I've read about dinosaur remains being discovered in African countries like Lesotho and Mali. However apart from these two countries, i don't know that of any other African country's. Is there any African country apart from the aforementioned ones where dinosaurs have been found? And will more remains be found on the African continent?
Dinosaurs were also found in Cretaceous sediments in Eqypt and Marocco - i.e. Spinosaurus, carnivorous theropod dinosaur and Eqyptosaurus - sauropod. Big sauropods are also known from Tanzania (Giraffatitan). In every country were some land or near-shore sediments from mesozoic era are currently exposed there is chance for new discoveries.
Dinosaurs have been discovered in Kenya as well and there are doubtless more.
I am not specialized in Afrian geology, but basically any continental sedimentary stratum from the latest Triassic through the Cretaceous may yield dinosaur remains, as Mateusz pointed out earlier. So, without doubt, many more dinosaur species remain to be discovered in Africa (and the rest of the world), as Pat stated.
If you want some examples of recent discoveries, I recommend you to look for " in paleontology" in wikipedia. Although it may be incomplete, it could give you a first impression of relatively recent finds. Apparently, recently, there were dinosaurs described from a few countries like South Africa, Tanzania and Madagascar. Keeping in mind that this only includes newly-described species, excluding all finds that can be attributed to already-described taxa.
Sincerely
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