Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (Portuguese: República de Angola), stands as a country situated along the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa.

Angola shares its boundaries with Namibia to its south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to its north, Zambia to the east, and the vast Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province named Cabinda, which shares borders with both the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Angola

Namib Desert

One of the oldest and largest deserts, the Namib extends inland from the Atlantic Ocean and covers large parts of Namibia, Angola and South Africa. This arid place is home to an amazingly diverse array of plants and animals, some of which cannot b... read more

Angola

Bibala County

The locality of Bibala was called Vila Arriaga until 1975. It is a town in the south of Angola, located in the Namibe province. The town can be reached by Angola's southern railway network or by bus.

Angola

Kangandala National Park

In April 1963, the Kangandala Nature Reserve was established and transformed into a National Park on 25 June 1970. The original purpose of the reserve was conservation measures aimed at protecting black antelopes and preserving vast areas of brach... read more

Angola

Colonial architecture

Luanda was founded in 1575 and was called São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda. It is the capital of Angola and the largest city of the republic. Located on the Atlantic coast, it is the country's central seaport and has m... read more

Egypt

Khan Al-Khalili Market

Khan-Al-Khalili is a large market in the Muslim neighbourhood of Cairo, one of the city's striking landmarks. The square that Khan-Al-Khalili occupies was originally the site of the Saffron Tomb mausoleum, the burial place of the Fatimid caliphs. Emir Al-Khalili ordered the destruction of the Fatimid cemetery in 1382 in order to build a large caravanserai. At that time, this was the central... read more

Greece

Ancient Agora

In the heart of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis, lie the ruins of the Ancient Agora. During the period of ancient Greece (from about the beginning of the 6th century BC) it was the political, financial, administrative, cultural and religious ce... read more

Mali

Niono

The city of Niono is known as the "Venice of Mali" because of its system of canals and channels that criss-cross the entire city, and the local brick mosque is almost as famous as the famed Djenné Mosque.