Emergency numbers by country

If someone may be dying, call now

If you do not know your local number, try 112 from a mobile phone, or go to the nearest health facility.

Call emergency help now if any of these are true

Difficulty breathing, gasping, or blue lips/face
Chest pain, or sudden weakness, drooping face or slurred speech
Heavy bleeding that will not stop, or bleeding in pregnancy
Fits/convulsions, fainting, confusion, or someone cannot be woken
A child who is floppy, not feeding, or has sunken eyes and no urine
Fever with a stiff neck, a rash that does not fade, or repeated vomiting

If it gets worse, or does not get better

If your symptoms get worse at any point, do not wait for your appointment — call emergency services or go to the nearest health facility.
If you are no better in 48 hours, or you get new symptoms, book a follow-up consultation or see a clinician in person.
AfiyaAfrica is not an emergency service and cannot dispatch an ambulance. Advice here does not replace an in-person examination.

Numbers

Emergency numbers by country
Country	Ambulance	Universal	Police	Note
Algeria	14	112	17
Angola	112	112	113
Benin	112	112	117
Botswana	997	112	999
Burkina Faso	112	112	17
Burundi	112	112	117
Cameroon	119	112	117
Cape Verde	130	112	132
Central African Republic	1220	112	117
Chad	2251	112	17
Comoros	772	112	17
Congo	118	112	117
Côte d'Ivoire	185	112	110
Djibouti	351351	112	17
DR Congo	112	112	112
Egypt	123	122	122
Equatorial Guinea	112	112	114
Eritrea	914	112	113
Eswatini	977	112	999
Ethiopia	907	911	991
Gabon	1300	112	177
Gambia	1122	112	117
Ghana	193	112	191
Guinea	442020	112	117
Guinea-Bissau	119	112	117
Kenya	999	112	999	St John / Red Cross ambulance: 1199
Lesotho	121	112	123
Liberia	911	911	911
Libya	193	112	1515
Madagascar	124	112	117
Malawi	998	112	997
Mali	15	112	17
Mauritania	118	112	117
Mauritius	114	112	999
Morocco	150	112	190
Mozambique	117	112	119
Namibia	211111	112	10111
Niger	15	112	17
Nigeria	112	112	199
Rwanda	912	112	112
São Tomé and Príncipe	112	112	112
Senegal	1515	112	17
Seychelles	151	112	999
Sierra Leone	999	112	019
Somalia	999	999	888
South Africa	10177	112	10111
South Sudan	112	112	999
Sudan	333	999	999
Tanzania	114	112	111
Togo	8200	112	117
Tunisia	190	112	197
Uganda	912	112	999
Zambia	992	112	991
Zimbabwe	994	112	995

Numbers are reviewed against national sources. If a number does not connect, try the universal mobile number for your country or go to the nearest facility.