SPOTLIGHT: For 2019, the “State of Palestine” is chairing the 77-strong group in New York. The presidency of the G-77 is the highest political body within the organizational structure of the group, is regionally oriented (between Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean) and is held for one year. Background According to WHICHEVERHEALTH.COM, the G-77…
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France Economic Sectors
Energy industry Since the mid-1970s, energy policy has been geared towards reducing the country’s dependence on energy imports, particularly on oil. The French generation of primary energy now covers half of the total consumption, which is mainly due to the strong expansion of energy generation from nuclear power. In 2014, nuclear energy accounted for 41.5%…
OAU and SAARC at a Glance
THE OAU AT A GLANCE Note: This website remains in our offer because of its historical significance. The African Union – very far ahead (!) -proclaimed the “Agenda 2063” project in 2013 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the OAU. Background According to POLYHOBBIES.COM, the OAU was founded in Addis…
G-24 at a Glance
Background According to HOWSMB.COM, the G-24 was founded in 1971 as an intergovernmental group for international monetary affairs and development. Goals Coordination of the position of the developing countries involved (own designation) at government level on aspects of financial policy and development, in particular on issues on the agenda of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
Best Travel Time and Climate for Zambia
Zambia is the wild heart of Africa and a green oasis of national parks, which are fed by rivers and wetlands and attract a variety of animals. Elephants, lions, African wild dogs and hyenas are common and leopards rest on the shady branches of the trees. In addition to classic safaris with off-road vehicles, Zambia…
Democratic Republic of the Congo History Timeline
According to historyaah, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly DR Congo) or Congo Kinshasa is a country in Africa. The country was called Belgian Congo before independence in 1960 and Zaire from 1971 to 1997. The country borders the Central African Republic and Sudan to the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania to the…
G20 at a Glance
SPOTLIGHT : The 2020 Summit took place from November 21-22 as a virtual meeting chaired by Saudi Arabia. Expectations were high, but so were the problems. The next summit will take place in Rome at the end of October 2021. Background According to HEALTHKNOWING.COM, the G20 is an informal group of 19 individual states and…
Guinea Economy
ECONOMY: GENERAL INFORMATION Despite its large resources (minerals, water, agricultural, pastoral and fishing resources make it potentially a rich country), Guinea, given its political and social events, has encountered numerous obstacles in economic development and, in the first decade of the 2000s, is to be one of the most underdeveloped states on the continent, recording…
ACP Countries at a Glance
According to ACRONYMMONSTER.COM, ACP stands for African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States. The ACP countries The organization is a group of states in A frica, the K aribischen room and the P azifischen States (ACP) with which Europe has special relations and thereby focuses on development and trade. To this end, economic partnership agreements…
Algeria Territory
(Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jazā’irīyah ad-dīmūqrātīyah ash-shaʽbīyah). State of North Africa (2,381,741 km²). Capital: Algiers (El Djazaïr). Administrative division: Wilayate (50). Population: 42,578,000 residents (2018 estimate). Language: Arabic (official), French, Tamazight (Berber national language). Religion: Sunni Muslims 99.5%, other Muslims 0.4%, others 0.1%. Monetary unit: Algerian dinar (100 cents). Human Development Index: 0.754 (85th place). Borders: Mediterranean Sea…
UN Business
When the UN was founded, the threats to peace and security were seen primarily as military conflicts between states. Today, almost 70 years later, the concept of peace and security has gained a wider meaning. Civil wars and ethnic conflicts within states have become more common. Nor is it purely military conflicts that are considered…
Mozambique Economy
Business Despite its rich resources, Mozambique experienced an economic decline with independence. After the civil war, which largely devastated the country, and years of socialist planned economy, the market economy reorientation began to show its first successes in the early 1990s. Mozambique suffered a major setback from the devastating floods in 2000/01 and 2019. Large…
Senegal Economy and Trade
Independent since 1960, Senegal is a republic. According to the 2001 Constitution, executive power is exercised by the President of the Republic. He appoints the prime minister and is elected by direct suffrage with a 5-year mandate, like the National Assembly. The judicial system is based on French law. The administration of justice is entrusted…
Aldabra Atoll (World Heritage)
The Aldabra Atoll northwest of Madagascar, consisting of four large and many small islands, was able to preserve flora and fauna that were not influenced by humans due to its isolation. The islands are grouped around a lagoon and are enclosed by an outer coral reef. The natural paradise is the largest atoll in the…
Comoé National Park (World Heritage)
The almost 12,000 km² national park is one of the largest nature reserves in West Africa. It consists mainly of wet and dry savannah and is famous for its diverse flora and fauna. These include lions, elephants, monkey and crocodile species. Comoé National Park: facts Official title: Comoé National Park Natural monument: originally the Réserve…
Serengeti National Park (World Heritage)
“Endless plain” means Serengeti for the Maasai. According to directoryaah, the Serengeti, located in northern Tanzania, is the largest national park in the country and one of the oldest ecosystems on earth, at around 15,000 km². The climate, vegetation and fauna have hardly changed in the last millions of years. The Serengeti is famous for…
Cyrene Ruins (World Heritage)
Cyrene was founded as a Greek colony from Thera and was the oldest and most important Greek city in modern-day Libya. According to directoryaah, it lies in a depression in the Achdar highlands in Cyrenaica. Among the noteworthy monuments are the Temple of Apollo from the 7th century BC. BC, the temple of Demeter and…
Namibia Crime and Security Situation
Newcomers to Windhoek are often quite unsettled at first. In the ‘better’ residential areas of Windhoek, all residential buildings and especially the townhouse complexes seem to be secured like the proverbial Fort Knox in the USA. Numerous security measures shape the first impression and give newcomers the feeling of being in an extremely dangerous city:…
Shopping and Eating in Namibia
Shopping & Cost of Living As long as you have the appropriate income, you can buy everything (or at least almost everything) in Windhoek (and this also applies to Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Omaruru and Otjiwarongo to a lesser extent) that you would get in any European city of a corresponding size. In Windhoek there are…
Living in Namibia
Currency: Namibia Dollar (N $) Exchange rate: N $ 17.76 per € (Dec. 28, 2020) Time zone: UTC +1 Country code (phone): +264 Climate (for capital): dry-warm Churches According to itypejob, there are many churches of different denominations and faiths in Windhoek. One of the landmarks of German history is the famous Christ Church above…
Arriving in Namibia
The journey to Namibia takes place in the vast majority of cases by flight to Windhoek. In the pre-Corona period, three airlines offered direct flights from Germany to Windhoek: Air Namibia, Condor and, since October 2019, Eurowings (all flights to and from Frankfurt). Air Namibia flew the route Windhoek – Frankfurt – Windhoek 6 times…
Namibia Entry and Residence Regulations
A visa is required to enter Namibia. For German citizens, a normal tourist visa (for a maximum of three months) is issued directly on arrival at Hosea Kutako Airport in Windhoek, free of charge and unbureaucratically. It is important, however, that the passport is still valid for at least six months and has at least…
Travel in Namibia
The road network in Namibia is – in African comparison – excellent in large parts of the country. It is true that only a few thousand kilometers of roads are tarred and the remaining roads are gravel and on the coast partly also salt roads. But even these unpaved roads (at least the road category…
Housing in Namibia
Living in Windhoek You should choose your house or apartment very carefully and also take security aspects into account (see also the section on ‘Security situation’). If you live in Windhoek as an expatriate and can afford the rents, which are quite high by African standards, you will usually concentrate primarily on the eastern and…
Namibia Money & Banks
In Namibia, private customers only have a very limited choice of banks. There are only four major commercial banks and three of these four are Namibian branches of South African banks: Bank Windhoek (the only Namibian bank) as well as Nedbank, Standard Bank and First National Bank. The banks in Namibia are – not only…
Travel to Namibia: Pets and Vaccinations
Pets Import and export The importation of dogs (and cats) into Namibia has become more complicated than it was a few years ago. The procedure is too complicated to explain in detail here. Three different permits are required for import, which can only be obtained one after the other. In addition, the dog or cat…
Namibia Health & Health System
The health system in Namibia shows parallels to the education system in some respects. Here, too, there is a class society and the health system also suffers, at least in the state sector, from inadequate qualifications and motivation of its employees, both of which are again at least partially the result of poor working conditions…
Namibia Languages
The mothers and fathers of the Namibian constitution faced a problem with independence. Which of the many languages should be included in the new constitution as the official language? Afrikaans, the lingua franca of the former Protectorate of South West Africa, was the language of the South African ‘occupiers’ and was therefore out of the…
Namibia Culture
The cultural scene and cultural offerings are very manageable in Namibia, which of course is also due to the country’s relatively small population and the small size of its cities. The cultural offer is mainly concentrated in the capital Windhoek, as it has the largest number of potential buyers with around 375,000 residents. In addition…
Namibia Education System
There are numerous studies on the education system in Namibia. Actually everyone who is involved in the Namibian education sector agrees that the education system is a permanent problem area, especially primary and secondary schools. For many years, Namibia has been investing an extremely high proportion of its national budget in the education sector. In…