Time Zone |
Africa/Nairobi |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+3 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Africa/Sao_Tome |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+0 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Masalani is a border town in Garissa County in northeastern Kenya, bordering Somalia and located in the arid and semi-arid Horn of Africa, and is an important economic and cultural node for the local community. The residents are predominantly Somali and Turkana, with traditional animal husbandry (camel, goat, sheep) as the mainstay industry, and most of the residents rely on pasture for their nomadic life. Although the town is small in size, it has a unique bazaar due to its border location, gathering agricultural and livestock products and handicrafts from the neighboring areas, and becoming a transit point for regional trade. Due to the climate, water resources are relatively scarce, but the local people rely on traditional knowledge to adapt to the environment, retaining a strong nomadic cultural characteristics. As a buffer zone on the Kenya-Somalia border, Masarani has also attracted much attention in terms of community development and security issues, and is an important window into the diverse ethnic ecology and border economy of northeastern Kenya.
São Tomé and Príncipe is an island country in west-central Africa, consisting of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe and the surrounding islets, with the capital, São Tomé, located in the northeastern part of São Tomé. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, about 200 kilometers from the African continent, the country was colonized by Portugal in the 15th century and became independent in 1975, with Portuguese as the official language and an economy based on agriculture (cocoa, palm oil) and tourism. It should be noted that "Java" is not a city or region of the country; Java is the main island of Indonesia, with cities such as Jakarta and Surabaya, and has nothing to do with São Tomé and Príncipe, possibly due to a confusion of names.