Characterized by an average rainfall of 80 inches (2,024 millimeters) during the wet season from June to October contrasted with drought conditions during the remaining seven months, Bissau … [Read more...]

Asmara serves as the capital city for the State of Eritrea, a country in the Horn of Africa occupying a northeast portion of the continent. Eritrea shares its long eastern shoreline with the … [Read more...]

Once a temporary pit stop for Charles Lindbergh--aviator and kidnap murder victim--during his 1933 attempt to fly across the North Atlantic, Praia serves as the capital city for Cape Verde. … [Read more...]

Its nation’s largest town, São Tomé serves as the capital city for the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Africa’s tiniest Portuguese-speaking country, São Tomé and Príncipe are … [Read more...]

A strategically located port on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika--the world’s second-deepest lake--Bujumbura serves as the commercial capital city for the Republic of … [Read more...]