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With a population of 1,130,100 (2004), Kananga lies near the Lulua River - a tributary of the Kasai...
9th January 2007The city lies on the extreme south west of Togo, up against the Ghanaian border. Located on the Gulf...
23rd January 2007Malabo was renamed Santa Isabel when the island revert to complete Spanish control. In 1969, Malabo...
30th January 2007Cape Town is the economic centre of the Western Cape and serves as the regional manufacturing centre...
6th February 2007The city grew from a small village after it became a military post in German East Africa in 1889. Af...
13th February 2007The name Soweto was originally an acronym for "SOuth WEstern TOwnships", a cluster of townships spra...
20th February 2007A relatively young city, Kumasi was founded in the early 19th century by King Osei Tutu. The king na...
27th February 2007Gorée is best known as the location of the House of Slaves, one of the oldest houses on the island...
13th March 2007The name "Abuja" was derived from Abu Ja, a brother to Muhammadu Makau, the last hausa ruler of Zari...
6th March 2007Freetown is the capital city of Sierra Leone. With a population of 1,070,200 (2004), the city lies o...
20th March 2007Alexandria is Egypt's leading port, a commercial and transportation center, and the heart of a major...
27th March 2007It is located in 439km south-west of Harare (20°10′S 28°34′E) and is treated as a separate provincia...
3rd April 2007With a population of approximately 2 million, the city is home to Cameroon's largest port and its ma...
10th April 2007Benghazi is one of Libya's major economic centers. It is a bustling port and commercial centre.
17th April 2007The economy of Gambella state is based on agriculture, pastoral, beekeeping and imported industrial...
24th April 2007Its significance results from the large transit trade it enjoys as a terminus of the railroad from A...
1st May 2007In the beginning of the sixteenth century the Portuguese selected Malindi as a supply station for Po...
8th May 2007The city was traditionally founded by Kano, a blacksmith of the Gaya tribe who in ancient times came...
15th May 2007Today, Durban is one of the busiest container port in Africa. The Durban Metropolitan Area (DMA) has...
22nd May 2007Unlike Zanzibar, Pemba is formed from a land mass rather than coral reefs and sand banks. Its landsc...
29th May 2007Walvis bay meaning “Whale Bay” in Afrikaans is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast o...
5th June 2007The city was founded by the Belgians in 1910 which prospered with the development of a regional copp...
12th June 2007The island was chosen by the Portuguese in 1754 as their main clearing house for slaves and ivory. I...
19th June 2007With a population of approximately 1.2 million, Omdurman is the largest city in the country and the...
26th June 2007The name Pointe Noire's originated from Portuguese navigators who saw a block of black rocks on the...
3rd July 2007Established in 1907, Jinja is the second commercial centre in Uganda. It lies in the south east of U...
10th July 2007Francistown is the second largest city in Botswana. It was the center of southern Africa's first gol...
17th July 2007Nakuru is sandwiched between Lake Nakuru National Park to the south and the Menengai crater and its...
24th July 2007Its position in the Indian Ocean is just less than three miles off the shore of Tanzania, so it can...
31st July 2007Founded about AD 1100 as a seasonal camp by Tuareg nomads, the city was incorporated within the Mali...
7th August 2007