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Recovery in Liberia After Ebola – Beating the virus is just the beginning Nov 14th 2015 Economist Travellers shuffle past temperature checks as they disembark at the tiny airport in Monrovia. Buckets of chlorinated hand-wash sit dutifully outside public buildings, … Continue reading →

Sierra Leone’s First Post-war Traffic Light Amber for recovery – After years of war, progress of sorts May 14th 2016 Economist Multi-coloured minibuses, shabby motorbike-taxis, white four-wheel-drives and battered jeeps stream through the centre of Freetown, overtaking on both sides, … Continue reading →

Despite recent conflict, its gorgeous beaches and rainforests make it a great stop. In the south, the Parc National de Tal has chimps and Man has a highland climate, fresh air, peaks and valleys. The beach resorts of Assinie and … Continue reading →

It wasn’t long ago that Liberians talked with obvious nostalgia of ‘normal days’. Now, well over a decade after the war has ended, ‘normal days’ are back in this gorgeous green land. They can be seen in the Liberian designer … Continue reading →

Official name. Republic of Sierra Leone Capital and largest city. Freetown 8°29.067′N 13°14.067′W Official languages. English. Spoken languages. Temne Mende Krio Ethnic groups. 35% Temne, 31% Mende, 8% Limba, 5% Kono, 2% Krio (Creole), 2% Mandingo, 2% Loko, 15% others … Continue reading →

THE TRIP, Visas, Particulars of the Trip GIBRALTAR – GIBRALTAR AFRICA – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know WEST AFRICA – Atlantic Slave Trade, Banning the Veil MOROCCO – Travel Facts, Morocco Today, The Trip WESTERN SAHARA – Today, The … Continue reading →

Imagine you’re travelling on smooth highway, and then get tempted by a tiny, dusty turn-off into rugged terrain, where surprising beauty and treacherous vistas define the route. Guinea is that turn-off. This is a country blessed with amazing landscapes; from … Continue reading →

Why go? For a country that consistently elicits frowns from heads of state and news reporters, Guinea-Bissau will pull a smile from even the most world-weary traveller. The jokes here, like the music, are loud but tender. The bowls of … Continue reading →

The Gambia is a country in West Africa mostly surrounded by Senegal with a short strip of its coastline bordered with the Atlantic Ocean at its western end. It is the smallest country on mainland Africa. The Gambia is situated … Continue reading →

A new forum hopes to bring Africa’s scientific researchers together Mar 12th 2016 Economist Assand Gueye, a Senegalese-born postdoctoral researcher at America’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, is a student of systems. He studies the multiple networks of communications … Continue reading →