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São Tomé and Príncipe

Fact File Population: 194,000 Time zone: UTC 0 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +239 Currency: Sao Tomean dobra. Exchange rate: $1 = 18,730.00 STD Language: Portuguese Visas Visas are required by all visitors. Airlines TAAG...

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe may be showing signs of improvement and stability, but they aren’t out of the woods just yet. The coalition between the opposition MDC...

Tanzania

Fact File Population: 45 million Time zone: GMT+3 Plugs: Three-prong square Dialling code: +255 Currency: Tanzanian shilling - $1=1606TZS Language: English, Swahili, Kiswahili Background The economy is mostly based on agriculture, which...

Guinea-Bissau

Fact File Capital: Bissau Population: 1,699,000 Time zone: GMT 0 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +245 Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF Language: Portuguese Visas Visas are required by all visitors. Airlines ASKY...

Mozambique

Fact File Population: 24 million Time zone: GMT+2 Plugs: Two-pin round Dialling code: + 254 Currency: Metical - $1=29.7MZN Language: Portuguese, English Background After decades in the economic doldrums, Mozambique’s GDP has...

Madagascar

Fact File Capital: Antananarivo Population: 21,852,000 Time zone: UCT +3 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +261 Currency: Malagasy ariary. Exchange rate: $1 = 2,209.99 MGA Language: French, Malagasy Visas Visas are required by...

Burundi

Fact File Capital: Bujumbara Population: 9,023,000 Time zone: GMT +2 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +257 Currency: Burundi franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 1,539.98 BIF Language: Kirundi, French Visa Nationals from the Democratic Republic...

Sudan

Fact File Capital: Khartoum Population: 35,150,000 Time zone: GMT +3 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +249 Currency: Sudanese pound. Exchange rate: $1 = 4.40249 SDG Language: Arabic Visas Visas are required by almost...

Zambia

Zambia is a landlocked country in southern Africa, bordered by Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the south-east, Zimbabwe and...

Virgin Atlantic achieves world first in fuel space

Virgin Atlantic believes the aviation industry has taken a landmark step towards making commercially-viable sustainable aviation fuel a reality, thanks to the airline’s world...

Senegal

Fact File Capital: Dakar Population: 13,567,000 Time zone: GMT 0 Plugs: Two and three pin round Dialling code: +221 Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF Language: French Visas The following countries...

Tunisia

Fact File Capital: Tunis Population: 10,889,000 Time zone: GMT +1 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +216 Currency: Tunisian dinar. Exchange rate: $1 =  1.66020 TND Language: Arabic Visas The following nationalities do not need...