Comoros
Fact File
Capital: Moroni
Population: 743,000
Time zone: GMT +3
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +269
Currency: Comorian franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 374.847 KMF
Language: Arabic, French
Visas
All nationalities require a visa when...
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...
Cameroon
Fact File
Capital: Yaounde
Population: 21,331,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +237
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: English, French
Visas
All nationalities need a visa,...
Morocco
Fact File
Capital: Rabat
Population: 32,950,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +212
Currency: Moroccan dirham. Exchange rate: $1 = 8.49574 MAD
Language: Arabic
Visas
The following countries do not...
Cape Verde
Fact File
Capital: Praia
Population: 511,000
Time zone: GMT -1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +238
Currency: Cape Verdean escudo. Exchange rate: $1 = 84.4970 CVE
Language: Portuguese
Visas
Citizens of the following countries...
Algeria
Fact File
Capital: Algiers
Population: 38,295,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two-pin round
Dialling code: +213
Currency: Algerian dinar. Exchange rate: $1= DZD78.4
Language: Arabic
Visa
All non-Algerians need to apply for a visa...
Poised for growth
A close neighbour of South Africa, Namibia has always operated under the radar, but now appears ready to capitalise on its natural resources with...
Benin
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Capital: Porto-Novo
Population: 9,742,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two-pin round
Dialling code: +229
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Visas
Citizens of the following countries do not...
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...
Welcome to Kenya
It’s not only popes and presidents who visited Nairobi in 2015 – growth in trade and industry is bringing in business travellers too, reports Business Traveller UK’s Jenny Southan.
Mauritania
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Capital: Nouakchott
Population: 3,461,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +222
Currency: Ouguiya. Exchange rate: $1 = 291.498 MRO
Language: Arabic
Visas
Visas are required by all visitors...
Mauritius
Background
Since independence from the United Kingdom in 1968, Mauritius has quietly gone about the important business of growing its GDP and reducing income inequality....