Uses for beta blockers. Doctors prescribe beta blockers to prevent, treat or improve symptoms in a variety of conditions, such as: High blood pressure. Irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia) Heart failure. Chest pain (angina) Heart attacks. Migraine.
A soccer fan waits to buy tickets for 2015 African Cup of Nations final match between Ivory Coast and Ghana in Bata, February 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings. Equatorial Guinea is the only independent nation in Africa where Spanish is an official language. Itâs located on Africaâs west coast along the -- you guessed it -- equator. Only about 1.5 million people live there. It was colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese (like neighboring Sao SÃ£o tome E), principe becoming The Territorios espanoles EspaÃ±oles del Golfo de guinea. in 1844
-Like most Africans, South Africans speak more than one language. South Africa has 11 official languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu. Afrikaans is not a native African language, it was a language originated by the Dutch colonist settlers and is actually a European language (despite the fact it was first spoken in Africa). Because of the dominance whites had when they settled in South Africa, it is also spoken by black South Africans.