Sentences with phrase «african island nation»

Due to a health outbreak in 2017, we bumped Madagascar off last year's travel plans — but as things get better in 2018, this gorgeous African island nation remains at the top of our bucket list.

Due to a health outbreak in 2017, we bumped Madagascar off last year's travel plans — but as things get better in 2018, this gorgeous African island nation remains at the top of our bucket list.

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(Believe it or not, six countries — Congo, Burundi, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, and the tiny island nation of Comoros — have higher rates.)

Alisha Laventure, a Long Island native working as a news anchor in Dallas, launched into a passionate on - air segment about the president's derogatory remarks toward Haiti and African nations that has been viewed millions of times on Facebook.

In São Tomé and Príncipe, a tiny two - island island nation off the West African coast, bed net coverage was among the highest in Africa as early as 2007, and the majority of the population was also protected using indoor spraying between 2005 and 2007.

What it means: Island states, African nations and other vulnerable countries are pushing for a system that provides funding to help them recover from disasters made worse by climate change, such as rising seas or powerful storms.

An ideal locale for beach - going visitors, the African nation of Seychelles is comprised of 115 smaller islands in the Indian Ocean, and offers a wide variety of water sports, including diving, snorkeling, sailing, windsurfing, and boating.

Mauritius is a beautiful island nation of African continent.

PUBLIC ART On Sept. 27, as part of its 250th anniversary celebration, Brown University dedicates a slave memorial by sculptor Martin Puryear that recognizes the university's «connection to the trans - Atlantic slave trade and the work of Africans and African - Americans, enslaved and free, who helped build our university, Rhode Island, and the nation.»

Its worn and pitted surface is decorated with the painted flags of a host of then - newly sovereign Caribbean and African nations, and one can just see the openocean beyond it, framed by islands and palms.

It was always wishful thinking to expect that 194 parties as varied as oil kingdoms, impoverished and dysfunctional African states, low island nations, superpowers and rising powers would someday magically adhere to a grand and legally binding instrument curtailing emissions of gases that, for a long time to come, will be a nearly direct proxy for economic activity.

Tuvalu's position is backed by the small island states (AOSIS) and some African nations and up to this point, all members of the Group of 77, the now 130 - country block of developing nations.

Many Caribbean countries / former British dominions including Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands; and several African nations including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Ethereum startup ConsenSys is actively exploring a partnership with the African nation of Mauritius that could create a so - called «Ethereum Island,» a hub for blockchain technology innovators that would seek to branch out into Africa, Asia and beyond.

The island nation is aiming to become a leading hub for blockchain companies and serve as a gateway to African and Asian markets.

The East African nation is, for the first time in history, allowing non-Tanzanian residents to invest in property on the tropical island.