1997)
* Aloysia Cyanzayire:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice elected as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rwanda (2003)
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|'''''[[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]'''''
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* [[Jane E Crulci|Jane Hamilton-White]]:<ref name=":03">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the [[Politics of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Public Solicitor for Saint Helena]], Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (2006)
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|'''[[São Tomé and Príncipe]]'''
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* [[Alice Vera Cruz]]:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge and President of the Supreme Court of São Tomé and Príncipe (2001)
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|'''[[Senegal]]'''
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* [[Mame Bassine Niang]] (1975):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Senegal
* Marie José Crespin:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Senegal
* Dior Fall Sow (1968):<ref></ref> First female prosecutor in Senegal (upon her appointment to the Republic at the Court of First Instance of Saint-Louis in 1976)
* [[Mame Madior Boye]]:<ref></ref> First female (a lawyer) appointed as the Prime Minister of Senegal (2001)
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|'''[[Seychelles]]'''
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* [[Danielle Rasool]] (c. 1970s):<ref></ref><ref></ref> Reputed to be the first female lawyer in Seychelles
* [[Mathilda Twomey]] (1987):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Seychelles. She is also the first female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Seychelles Supreme Court (2015).
* Fiona Robinson:<ref></ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles (2013)
* [[Alexia Amesbury]] (c. 1988):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a lawyer) presidential candidate in Seychelles (2015)
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|'''[[Sierra Leone]]'''
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* [[Frances Claudia Wright]] (1943): First female lawyer in Sierra Leone
* Agnes Macaulay (1956):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Sierra Leone (c. 1970)
* Patricia Macaulay:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone (c. 1994)
* [[Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh]] (c. 1970s):<ref name=":5" /> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone (2008)
|-
|'''[[Somalia]]'''
|
* [[Caasha-Kin Duale]] (1979):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> One of the few female lawyers in Somalia during the 1970s and 1980s
|-
|'''''[[Somaliland]]'''''
|
* Ifrah Aden Omar:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First practicing female lawyer in Somaliland
* [[Khadra Hussein Mohammad]]:<ref></ref> First female lawyer to become the National Deputy Prosecutor in Somaliland (2014)
* [[Aswan Harmud]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer to become the Prosecutor of Somaliland (2015)
|-
|'''[[South Africa]]'''
|
* [[Irene Antoinette Geffen]] (1923):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female barrister in South Africa
* Leonora van den Heever (1952):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in South Africa (1969)
* [[Navi Pillay|Navanethem Pillay]] (1967):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref><ref></ref> First Tamil-Indian female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa (1995). She was also the first female lawyer to start a law practice in the Natal Province.
* [[Desiree Finca]] (1967):<ref> South African Government|publisher=gov.za|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> First Black female lawyer in South Africa
* [[Eulalia Salgado]] (1978):<ref></ref> First Portuguese female lawyer in South Africa
* [[Yvonne Mokgoro]] (1987) and [[Kate O'Regan]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref> Duke University School of Law|website=law.duke.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-02-27}}</ref><ref></ref> First females appointed as Justices of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994). Mokgoro is also known as the first Black female judge in South Africa.
* Lucy Mailula:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First Black female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa (1995)
* [[Mandisa Maya]]:<ref> Africanews|last=AfricaNews|work=Africanews|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en}}</ref> First female (and Black female) appointed as President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa (2017)
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* [[Leona Theron]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Black female appointed as a Judge of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, South Africa (1999)
|-
|'''[[Sudan]]'''
|
* [[Sania Mustafa/Saniya Mustafa|Sania Mustafa]] (c. 1960s):<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Sudan
* Ihsan Mohamed Fakhri:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":30"></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Sudan (1965)
* Nagwa Kamal Farid:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the Shari'a Court in Sudan (1970)
|-
|'''[[Swaziland]]'''
|
* [[Qinisile Mabuza]] (1978):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Swaziland. She later became the first female judge in Swaziland.
|-
|'''[[Tanzania]]'''
|
* [[Julie Manning]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Tanzania. She later became the first female judge in Tanzania.
|-
|'''[[Togo]]'''
|
* [[Acouetey Massan Lorette]]:<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /> First female lawyer in Togo
* Biyémi Brigitte Brym-Kekeh:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> First female magistrate in Togo (c. 1960s)
|-
|'''[[Tunisia]]'''
|
* [[Juliette Smaja Zerah]] (1916):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Tunisia
* Joudeh Jijah:<ref name="Souria">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="OECD">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":30" /> First female judge in Tunisia (1968)
* [[Aïda Ajimi]] (1973):<ref name="Souria" /> First Muslim female lawyer in Tunisia
|-
|'''[[Uganda]]'''
|
* [[Princess Elizabeth of Toro|Princess Elizabeth Christobel Edith Bagaaya Akiiki of Toro]] (1965): First female lawyer in Uganda
* [[Laeticia Kikonyogo]] (1968): First female magistrate in Uganda (upon being appointed to Grade I from 1971–1973). She was also the first female Chief Magistrate (1973-1986), Judge of the High Court (1986), and Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda.
* [[Julia Sebutinde]] (1978): First Ugandan female appointed as a Judge of the International Court of Justice (2012)
* [[Florence Ndagire]] (2009):<ref> The Beijing Platform for Action<br />Turns 20|access-date=2017-10-09}}</ref> First female lawyer with visual impairment in Uganda
|-
|'''[[Zambia]]'''
|
* [[J. J. McGrowther]] (c. 1950s):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female barrister when the country was known as Northern Rhodesia
* [[Lombe Chibesakunda|Lombe P. Chibesakunda]] (1969):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Zambian female lawyer and first female Solicitor General (1973) in Zambia. She was the first female to serve as Acting Chief Justice of Zambia (2012-2015).
* [[Florence Mumba]] (1973):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref> Ad Hoc Tribunals Oral History Project Ethics Center Brandeis University|website=www.brandeis.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref><ref> Justices Mumba, Phiri praised|website=www.times.co.zm|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref> First female judge in Zambia (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court in Zambia in 1980).
* [[Irene Mambilima]]:<ref></ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of Zambia (2015)
|-
|'''''[[Zanzibar]]'''''
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* Janet Sekihola:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Primary Court Magistrate in Zanzibar (c. 1980s)
|-
|'''[[Zimbabwe]]'''
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* [[Phyllis Mackendrick]] (c. 1928):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer when the country was known as Rhodesia
* [[Kellelo Justina Mafoso-Guni|Kelello Justina Mafoso-Guni]]:<ref name=":26" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female magistrate in Zimbabwe (1980)
* [[Thérèse Striggner Scott]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court in Zimbabwe (c. 1983)
* Vernanda Ziyambi:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe (2001)
|}
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<references /></div>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
!Country Name
!Attorney Name (Year) / Historical Significance
|-
|'''[[Algeria]]'''
|
* [[Blanche Azouley]] (1908):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Algeria
* Belmihoub Aziz:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female magistrate in Algeria (c. 1960s)
|-
|'''[[Angola]]'''
|
* [[Maria do Carmo Medina]] (1948):<ref></ref><ref name="Gazeta do Advogado nº 10"></ref> First female lawyer in Angola
* [[Francisca Van Dunem]] (1977):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref> First Black female appointed as the Minister of Justice in Angola (2015)
|-
|'''[[Benin]]'''
|
* [[Hélène Aholou Keke]] (1974):<ref name="barreaucameroun.org">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Benin
* [[Elisabeth Ekoué Pognon]] (c. 1962):<ref name=":5" /> First female judge in Benin (1993)
|-
|'''[[Botswana]]'''
|
* [[Athaliah Molokomme]] (1981):<ref name=":19">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer to become the Attorney General of Botswana (2005)
* [[Unity Dow]] (1983):<ref name=":19" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Botswana (upon her appointment to the High Court of Botswana in 1998)
|-
|'''[[Burkina Faso]]'''
|
* [[Antoinette Ouédraogo]]:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Burkina Faso. She later became the first female Bâtonnier of the Burkina Faso Bar Association (2006).<ref></ref>
* [[:fr:Amina_Moussou_Ouédraogo_Traoré|Amina Moussou Ouédraogo Traoré]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female appointed as the Vice President of the Supreme Court of Burkina Faso (1992) and [https://ift.tt/2IlVLxE Mediator of Burkina Faso] (2005)
|-
|'''[[Burundi]]'''
|
* [[Espérance Musirimu]] (c. 1997):<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /> First female lawyer in Burundi
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* [[Lucie Nizigama|Lucie Nizigama (2001)]]:<ref></ref> First female judge in the rural province of Karuzi, Burundi
|-
|'''[[Cameroon]]'''
|
* [[Alice Nkom]] (1969):<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Cameroon
* [[Florence Rita Arrey]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal in Cameroon (1990). She was also the first female appointed as the Prosecutor of the Court of First Instance (1974).
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* Juliana Djenga:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Kumba, Cameroon (2006)
|-
|'''[[Cape Verde]]'''
|
* [[Vera Duarte]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>: First female magistrate in Cabo Verde (1993)
* [[Lígia Fonseca|Lígia Lubrino Dias Fonseca]] (1989):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref><ref></ref> First Bastonária of the Cape Verde Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados de Cabo Verde) from 2001-2004. She became [[First Lady of Cape Verde]] in 2011.
* [[Maria de Fátima Coronel]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female appointed as the President of the Supreme Court of Justice in Cape Verde (2015)
|-
|'''[[Central African Republic]]'''
|
* Thérèse Dejean (c. 1970s):<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female magistrate in the Central African Republic
* [[Catherine Samba-Panza]] (c. 1990s): First female (a lawyer) Interim President of the Central African Republic (2014–2016)
|-
|'''[[Chad]]'''
|
* Ngonyam Béradinfar:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female magistrate in Chad (1983)
* Nadingar Ekoue Thérèse, [[Jacqueline Moudeina]] (1995), and [[Delphine Djiraibe]]:<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyers in Chad respectively
|-
|'''[[Comoros]]'''
|
* [[Harimia Ahmed]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Comoros
|-
|'''[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]'''
|
* [[Marie-Thérèse Nlandu Mpolo Nene]] (1982):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a lawyer) Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* [[Viviane Bikuba Cibalonza]]:<ref name=":0"></ref><ref> WikiPeaceWomen – Français|website=wikipeacewomen.org|language=fr-FR|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref> First female lawyer from the ancient South Kivu region
* Otshumba Kandolo:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Ntumba Kaja:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer to become a Bâtonnier for the Lubumbashi Bar of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2014)
|-
|'''[[Djibouti]]'''
|
* [[Korane Ahmed Aouled]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Djiboutian woman to start a legal practice in the private sector
* [[Hawa Ahmed Youssouf]]:<ref></ref> First female (a lawyer) cabinet member in Djibouti (1999)
|-
|'''[[Egypt]]'''
|
* [[Naima Ilyas al-Ayyubi]] (1933):<ref> Chronicles Lady lawyer|last=Rizk|first=Yunan Labib|website=weekly.ahram.org.eg|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> First female lawyer in Egypt
* [[:ar:مفيدة_عبد_الرحمن|Mufidah Abdul Rahman]] (1939):<ref> Egypt Obituary: Lady of the law|website=weekly.ahram.org.eg|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref> First female lawyer to take cases to the Court of Cassation. She was also the first woman to practice law in Cairo, Egypt.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* [[Aisha Rateb]] (1955):<ref name=":19" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a lawyer) ambassador in Egypt (1979). She was also the first female law professor in Egypt.
* [[Tahani al-Gebali]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Egypt (upon her appointment to the Supreme Constitutional Court in 2003)
* Sally al-Saidi:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the Criminal Court (2009) and the Head of the Court of Cassation in Egypt (2013)
* Dalia al-Namaky:<ref></ref> First female appointed as the Chief Judge of the Family Courts in Egypt (2010)
|-
|'''[[Equatorial Guinea]]'''
|
* [[Fernandino peoples|Ana María Dougan Thomson]] (1957):<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> One of the practicing female lawyers around the time of Equatorial Guinea's independence in 1968. She later served as the Dean of the Bar Association of Equatorial Guinea (1990).
|-
|'''[[Eritrea]]'''
|
* [[Fozia Hashim]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the Minister of Justice for Eritrea (1993). She served as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Eritrea prior to her appointment.
|-
|'''[[Ethiopia]]'''
|
* [[Atsedeweine Tekle]] (1978):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female judge in Ethiopia
|-
|'''[[Gabon]]'''
|
* [[Marylise Issembé]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Gabon (after having registered in Gabon's Libreville Bar)
* [[Rose Francine Rogombé]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Gabon (1967). She later became the first female Acting President of Gabon (2009).
|-
|'''[[Gambia]]'''
|
* [[Mariam Jack-Denton]] (c. 1980s)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>: First female lawyer in Gambia
* [[Mary Sey]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> First female judge in Gambia (upon her appointment to the High Court of Gambia in the 1990s)
* [[Mabel Agyemang]] (Ghana Bar, 1987):<ref name="Gainako">[https://ift.tt/2IleucW "Editorial: Will Appointment of Ghanaian Justice Mabel Agyemang as Chief Justice bring Judicial reform in Gambia?"], Gainako, 23 July 2013.</ref><ref name="[The Observer]">[https://ift.tt/2KqUZMp "Agyemang Confirmed Chief Justice"] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2), ''The Daily Observer''.</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia (2013-2014)
|-
|'''[[Ghana]]'''
|
* [[Annie Jiagge]] (1950):<ref></ref> First female lawyer in Ghana. She later became the first female judge, as well as the first female Justice of the Supreme Court in Ghana.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* [[Joyce Bamford-Addo]] (1962):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a former justice) appointed as the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (2009-2013)
* [[Georgina Theodora Wood]] (c. 1970s):<ref name=":5">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2007)
|-
|'''[[Guinea]]'''
|
* [[Fatoumata Binta Diallo]] (1998):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First woman who registered to practice law in the Bar of the Republic of Guinea Conakry (Barreau de la République de Guinée)
|-
|'''[[Guinea-Bissau]]'''
|
* [[Maria do Céu Monteiro]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female justice elected as the President of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Superior Council of Guinea-Bissau
|-
|'''[[Ivory Coast]]'''
|
* [[Kwassi Béatrice Cowplli-Boni]]:<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /> First female lawyer in Ivory Coast
* Mazohin Marguerite:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Ivory Coast
|-
|'''[[Kenya]]'''
|
* [[Effie Owuor]] (c. 1960s):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female judge of Kenya (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court in 1982). She was also the first female to be appointed as a state counsel (c. 1960s), magistrate (1971), and Judge of the Court of Appeal (2003) in Kenya.
* [[Kalpana Rawal]] (1975):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Kenya (upon her establishment of a law practice in 1978). She later became the first female judge of Asian descent in Kenya (2000).
* [[Martha Karua]] (1981):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a lawyer) elected by the people to serve as a Member of the Kenyan Parliament (1992)
|-
|'''[[Lesotho]]'''
|
* [['Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Although she was an educator and not a lawyer, she was the first female High Court Assessor in Lesotho (1979)
* [[Kellelo Justina Mafoso-Guni|Kelello Justina Mafoso-Guni]]:<ref name=":26">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court in Lesotho
* [['Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana]] (1980):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First woman to hold the post of ombudsman in Lesotho (2010)
* [[Nthomeng Majara]] (1997):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Lesotho (2014)
* Hlalefang Motinyane:<ref></ref> First female appointed as the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions for Lesotho (2017)
|-
|'''[[Liberia]]'''
|
* [[Angie Brooks]] (1953):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":34">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Liberia. She later became the first female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia (1977).
* [[Emma Shannon Walser]] (1969):<ref name=":34" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Liberia (upon her appointment as a Judge of the Circuit Court of Liberia in 1971)
|-
|'''[[Libya]]'''
|
* [[Karima El Hadi Turki]]:<ref> بلد الطيوب|publisher=tieob.com|language=ar|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Libya
* Rafia al-Obeidi:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female judge in Libya (1989)
|-
|'''[[Madagascar]]'''
|
* [[Berthe Raharijaona]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Madagascar
* Fanirisoa Ernaivo:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female elected as the President of the Union of Magistrates of Madagascar (2016)
|-
|'''[[Malawi]]'''
|
* [[Vera Chirwa]] (1959):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Malawi
* [[Anastasia Msosa]] (1975):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals (1992-1997), Judge of the High Court (1993-1998), and Chief Justice (2013-2015)
* [[Chanju Samantha Mwale]] (c. 2002):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer (who is a Lieutenant Colonel) in Malawi's army (2004)
|-
|'''[[Mali]]'''
|
* Fatoumata Sylla (1982):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref name=":63">Fomba, M. (2013, December 19). La profession de magistrat au Mali. La difficile quête d'indépendance du juge. UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX UNIVERSITÉ MONTESQUIEU – BORDEAUX IV / SCIENCES PO BORDEAUX ECOLE DOCTORALE DE SCIENCE POLITIQUE DE BORDEAUX - E.D. 208 LAM-Les Afriques dans le Monde (UMR 5115 du CNRS). </ref><ref></ref> First female lawyer in Mali. She later became the first female justice of the peace (1985), first female Bâtonnière of the Bar Association in Mali (1998-2004), and the first female appointed as the Minister of Justice in Mali (2004-2007).
* [[Kaïta Kayentao Diallo]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref name=":63" /> First female appointed as the President of the Supreme Court of Mali (2006)
* Diakité Manassa Danioko:<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":63" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the President of the Constitutional Court of Mali (2015). She was also the first female appointed as the Attorney General of Mali (1995).
|-
|'''[[Mauritania]]'''
|
* [[Fatimata M'Baye]] (c. 1985):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Mauritania
* Amamah Bint Cheikh Sidya:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female judge in Mauritania (2013)
|-
|'''[[Mauritius]]'''
|
* [[Laure Pillay]] (1955):<ref></ref> First female lawyer in Mauritius. She later became the first female judge in Mauritius (1967).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* [[Saheda Peeroo]] (1972):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Muslim female lawyer in Mauritius
* Vidya Narayan:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mauritius (1993)
|-
|'''''[[Mayotte]]'''''
|
* [[Fatima Ousseni]] (c. 1997):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Mayotte
|-
|'''[[Morocco]]'''
|
* [[Hélène Cazès-Benatar]] (c. 1929):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Morocco
* Zaynab Abd al-Razzaq:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Morocco (1960)
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* Najat Chraibi Berrada (1966):<ref></ref> First female registered in the Bar Association of Rabat, Morocco
|-
|'''[[Mozambique]]'''
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* Noémia Neves Anacleto (c. 1953):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Mozambique
* [[Gita Honwana Welch]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref> First female academic lawyer in Mozambique. She was also one of Mozambique's first female judges (sometime between 1978-1989).
* Luísa Chadraca (c. 1990):<ref></ref> First woman to enroll with the Bar Association of Mozambique (Ordem dos Advogados de Moçambique)
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|'''[[Namibia]]'''
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* Karen Goldblatt Marshall (1966):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer (non-native) in Namibia (upon being called to the Bar of Windhoek). She later became the first female judge in Namibia.
* [[Bience Gawanas]] (c. 1993):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First native-born female lawyer in Namibia. She was also the first female appointed as the Head of the Office of the Namibian Ombudsman (1996-2003).
* [[Mavis Gibson]]:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Namibia (1995)
* [[Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana]] (1999):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the Attorney General of Namibia (2001)
* Martha Imalwa:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the Prosecutor General of Namibia (2004)
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|'''[[Niger]]'''
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* [[Adji Fati Kountche]]:<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /> First female lawyer in Niger
* [[Salifou Fatimata Bazeye|Fatimata Bazeye Salifou]] (1979):<ref name=":5" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female magistrate in Niger. She later became the first female appointed as the President of the Constitutional Court of Niger (2007).
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|'''[[Nigeria]]'''
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* [[Stella Thomas]] (1935):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Nigeria. She later became the first female magistrate in Nigeria (1943).
* [[Modupe Omo-Eboh]] (1952):<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Nigeria (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court in Nigeria in 1969)
* [[Folake Solanke]] (1962): First female lawyer in Nigeria to become Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Senior Counsel (1981)
* Victoria Ayodele Uzoamaka Onejeme (1965):<ref></ref> First female Attorney General of Nigeria (1978)
* [[Aloma Mariam Mukhtar]] (1967):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and its Chief Justice (2009-2014).<ref name=":5" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She was also the first female lawyer in Northern Nigeria, as well as the first female Judge of the Kano High Court, Nigeria. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* [[Roseline Ukeje]] (1971):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Nigeria (2001)
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* [[Mary Slessor]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> First female (non-attorney of Scottish descent) magistrate in what was then Southern Nigeria (c. 1890s). She was also known as being the first female magistrate in the British Empire.
* [[Hauwa Ibrahim]] (c. 1999):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Muslim female lawyer in the Yamaltu District in the Gombe State, Nigeria
* [[Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye]]:<ref></ref> First female judge in [[Lagos State]], Nigeria (1976)
* Rahila Hadea Cudjoe (1972):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court, as well as the Chief Judge of Kaduna State, Nigeria
* [[Aisha Alhassan|Aisha Jumai Alhassan]]:<ref></ref> First female lawyer to become Taraba State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, as well as the first woman to become Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Judicial Council in Nigeria
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|'''[[Republic of the Congo]]'''
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* [[Agathe Pembellot]] (1969): First female magistrate in the Republic of the Congo (1970)
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|'''''[[Réunion]]'''''
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* [[Marie Collardeau]] (1930):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Réunion
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* Gracieuse Lacoste-Etcheverry:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First female appointed as the President of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis (Réunion; 2015)
* Valérie Lebreton:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the President of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre (Réunion; 2017)
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|'''[[Rwanda]]'''
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* [[Agnes Mukabaranga]] (1994):<ref></ref> First woman that registered to practice law in the Rwanda Bar Association
* Immaculée Nyirinkwaya:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Rwanda (1997)
* Aloysia Cyanzayire:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":5" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female justice elected as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rwanda (2003)
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|'''''[[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]'''''
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* [[Jane E Crulci|Jane Hamilton-White]]:<ref name=":03">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as the [[Politics of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha|Public Solicitor for Saint Helena]], Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (2006)
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|'''[[São Tomé and Príncipe]]'''
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* [[Alice Vera Cruz]]:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge and President of the Supreme Court of São Tomé and Príncipe (2001)
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|'''[[Senegal]]'''
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* [[Mame Bassine Niang]] (1975):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Senegal
* Marie José Crespin:<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Senegal
* Dior Fall Sow (1968):<ref></ref> First female prosecutor in Senegal (upon her appointment to the Republic at the Court of First Instance of Saint-Louis in 1976)
* [[Mame Madior Boye]]:<ref></ref> First female (a lawyer) appointed as the Prime Minister of Senegal (2001)
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|'''[[Seychelles]]'''
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* [[Danielle Rasool]] (c. 1970s):<ref></ref><ref></ref> Reputed to be the first female lawyer in Seychelles
* [[Mathilda Twomey]] (1987):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Seychelles. She is also the first female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Seychelles Supreme Court (2015).
* Fiona Robinson:<ref></ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles (2013)
* [[Alexia Amesbury]] (c. 1988):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female (a lawyer) presidential candidate in Seychelles (2015)
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|'''[[Sierra Leone]]'''
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* [[Frances Claudia Wright]] (1943): First female lawyer in Sierra Leone
* Agnes Macaulay (1956):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Sierra Leone (c. 1970)
* Patricia Macaulay:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone (c. 1994)
* [[Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh]] (c. 1970s):<ref name=":5" /> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone (2008)
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|'''[[Somalia]]'''
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* [[Caasha-Kin Duale]] (1979):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> One of the few female lawyers in Somalia during the 1970s and 1980s
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|'''''[[Somaliland]]'''''
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* Ifrah Aden Omar:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First practicing female lawyer in Somaliland
* [[Khadra Hussein Mohammad]]:<ref></ref> First female lawyer to become the National Deputy Prosecutor in Somaliland (2014)
* [[Aswan Harmud]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer to become the Prosecutor of Somaliland (2015)
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|'''[[South Africa]]'''
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* [[Irene Antoinette Geffen]] (1923):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female barrister in South Africa
* Leonora van den Heever (1952):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in South Africa (1969)
* [[Navi Pillay|Navanethem Pillay]] (1967):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref><ref></ref> First Tamil-Indian female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa (1995). She was also the first female lawyer to start a law practice in the Natal Province.
* [[Desiree Finca]] (1967):<ref> South African Government|publisher=gov.za|access-date=2016-09-27}}</ref> First Black female lawyer in South Africa
* [[Eulalia Salgado]] (1978):<ref></ref> First Portuguese female lawyer in South Africa
* [[Yvonne Mokgoro]] (1987) and [[Kate O'Regan]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref> Duke University School of Law|website=law.duke.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-02-27}}</ref><ref></ref> First females appointed as Justices of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994). Mokgoro is also known as the first Black female judge in South Africa.
* Lucy Mailula:<ref></ref><ref></ref> First Black female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa (1995)
* [[Mandisa Maya]]:<ref> Africanews|last=AfricaNews|work=Africanews|access-date=2018-05-08|language=en}}</ref> First female (and Black female) appointed as President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa (2017)
''First(s) in a particular region:''
* [[Leona Theron]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Black female appointed as a Judge of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, South Africa (1999)
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|'''[[Sudan]]'''
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* [[Sania Mustafa/Saniya Mustafa|Sania Mustafa]] (c. 1960s):<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Sudan
* Ihsan Mohamed Fakhri:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":30"></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female judge in Sudan (1965)
* Nagwa Kamal Farid:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the Shari'a Court in Sudan (1970)
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|'''[[Swaziland]]'''
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* [[Qinisile Mabuza]] (1978):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Swaziland. She later became the first female judge in Swaziland.
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|'''[[Tanzania]]'''
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* [[Julie Manning]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Tanzania. She later became the first female judge in Tanzania.
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|'''[[Togo]]'''
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* [[Acouetey Massan Lorette]]:<ref name="barreaucameroun.org" /> First female lawyer in Togo
* Biyémi Brigitte Brym-Kekeh:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> First female magistrate in Togo (c. 1960s)
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|'''[[Tunisia]]'''
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* [[Juliette Smaja Zerah]] (1916):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer in Tunisia
* Joudeh Jijah:<ref name="Souria">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="OECD">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":30" /> First female judge in Tunisia (1968)
* [[Aïda Ajimi]] (1973):<ref name="Souria" /> First Muslim female lawyer in Tunisia
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|'''[[Uganda]]'''
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* [[Princess Elizabeth of Toro|Princess Elizabeth Christobel Edith Bagaaya Akiiki of Toro]] (1965): First female lawyer in Uganda
* [[Laeticia Kikonyogo]] (1968): First female magistrate in Uganda (upon being appointed to Grade I from 1971–1973). She was also the first female Chief Magistrate (1973-1986), Judge of the High Court (1986), and Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda.
* [[Julia Sebutinde]] (1978): First Ugandan female appointed as a Judge of the International Court of Justice (2012)
* [[Florence Ndagire]] (2009):<ref> The Beijing Platform for Action<br />Turns 20|access-date=2017-10-09}}</ref> First female lawyer with visual impairment in Uganda
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|'''[[Zambia]]'''
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* [[J. J. McGrowther]] (c. 1950s):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female barrister when the country was known as Northern Rhodesia
* [[Lombe Chibesakunda|Lombe P. Chibesakunda]] (1969):<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First Zambian female lawyer and first female Solicitor General (1973) in Zambia. She was the first female to serve as Acting Chief Justice of Zambia (2012-2015).
* [[Florence Mumba]] (1973):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref> Ad Hoc Tribunals Oral History Project Ethics Center Brandeis University|website=www.brandeis.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref><ref> Justices Mumba, Phiri praised|website=www.times.co.zm|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref> First female judge in Zambia (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court in Zambia in 1980).
* [[Irene Mambilima]]:<ref></ref> First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of Zambia (2015)
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|'''''[[Zanzibar]]'''''
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* Janet Sekihola:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Primary Court Magistrate in Zanzibar (c. 1980s)
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|'''[[Zimbabwe]]'''
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* [[Phyllis Mackendrick]] (c. 1928):<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female lawyer when the country was known as Rhodesia
* [[Kellelo Justina Mafoso-Guni|Kelello Justina Mafoso-Guni]]:<ref name=":26" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female magistrate in Zimbabwe (1980)
* [[Thérèse Striggner Scott]]:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court in Zimbabwe (c. 1983)
* Vernanda Ziyambi:<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe (2001)
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