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National Flag of Lesotho According to aceinland, the national flag of Lesotho is composed of three horizontal stripes in the colors of blue, white and green. The blue stripe is located at the top and bottom edges of the flag, while the white stripe is located in between them. The green stripe is located on […]
Continue ReadingAfrica – language There are approximately 1800 different languages in Africa, but the number is uncertain. This is because dialect can be limited to independent language in different ways. The languages can be divided into four categories: European languages, variants of European languages, Indian languages and actual African languages. The first category is the languages […]
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Language Overview Official languages are Arabic and French. In addition, the Cushitic languages of the Afar and Issa are spoken. Hotel employees, taxi drivers and business people usually speak some English. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 03/01/2022 Lailat al Miraj (Night of the Ascension) 05/01/2022 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) 05/01/2022 Labor Day 06/27/2022 Independence […]
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Language Overview The official language is French, as well as four national languages: Chiluba, Kikongo, Lingala (commercial language) and Kingwana (a Kiswahili dialect). Other languages spoken include Luvena, Chokwe, Gbaya and Kituba (over 400 languages in total). Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 01/04/2022 Commemoration for the Martyrs of Independence 01/17/2022 Folk Heroes Day 05/01/2022 Labor […]
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Language Overview Official languages are Arabic and French. Comorian, a language related to Kiswahili, and some Bantu languages are also spoken. Public Holidays 03/18/2022 anniversary of the death of President Said Mohamed Cheikh 05/01/2022 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) 05/01/2022 Labor Day 06.07.2022 Independence Day 07/09/2022 Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) 07/30/2022 Muharram (Islamic New […]
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Language Overview The official languages are French and Arabic. Much Arabic is spoken in the north and Sara in the south. Also over 120 regional languages and dialects, the largest tribal groups in the north (predominantly Islamic) are the Nare Arabs, Toubou, Fulani, Hausa, Kanembou, Boulala and Wadai; to the south (predominantly Christian) the Baguirmi, […]
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Language Overview Official language is French; Sangho is the lingua franca and national language. Ubangi languages and Fulani serve as colloquial languages. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 04/18/2022 easter monday 08/13/2022 Independence Day 08/15/2022 Assumption Day 11/01/2022 all saints day 12/01/2022 National holiday 12/25/2022 Christmas Source: Top-mba-universities.com Duty free shopping Overview The following items can […]
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Language Overview The official language is Portuguese, the native Crioulo is spoken by most of the islanders. Sometimes they also understand English or French. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 01/20/2022 Heroes Day 03/01/2022 carnival 02.03.2022 Ash Wednesday 05/01/2022 Labor Day 05/19/2022 day of administration 05.07.2022 Independence Day 08/15/2022 Assumption Day 09/12/2022 National holiday 11/01/2022 all […]
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Language Overview The official languages are English (20%) and French (80%). According to the constitution, both languages are given equal status. Bantu, Semibantu and other African languages are common. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 02/11/2022 Youth Day 03/01/2022 Lailat al Miraj (Night of the Ascension) 04/15/2022 Good Friday 04/17/2022 Easter Sunday 05/01/2022 Djoulde Soumae (End […]
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Language Overview Official languages are French and Kirundi. Kiswahili and English are widely spoken. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 05.02.2022 Day of the Unity of the People 05/01/2022 Labor Day 05/26/2022 Ascension of Christ 07/01/2022 Independence Day 08/15/2022 Assumption Day 10/13/2022 Commemoration Day for Rwagasore 10/21/2022 Memorial Day for President Ndadaye 11/01/2022 all saints day […]
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Language Overview The official language is French. More and Dioula are also spoken. Partly English and Arabic. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 03/08/2022 International Women’s Day 04/18/2022 easter monday 05/01/2022 Aid el Segheir (End of Ramadan) 05/01/2022 Labor Day 05/26/2022 Ascension of Christ 07/30/2022 El am Hejir (Islamic New Year) 08/04/2022 day of the revolution […]
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Language Overview English serves as the official language. National languages are Setswana and other Bantu languages. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 04/15/2022 Good Friday 04/18/2022 easter monday 05/01/2022 Labor Day 05/26/2022 Ascension of Christ 07/01/2022 Seretse Khama Day 07/18/2022 Presidents’ Day 09/30/2022 Botswana Independence Day 12/25/2022 Christmas Source: Top-mba-universities.com Duty free shopping Overview The following […]
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Language Overview The official language is French. About 60 African languages serve as colloquial languages. Fon/Yoruba is predominantly spoken in the south, while tribal languages such as Bariba and Fulani are spoken in the north. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 01/10/2022 tradition day 04/18/2022 easter monday 05/01/2022 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) 05/01/2022 Labor Day […]
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Language Overview The official language is Portuguese. Most residents speak Bantu languages (Ombundu, Kimbundu, Chokwe, Lwena, Kikongo). Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 01/04/2022 Day of the Martyrs of Colonial Oppression 02/04/2022 Beginning of the War of Independence 03/08/2022 International Women’s Day 04/04/2022 Day of Peace and Reconciliation 04/15/2022 Good Friday 04/18/2022 easter monday 05/01/2022 Labor […]
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Language Overview The official language is Arabic (70%), in the south mainly Berber languages are spoken (30%). Business and official language is predominantly French. Public Holidays 01/01/2022 New Year 05/01/2022 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) 05/01/2022 Labor Day 05.07.2022 Independence Day 07/09/2022 Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) 08/08/2022 Ashura 10/09/2022 Milad un Nabi (Birthday of […]
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State structure and political system of Namibia Namibia is a parliamentary republic with broad presidential powers. The 1990 Constitution is in force. Administratively, it is divided into 13 districts (Caprivi, Erongo, Hardap, Karas, Komas, Kunene, Ohangwena, Okavango, Omaheke, Omusati, Osha-na, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa). Large cities: Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Tsumeb, Luderitz. The head of state is the […]
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Libya is at least 10 millennia old, an incredibly ancient and culturally rich country that was destined for a difficult fate. Among the mass of armed groups and buildings destroyed by explosions, there are ancient temples and ruins of ancient cities that are eternal as the world, which tell us about the past of our […]
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On the eve of independence (1960) three parties dominated politics: Northern peoples congress (NPC), dominated by the Hausa-fulani (conservative), Action group (AG), controlled by the Yoruba and Lagos, and NCNC, led by the Ibos (the seconds more progressive). The Northern region was disproportionately more populous than the other regions, and the central federal government was […]
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Population and society Among Nigeria’s more than 250 ethnicities, the largely Muslim Hausa-Fulani are the most prominent group in the north of the country alongside nupe, tiv and kanuri. The Yoruba, Christians and Muslims, are the main ethnic group in the south-west, while the igbo, largely Catholic, are predominant in the south-east along with efik, […]
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The oldest of the known states implanted in the territory of the Nigeria is the Kanem-Bornou, which arose around Lake Chad and reached its apogee between the 15th-16th century. All kingdoms in the region practiced the slave trade for the Middle East. Islamization began in the 13th century. and became a mass phenomenon in the […]
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The Second World War seized Egypt when public opinion that initially, except for the nationalists, had hailed the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 with applause, was taking an increasingly critical attitude towards it, feeling its political burdens. and economic for Egypt not compensated by adequate substantial advantages. Nonetheless, the government of ‛Alī Māhir Pashaà maintained the […]
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Since the Middle Ages, Italy has been very active in Ethiopia’s political and cultural relations with the Western world. The same legend of the Priest Gianni or Janni, although not yet localized in Ethiopia at that time, originates in Italy because Otto of Freising (who first accepted it in his chronicle) reports news he intended […]
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Tunisia State of North Africa, facing N and E on the Mediterranean, bordering on the SE with Libya and on the W with Algeria. It is the easternmost and the smallest of the three states indicated, sometimes adding Libya and Mauritania, as countries of Maghrib (➔ al-Maghrib). Physical characteristics 1. Morphology. The Tunisia is the […]
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The new Algeria, proclaimed independent on July 31, 1962, was however born under the sign of strong contrasts between the components of the liberation front: Ben Khedda, appointed head of the provisional government in 1961, was overthrown by an alliance that in 1962 elected Ferḥāt ‘Abbās president of the Republic and Ben Bellā head of […]
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Morocco is made up of very varied terrains: crystalline and metamorphic rocks occupy vast surfaces, especially in central Morocco; the Trias is represented by chalky-saline soils; the different levels of the Secondary, especially the Jurassic and Cretaceous, cover very extensive regions; the marine tertiary lands are generally found in the depressed parts. The relief of […]
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The oldest and most organized film industry on the continent already produced two masterpieces of the silent era between 1916 and 1918, De Voortrekkers (“Conquering a continent”), directed by H. Show, and A symbole of sacrifice, both on the Boer epic. Well equipped industrially in the production centers of Johannesburg and Cape Town, the national […]
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Niger, officially French République du Niger [repy Republic dy ni ʒ.epsilon. ː r], German Niger, landlocked country in West Africa with (2019) 23.3 million residents; The capital is Niamey. Climate According to Eningbo, Niger has a semi-arid (in the south) to fully arid climate with a rainy season: in the south from May to October, […]
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Attractions in Ethiopia With Africa’s largest number of sights placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, there is plenty to do during a trip to Ethiopia. One of the many UNESCO landmarks is the 32 Mysterious Stijas (flat stone with engravings or reliefs, used as tombstones or memorial stones). These stone rigidities of unknown age […]
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Côte d’Ivoire is a republic in the western part of Africa, with an area of 322,460 km². The country’s highest point is Nimba at 1,752 meters. The interior of the country consists mostly of plains and lower plateaus, while the southern third is generally lower than 150 meters above sea level. The northern two thirds […]
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Egyptian culture The Egyptian culture is a culture of antiquity that emerged from various regional cultures through superimposition or conquest. The transition from the prehistoric way of life to high culture took place in a few centuries. Essentially unaffected by foreign areas, the Egyptian culture was able to develop its treasure trove of forms with […]
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