South Africa Travel Advice
Unlocking the Beauty and Diversity of South Africa: A Comprehensive Travel Guide South Africa, located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, is a […]
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How to Get to Algeria
The state-owned airline Air Algerie operates direct flights from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Algiers airport on Tuesdays: weekly in summer and once every 2 weeks in […]
Getting to Morocco
Of course, the best way to get to Morocco from Germany is by plane, but if you want to reach Morocco from southern Europe, there […]
Sights of Madagascar
Morondava In this city (700 km from the capital), the market, the mosque, the beaches in Betania, Buzi and Ankevu, the relict forests of Andranumen, […]
Sights of Morocco
On the Atlantic plain are the most ancient of the structures discovered in Morocco – the remains of the Phoenician colonies of the 1st millennium […]
Italian Somalia – Central Somalia and Oltregiuba
Physical Description. – Physically, Italian Somalia can be divided into four regions, significantly different for the geological constitution, for the shape and altitude of the […]
Ivory Coast History
After a bloodless military coup in December 1999, Robert Gueï (* 1941, † 2002; Chief of Staff until 1995) took power and formed a transitional […]
Living in Egypt
MONEY Currency 1 Egyptian pound = 100 piastres. Currency abbreviation: LE (£ E), EGP (ISO code). There are banknotes in denominations of 200, 100, 50, […]
FAO History
The emergence The FAO was founded on October 16, 1945 in Quebec, Canada. The initiative was taken as early as May 1943 when then-US President […]
AU Functions
The AU works on several fronts to primarily strengthen peace, security and democracy in Africa, raise the standard of living and education on the continent, […]
Zimbabwe 2004
Yearbook 2004 Zimbabwe. The inflation rate slowed during the year from over 600% to below 200%, but for ordinary people it was as difficult as […]
Zambia 2004
Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, with a population of 17.3 million people. It is bordered by Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, […]
Western Sahara 2004
Western Sahara is a disputed territory located in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania […]
Uganda 2004
Yearbook 2004 Uganda. At the request of Uganda, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague began examining the Christian fundamentalist rebel movement Lord’s Resistance […]
Tunisia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Tunisia. The total population in Tunisia is 11,818,630 people in 2020. Tunisian President Zayn al-Abidin Ben Ali was re-elected in the November 24 […]
Tanzania 2004
Yearbook 2004 Tanzania. At the beginning of the year, the Zanzibar archipelago began in practice the campaign ahead of the general elections in 2005. For […]
Sudan 2004
Yearbook 2004 Sudan. The total population in Sudan is 43,849,271 people in 2020. The conflict that erupted in early 2003 in the western region of […]
South Africa 2004
Yearbook 2004 South Africa. In the April parliamentary elections, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) received 70% of the vote, giving the party 279 of […]
Somalia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Somalia. The total population in Somalia is 15,893,233 people in 2020. Somali representatives gathered in Kenya agreed in January to appoint a new […]
Sierra Leone 2004
Yearbook 2004 Sierra Leone. During the year, Sierra Leone continued to try to put the 1990s civil war behind it. In February, the disarmament of […]
Seychelles 2004
Yearbook 2004 Seychelles. The total population in Seychelles is 98,358 people in 2020. 69-year-old France Albert René resigned as president in April but remained chairman […]
Senegal 2004
Yearbook 2004 Senegal. In April, President Abdoulaye Wade dismissed Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, who was replaced by former Interior Minister Macky Sall. This sparked speculation […]
Sao Tome and Principe 2004
Yearbook 2004 São Tomé and Príncipe. The total population in Sao Tome and Principe is 219,170 people in 2020. Prime Minister Maria Das Neves Ceita […]
Rwanda 2004
Yearbook 2004 Rwanda. In a series of ceremonies, in April Rwanda observed the ten-year commemoration of the 1994 genocide, when at least 800,000 people were […]
Republic of the Congo 2004
Yearbook 2004 Congo. The total population in Republic of the Congo is 5,518,098 people in 2020. Republic of the Congo was excluded in July from […]
Nigeria 2004
Yearbook 2004 Nigeria. For Nigeria 2004 was another troubled year. In May, the Christian militia attacked the Muslim-dominated town of Yelwa in the state of […]
Niger 2004
Yearbook 2004 Niger. The total population in Niger is 24,206,655 people in 2020. President Mamadou Tandja was re-elected in December for a new four-year term, […]
Namibia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Namibia. The total population in Namibia is 2,540,916 people in 2020. The government indicated that it wanted to speed up land reform and […]
Mozambique 2004
Yearbook 2004 Mozambique. In September, Sweden demanded just over SEK 3.5 million. of Mozambique’s Ministry of Education, after an audit of aid paid showed that […]
Morocco 2004
Yearbook 2004 Morocco. The total population in Morocco is 36,910,571 people in 2020. King Muhammad VI pardoned 33 political prisoners in January, among them the […]
Mauritius 2004
Yearbook 2004 Mauritius. During the year, Prime Minister Paul Bérenger began acting to get Britain to return the Chagos Islands, which Mauritius has been claiming […]
Mauritania 2004
Yearbook 2004 Mauritania. During the summer, Mauritania was seriously affected by grasshopper invasions. The total population in Mauritania is 4,649,669 people in 2020. Swarms with […]
Malawi 2004
Yearbook 2004 Malawi. The total population in Malawi is 19,129,963 people in 2020. Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in May. Observers from the EU […]
Madagascar 2004
Yearbook 2004 Madagascar. After political turmoil throughout 2002, Madagascar had strong economic growth in 2003 of almost 10%. However, this development was reversed when, in […]
Libya 2004
Yearbook 2004 Libya. During the year, Libya made a comeback on the international stage. In January, the country began dismantling its weapons of mass destruction […]
Liberia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Liberia. At a conference in New York in February, the UN, the World Bank and a number of industrialized countries pledged more than […]
Lesotho 2004
Yearbook 2004 Lesotho. The government announced a state of emergency in February and appealed for increased food assistance, after the drought entered the third year. […]