Facts About Africa Diamonds in Africa

Facts About Africa Diamonds in Africa

World mines about 139 million carats (about 26,000 kg) of diamonds every year amounting to a value of around 9 billion US Dollars. Africa is the world's largest producer of diamonds, accounting for more than 50% of world's diamond production. The regions in Africa that produce maximum diamonds are Angola, Botswana and South Africa. Angola is also famous for its Civil War – Diamonds and the blood diamonds or conflict diamonds. Majority of the diamond mines are centered around South Central Africa in the countries such as Tanzania, South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Congo, Ghana and Namibia.

Some of the world's major diamond mines in Africa: Angola – Catoca Diamond Mine, Fucauma Diamond Mine, Luarcia Diamond Mine, Endiama National Diamond Mining Company; Botswana – Debswana (De Beers and Botswana Govt joint company), Orapa Diamond Mine, Damtshaa Diamond Wines; South Africa – Baken Diamond Mine, Venetia Diamond Mine, Kimberley Diamond Mine, Finsch Diamond Mine; Zimbabwe – Murowa Diamond Mine; Tanzania – Williamson Diamond Mine; Lesotho – Letseng Diamond Mine.



Facts About Africa Diamonds in Africa


Facts About Africa Diamonds in Africa

Facts About Africa South African Safaris

Facts About Africa South African Safaris

South Africa is renowned in the world for its diverse culture, heritage, wildlife, national parks and some of the most popular Safaris. South Africa has 20 national parks among which Kruger National Park is the oldest, largest and most popular national park where people from all over the world flock in for taking the tours of South African Safari. Besides the Kruger National Park, Table Mountain National Park is the second most visited South African Safari.

In the olden days, the South African Safaris were mainly conducted for big game hunt; however, today's South African Safaris have become tours for exploring and photographing the wildlife and animals. For the visitors to South African Safari, it is an experience of a lifetime and therefore, depending upon the type of visit, whether an adventure Safari or a Family Safari, the visitors should select the itineraries and tour operators. With its five big game animals, wide range of accommodation choices, diverse bird watching, exclusive reserves, nigh safari and walking safaris, Kruger National Park is the most favorite South African Safari.


Facts About Africa South African Safaris

South African Safaris

Facts About Africa South African Safaris

Facts About Africa The Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa, Somali Peninsula or Northeast Africa, is a large peninsula in eastern Africa that spreads in to the Arabian Sea for hundreds of km and lies on the southern side of the Gulf of Eden. Covering a land mass of about 2 million square km, The Horn of Africa includes the nations such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea. Many researchers and historians carry out the studies on The Horn of Africa while studying Ethiopian and Somalian Histories.




Most of the region of The Horn of Africa comprises of mountainous regions with the highest peaks in the Simien Mountains of northwestern Ethiopia. Many mountains receive over 2000 mm of annual rainfall, which is the main source of water for many regions of Ethiopia and even outside including Egypt. The entire region of The Horn of Africa includes a wide diversity of ethnicity and languages and some of the major tribes and languages include Somali, Afar, Amhara, Nara, Kunama and Oromo, among others.