Tunisia Attractions
Medenine The city of Medenine used to be an important station for caravans. Many of the 35 original ksour (fortified citadels) no longer exist. They were either demolished or rebuilt.…
Category: Africa
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General Information about Zambia
The official name is the Republic of Zambia. It is located in the southeast of Central Africa. The area is 752.6 thousand km2, the population is 10.87 million people. (2002).…
General Information about Western Sahara
Territory in northwestern Africa. The area is 266 thousand km2. It consists of two provinces: northern – Seguiet el-Hamra (82 thousand km2) and southern – Rio de Oro (184 thousand…
General Information about Uganda
Geography of Uganda The climate of Uganda is subequatorial, softened by a significant height of the surface. Daytime temperatures in most areas range from 27-29°C to 16-18°C. With the exception…
General Information about Togo
The Togolese Republic is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. In the south, the country…
General Information about the Seychelles
The official name is the Republic of Seychelles. They are located in the Seychelles and Amirante Islands, on the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and others in the western part of…
General Information about Tanzania
The official name is the United Republic of Tanzania. Located in East Africa. The area is 945.1 thousand km2, the population is 37.2 million people. (2002). The official languages are…
General Information about Swaziland
The official name is The Kingdom of Swaziland. Located in southern Africa. Area 17,363 km2, number per 1.1 million people. (2002, estimate). State Siswati and English. The capital is the…
General Information about Suriname
The official name is the Republic of Suriname. Located in the northeastern part of South America. The area is 163.3 thousand km2, the population is 419.7 thousand people. (2001). The…
General Information about South Sudan
South Sudan ( English South Sudan ),the official name of the Republic of South Sudan ( English Republic of South Sudan ) is a state in Africa with its capital…
General Information about Somalia
Located in northeast Africa, it occupies most of the Somali Peninsula. The area is 637.657 thousand km2, the population is 7.75 million people. (2002, estimate). The official languages are Somali…
General Information about Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is located at the intersection of 8°30′ north latitude and 11°30′ west longitude. In the north and northeast it borders on Guinea, in the southeast – with gg,…
General Information about Senegal
The official name is the Republic of Senegal (Republique du Senegal, Republic of Senegal). Located in West Africa, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The area is 196.7 thousand…
General Information about Sao Tome and Principe
The official name is the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (DRSTP) (Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe). It is located…
General Information about Rwanda
The official name is the Republic of Rwanda (Ripublique Rwandaise, Republic of Rwanda). Located in East Africa. The area is 26.4 thousand km2, the population is 8.6 million people. (2002).…
General Information about Republic of the Congo
The official name is the Republic of the Congo (Rupublique du Congo, Republic of Congo). It is located in the west of Central Africa, in the lower reaches of the…
General Information about Niger
The official name is the Republic of Niger (Republique du Niger, Republic of Niger). Located in West Africa. The area is 1267 thousand km2, the population is 11.3 million people.…
General Information about Mauritius
The official name is the Republic of Mauritius. Located on the island of Mauritius and the islands of Rodrigues, Agalera, the archipelagos of Cargados Carajos and Chagos in the western…
General Information about Mali
The official name is the Republic of Mali (Republique du Mali, Republic of Mali). Located in West Africa. The area is 1240 thousand km2, the population is 11.7 million people.…
General Information about Malawi
The official name is the Republic of Malawi. Located in southeast Africa. The area is 118.5 thousand km2, the population is 10.7 million people. (2002). The official languages are English…
General Information about Madagascar
The official name is the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblica Malagasy, Ripublique de Madagascar, Republic of Madagascar). It is located on the island of Madagascar and adjacent small islands (Nusu Be,…
History of Mauritania
According to localcollegeexplorer, the territory of modern Mauritania has been inhabited since ancient times. In the Paleolithic and Neolithic era, people with dark skin lived next to tribal groups –…
About Zimbabwe
The exotic and vibrant banana republic of Zimbabwe is one of the most comfortable countries for foreigners to visit in Africa. In the absence of tsetse flies and yellow fever,…
Egypt Between 1977 and 1992
The developments of the Egyptian initiative after the visit of President Anwār al-Sādāt to Jerusalem (19-21 November 1977) soon proved sensational, so much so that within two years of intense…
Ethiopia Politics and Law
Political order. – The Ethiopian monarchy has the negusa nagast as its hereditary head. This title, which is used today in the protocol with “emperor”, probably originated when in the…
Tunisia Government and Religion
Political and administrative order. – The regime of protectorate, as it was established from 1881 and has been maintained with some changes until today, is the following: the bey retains…
Algeria History – Department of Algiers
Outside of Kabylia, the Tellian Atlas no longer has such a uniformly mountainous character, but is sprinkled with sublittoral plains, especially developed to the W.: Mitidja, plain of Chélif, plains…
Morocco Government and Military
Political and administrative order. – In principle, Morocco is an absolute monarchy, and the sultan exercises supreme civil and religious authority there. However, the treaty of Fez of March 30,…
South Africa Geopolitics
With the release of Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC (African National Congress), after twenty-six years of captivity, and his election as president in 1994, South Africa has put an…
Morocco Brief History
“The distant land where the sun goes down”, was the name of Morocco in the early Islamic culture, which meant that the country was the westernmost in the Islamic world.…