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Marrakesh
Marrakesh Marrakesh Known as the “Red City� Marrakesh is the capital of the south. The atmosphere is distinctly more African than that of the other Imperial cities, Fez, Rabat and Meknes. The setting of the city is stunning with ochre stucco buildings surrounded by the snow-peaked Atlas mountains. If you have the...

NHLANGANO AND THE SOUTH
NHLANGANO AND THE SOUTH From the junction on the main route between Manzini and Matsapha, a good tar road leads to the South. After Sidvokodvo the journey is through the Grand Valley, with rural scenes of traditional Swazi Homesteads. Truly splendid mountain vista's may be seen, especially as the road climbs...

Al Arish: Egypt
Al 'Arish (alternate spelling El Arish) is the capital and largest city (with 114,900 inhabitants as of 2002) of the Egyptian governate of Shamal Sina’, lying on the Mediterranean coast of the Sinai peninsula, 344 kilometers (214 miles) northeast of Cairo. The city sprung up around a Bedouin settlement in the...

Around & About
Around & About By Air Somalia’s national carrier is Somali Airlines – it flies into the country’s sole international terminus at Mogadishu. The airport is 6km west of the city and a taxi service conveys passengers to the city centre. Mogadishu to London is approximately 15 hours flying time via Dubai and...

Étang-Salé-les-Bains
Off The Beaten Track Of Reunion Étang-Salé-les-Bains Étang-Salé-les-Bains is the beginning of the holiday coast, though the area remains very much an agricultural community. On weekends, the black-sand beach is much quieter than the coast further north around St-Gilles-les-Bains. The town itself is sheltered by a coral reef which, with extreme...

Getting There & Away
Getting There & Away Although international flights arrive in Gaborone, courtesy of several African and British airlines, it's usually cheaper to do your long-haul flying to Harare or Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), Windhoek (Namibia) or Johannesburg (South Africa), then travel overland. You can enter overland from all of Botswana's neighbours, though you'll...

Land and People Of Gambia
Land and People Of Gambia The smallest country on the continent of Africa, The Gambia comprises Saint Mary's Island (site of Banjul) and, on the adjacent mainland, a narrow strip never more than 30 mi (48 km) wide; this finger of land borders both banks of the Gambia River for c.200...

Hisotry of Mali
In the 1960s, Mali concentrated on economic development, continuing to accept aid from both Soviet bloc and Western nations, as well as international agencies. In the late 1960s, it began retreating from close ties with China. But a purge of conservative opponents brought greater power to President Modibo Keita, and...

Ethnic Groups and Languages Of Mauritania
Ethnic Groups and Languages Of Mauritania In 1987 six ethnic groups inhabited Mauritania: one of primarily Arab-Berber (Maure) descent and the others of black African descent. In 1978 the government estimated that 70 percent of the population was of Arab or Berber descent and 30 percent of black African descent. Blacks,...

Lobito
Lobito Lobito , city (1983 est. pop. 150,000), W central Angola, on the Atlantic Ocean. Angola's most important port after Luanda. It is also a road hub and the western terminus of the trans-African Benguela railroad, which connects the port with the mines in the Congo and Zambia. The city is built...

Getting Around
Getting Around With the reopening of the international airport, domestic flights also appear set to increase. Until recently, domestic flights used the military airbase east of Tripoli. There's also been no railroad in operation since 1965, and all the systems of yesteryear have since been dismantled (Libya recently announced plans to...

HENTIESBAAI
Major Cities Of Namibia HENTIESBAAI About 70km north of Swakopmund is the small town of Hentiesbaai. There is a small resident community but most of the houses are holiday homes, with many anglers basing themselves here. The weather is like Swakopmund, hot and breezy with sudden sea mists and quite cool...

Background Of Zambia
Background Of Zambia For many, Zambia is “the real Africa� with genuinely wild national parks, and some of the finest scenery in the region. For long, Zambia’s Parks have been called southern Africa’s best-kept secret. In the south are the Victoria Falls and the Zambesi River- two of the continent’s major...

Economy of Cameroon
Economy of Cameroon Cameroon is one of the wealthiest African countries, with a gross national product similar to that of Nigeria, its powerful neighbour. Because of its oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions, Cameroon has one of the best-endowed primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the...

Environment Of Lesotho
Environment Of Lesotho Lesotho (pronounced le-soo-too) is a mountainous kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa. It's roughly circular in shape and about the same size as Belgium. Lesotho's forbidding terrain and the defensive walls of the Drakensberg and Maluti ranges have given both sanctuary and strategic advantage to the Basotho (the...

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