Africa Holidays Travel, Attractions, Tourism

Angola is a former Portuguese colony with vast natural resources, including diamonds and oil. It was part of Congo before portuguese colonization. After 27 years of civil war, Angolan people are enjoying the fragile and unstable peace only since 2002.

Cape Verde is previously uninhabited island colonized by Portugal in 15th century. It became a port and major centre for slave trading soon after. Independence from Portugal was declared in 1975.

Central African Republic, originally French colony known as Ubangi-Shari, gained independence in 1960. After three decades of military misrule (you might know the name Bokassa), it was finally heading towards democracy, until another military coup happened in 2003.

The Republic of Congo, often nicknamed as Congo-Brazzaville, is the smaller ones of the two Congos. As a former French colony, it was known under French Equatorial Africa. Independence for Congo came in 1960.