Maliki is followed mainly in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Cape Verde Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte (France), Reunion Island (France), Réunion (France), French Polynesia (France), New Caledonia (France).