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The country, once one of Italy’s few colonial possessions, covers an 800-kilometre strip along Africa’s Red Sea coast, stretching from Sudan in the north to Djibouti in the south.…

St Lucia’s stunning beauty, capped by the famous twin peaks of the Pitons, hides a turbulent history.…

Facts, figures and a brief history of life in Guinea.…

The top tourist destination in Niger until the late 1980s, the city of Agadez – located in the dead centre of the country – is today no more than a shadow of its former self.…

Teashop gossip and the ‘generous’ Generals: Burma is again in the international spotlight following the extension of Aung San Suu Kyi’s home detention…

Will the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project in Sierra Leone ever be completed? …

Yes, according to the latest Happy Planet Index…

Nowhere near as religious as its neighbour, Saudi Arabia, nor as bling-obsessed as nearby United Arab Emirates, Qatar has astutely observed the paths other Gulf states have chosen, and then cherry-picked what seems to work best…

Facts, figures and statistics of Trinidad & Tobago…

Indian journalist Sulakshana Gupta arrives in Sierra Leone, from where she will be blogging for NI over the next few months, and begins to familiarize herself with life in Freetown…