Nigeria
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Population: 168 million
Time: GMT+1
Plugs: Three-prong square
Dialling code: +234
Currency: Naira - $1=158NGN
Language: English
Background
With its huge mineral wealth and vibrant energy, balanced by grinding poverty...
Niger
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Capital: Niamey
Population: 17,493,000
Time zone: UTC +1
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +227
Currency: CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
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Namibia
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Population: 2.1 million
Time zone: GMT + 2 hours (summer); GMT + 1 hour (winter)
Plugs: Three-prong square
Dialling code: +264
Currency: Namibian dollar; SA Rand -...
Mozambique
Fact File
Population: 24 million
Time zone: GMT+2
Plugs: Two-pin round
Dialling code: + 254
Currency: Metical - $1=29.7MZN
Language: Portuguese, English
Background
After decades in the economic doldrums, Mozambique’s GDP has...
Morocco
Fact File
Capital: Rabat
Population: 32,950,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +212
Currency: Moroccan dirham. Exchange rate: $1 = 8.49574 MAD
Language: Arabic
Visas
The following countries do not...
Mauritius
Background
Since independence from the United Kingdom in 1968, Mauritius has quietly gone about the important business of growing its GDP and reducing income inequality....
Mauritania
Fact File
Capital: Nouakchott
Population: 3,461,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +222
Currency: Ouguiya. Exchange rate: $1 = 291.498 MRO
Language: Arabic
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Mali
Fact File
Capital: Bamako
Population: 16,678,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +223
Currency:CFA franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF
Language: French
Visas
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Malawi
Fact File
Capital: Lilongwe
Population: 15,316,000
Time zone: GMT +2
Plugs: Three pin square, British style
Dialling code: +265
Currency: Malawian kwacha. Exchange rate: $1 = 329.757 MWK
Language: English, Nyanja
Visas
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Madagascar
Fact File
Capital: Antananarivo
Population: 21,852,000
Time zone: UCT +3
Plugs: Two pin round
Dialling code: +261
Currency: Malagasy ariary. Exchange rate: $1 = 2,209.99 MGA
Language: French, Malagasy
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Libya
Fact File
Capital: Tripoli
Population: 6,323,000
Time zone: UTC +2
Plugs: Three pin round
Dialling code: +218
Currency: Libyan dinar. Exchange rate: $1 = 1.27700 LYD
Language: Arabic
Visas
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Liberia
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Capital: Monrovia
Population: 3,881,000
Time zone: GMT 0
Plugs: American-style three pin, Japanese-style four pin
Dialling code: +231
Currency: Liberian dollar. Exchange rate: $1 = 74.4999 LRD
Language: English
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