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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...