Nigeria
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Population: 168 million
Time: GMT+1
Plugs: Three-prong square
Dialling code: +234
Currency: Naira - $1=158NGN
Language: English
Background
With its huge mineral wealth and vibrant energy, balanced by grinding poverty...
Liberia
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Capital: Monrovia
Population: 3,881,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: American-style three pin, Japanese-style four pin
Dialling code: +231
Currency: Liberian dollar. Exchange rate: $1 = 74.4999 LRD
Language: English
Visas
Citizens of...
Tunisia
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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...
Lesotho
Lesotho is a landlocked country and enclave, completely surrounded by South Africa. It is just over 30,000 square kilometres in size and has a...
São Tomé and Príncipe
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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...
Botswana
Fact File
Population: 2,096,000
Time zone: GMT+2
Plugs: M-Plug, G-Plug, Europlug
Dialling code: +267
Currency: Pula (BWP)
Language: English, Setswana
Background
Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name...
Uganda
Background
Formerly a British colony, Uganda suffered under dictators Milton Obote and Idi Amin as well as various military regimes. In 2006 free multi-party elections...
Malawi
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Capital: Lilongwe
Population: 15,316,000
Time zone: GMT +2
Plugs: Three pin square, British style
Dialling code: +265
Currency: Malawian kwacha. Exchange rate: $1 = 329.757 MWK
Language: English, Nyanja
Visas
Visa not...
Eritrea
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Capital: Asmara
Population: 4,980,000
Time zone: GMT +3
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +291
Currency: Eritrean Nakfa. Exchange rate: $1 = 10.7100 ERN
Language: Tigrinya, Arabic, French
Visas
Visas required by all...
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.
Equatorial Guinea
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Capital: Malabo
Population: 1,837,000
Time zone: GMT +1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +240
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: Spanish, French
Visas
All visitors to Equatorial Guinea...
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...