A tantalizing trove of myriad ecosystems, historical sites, languages, and cultures await in nearly 50 countries, including Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Surprising Nigeria: Africa´s most populous country is an underrated travel gem

Fela SanuFirst off, this West African country is big — nearly ten times the size of the United Kingdom and roughly as big as Texas and California put together. Not to mention that with some 242 million people, it's the world's sixth most populous country as well as Africa's most populous by a wide margin. It also boasts Africa´s third largest economy, and while oil and gas are by far its biggest drivers, tourism is a small but significant and growing sector of the economy (about four percent at…

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Why Zambia´s capital Lusaka is worth a visit

Mondoka Zambia Set on a high plateau in the center of the country and surrounded by rolling countryside, this low-rise, sprawling city of 3.3 million is one of Africa´s fastest growing - and it´s highly underrated, ending up surprising more than a few visitors. Though it may not have the safari fame of Livingstone or South Luangwa, Lusaka has no grand monuments but it does provide a vibrant look into modern Zambian life — where street-food stalls, crafts and traditional markets, contemporary…

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How Sierra Leone is an up-and-coming destination - really

viti One of West Africa´s smaller countries – a bit more wee than Scotland and a smidge bigger than Delaware plus West Virginia – the landscape of Sierra Leone (pop. 8.9 million) is a tropical mix of rainforests and savannahs. It was originally founded by the British in 1808 as a refuge – like next-door Liberia – for freed slaves (although its curious name dates back to 1462, when explorers sailing the coast from Portugal dubbed the mountains they spotted the “Serra Leoa,” which means Lion…

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