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- Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
11: capital = [[Brazzaville]] |
16: largest_city = [[Brazzaville]] |
47: ... [[Denis Sassou-Nguesso]]. The capital is [[Brazzaville]].
76: ... ''r駩on'') and 1 commune*; [[Bouenza]], [[Brazzaville]]*, [[Cuvette Region|Cuvette]], [[Cuvette-Oues...
83: Its capital, [[Brazzaville]], is located on the Congo River,in the south ... - Tanzania (17411 bytes)
78: ...al court was established in September 1999 as a division of the High Court.
80: For administrative purposes, Tanzania is divided into 26 regions--21 on the mainland, 3 on Zanz...
89: ...ional Monetary Fund, and bilateral donors have provided funds to rehabilitate Tanzania's deteriorated ...
105: Tanzania is divided into 26 [[region]]s: [[Arusha]], [[Dar es Sala...
119: The Tanzanian artistes have devised a new style going by the name of "[[Bongo Flav... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
66: A civil war led by [[Afar]] rebels in the early [[1990s]...
80: == Subdivisions ==
81: Djibouti is divided into six [[district]]s (cercles, singular - ce...
102: ...be imported. There are few natural resources and virtually no industries.
104: ...he last seven years because of [[recession]], [[civil war]], and a high [[population growth rate]] (in... - Qatar (10610 bytes)
59: ...d on the coasts within small fishing and pearling villages. The clans battled each other for lucrativ...
61: ...val force to Wakrah. Bahraini aggression however violated an 1820 Anglo-Bahraini Treaty and the diplo...
65: ...ersial [[Arabic language|Arabic]] [[satellite television]] news channel.
69: ... high [[standard of living]], with many social services offered to its citizens and all the amenities ...
71: ...m³). Qataris' [[wealth]] and [[standard of living]] are comparable to those of [[Western Europe]]... - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
54: ...n]] was established as a city for former slaves living in [[London]].
58: ...he early [[1980s]]—became involved in a [[civil war]] in [[1991]], with the [[Revolutionary Unit...
62: ... the catalyst for a ceasefire and ending of the civil war.
64: ...age of the war in Sierra Leone, a comprehensive review of the conflict based on extensive field resear...
71: == Provinces == - Botswana (22276 bytes)
58: ...Cape Colony]] and is now part of the northwest province of South Africa; the majority of [[Setswana]]-...
60: ...ized tribal rule and powers. A European-African advisory council was formed in 1951, and the 1961 [[co...
62: ...ice in 1998. The presidency passed to the sitting vice president, [[Festus Mogae]], who was elected in...
67: ...[[Botswana Congress Party]] (BCP) won 1 seat. Individuals elected by the National Assembly hold an add...
69: ...dent from the National Assembly; it consists of a vice president and a flexible number of ministers an... - Guyana (12153 bytes)
64: ... work the sugar plantations. This ethnocultural divide has persisted and has on occasion led to turbul...
78: ...cised by the [[president]], who appoints and supervises the [[prime minister]] and other ministers. Th...
105: The Guyanese landscape can be roughly divided into three regions: a narrow, marshy plain alo...
137: [[Category:Guyana]]
160: ...Guyana People's Militia (GPM), Guyana National Service (GNS), Guyana Police Force - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
28: ...- Declared<br/> - Recognised|| [[Rhodesian Civil War]]<br>''(as Rhodesia)'' [[November 11|Nov. 11...
32: ...Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] +2 ([[Daylight Savings Time|DST, yes or not]])
46: ...state, attest the existence of a medieval Bantu civilization in the region. Linked to the establishmen...
58: === Civil War ===
60: As [[guerrilla]] activities fighting minority rule intensified, the Smith... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
36: HDI_category = <font color="#FFCC00">medium</font> |
54: ...istory of Pakistan]]''' (Including pre-history, civilizations of the region, and modern events to date...
57: ...est of [[Sukkur]], was center of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], 2600 BCE – 1800 BCE]]
59: ...ry. Pakistan was the site of the [[Indus Valley civilization]] and was subsequently conquered by many ...
62: ... in Afghanistan) and extended to the Pakistani province of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] with diffuse tr... - Israel (51605 bytes)
60: ...]] renamed ''Provincia [[Judea|Judaea]]'' to ''Provincia [[Syria Palaestina]]'', a Greek name derived ...
62: ... composed in Palestine during this period. The province became an important center of Christian pilgri...
73: ...n River, was administered as "Palestine" under provisions that called for the establishment of a Jewis...
78: ...f [[WW2]], and enforced even when refugees who survived [[the Holocaust|Holocaust]] were fleeing from ...
83: ...ted territory into two states, Jewish and Arab, giving about half the land area to each state. Under t... - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
70: ...ears later in [[1989]]. For more details, see [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]].
72: ...The Taliban gave safe haven and assistance to individuals and organizations that engaged in terrorism,...
76: In addition to occasionally violent political jockeying and ongoing military act...
78: ...at Samangan Province ([[March 3]]) and Baghlan Province ([[March 25]]). The latter was the worse of th...
96: ... charging fraud; an independent commission found evidence of fraud, but ruled that it did not affect t... - Uganda (11554 bytes)
1: ... country includes a substantial portion of [[Lake Victoria]], within which it shares borders with Keny...
67: ...has been in power since [[1986]] and in generally viewed as being part of a new generation of African ...
78: ...ortant cities are located in the south, near Lake Victoria, including the capital [[Kampala]] and the ...
80: ... districts]], spread across four administrative divisions: North, East, South and West. The districts ...
85: ...ening [[inflation]], boosting production and improving the [[balance of payments]]. - Nepal (22444 bytes)
58: ...ced by resurgent Hindu fiefdoms such as the Licchavi dynasty.
60: ...h century]]. In [[1768]], the Gorkha king, [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]], captured Kathmandu. In [[1814]], ...
64: ...s [[People's war]]. This has since grown to a [[civil war]] and resulted in the deaths of 10,000 peopl...
66: ... went on a killing spree in the royal palace in a violent response to his parents' refusal to accept h...
68: ...dra deployed Nepal's military in the grinding [[civil war]], the [[Nepalese People's War]], with the M... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
12: ... = Al-Nasr Lana ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: Victory is Ours) |
62: ...General Gordon]] was killed. The Mahdist state survived until being overwhelmed by an Anglo-Egyptian f...
64: ... sparked 17 years of [[First Sudanese Civil War|civil war]] from [[1955]] to [[1972]].
68: ...de, re-igniting the [[Second Sudanese Civil War|civil war]].
70: ...b]] restored a civilian government. However the civil war intensified in lethality and the economy con... - Rwanda (10946 bytes)
52: In 1895 Rwanda, like Burundi, became a German province. The Germans, however, were at first completel...
54: ... Rwanda's independence in [[1962]], the Hutu held virtually all power.
60: ...o]], and have become involved in that country's civil war.
65: After its military victory in July [[1994]], the [[Rwandese Patriotic F...
69: == Provinces == - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
1: ...h it from the Republic of Congo, or Congo-[[Brazzaville]]) to [[Zaire]], until 1997. Since 1998, the c...
63: ...ar II]] the small Congolese army achieved several victories against the [[Italians]] in north Africa.
67: ...rned. Late in 1959, accused of instigating public violence, he was jailed by the Belgians but was rele...
72: ...it was announced that he had been killed by angry villagers (which was not believed by many). Riots of...
74: ...s pleased with the outcome, having viewed the [[Soviet]]-backed Lumumba as a [[CPSU|Communist]] puppet... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
66: ... was incorporated within the [[Ottoman Empire]], evidenced by Sheik Mubarak's flying the Ottoman flag ...
68: ...rs who were rarely granted citizenship. Kuwait, having amassed great wealth, was the first of the Pers...
70: ...ge that Kuwaiti territory was in fact an Iraqi province, and that annexation was retaliation for "econ...
86: Kuwait is divided into 6 governorates (''muhafazat''):
99: ...converted into a military base and currently no civilians are allowed in). - Bolivia (30115 bytes)
2: The '''Republic of Bolivia''' is a [[landlocked]] [[country]] in central [[...
8: native_name = República de Bolivia |
9: common_name = Bolivia |
10: image_flag = Bolivia flag large.png |
11: image_coat = BoliviaArms.gif | - Gabon (7342 bytes)
22: | [[Libreville]]
54: ...Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] +1 ([[Daylight Saving Time|DST, yes or not]])
68: ...[French Equatorial Africa]], a federation that survived until [[1959]]. These territories became indep...
70: ...]], with [[El Hadj Omar Bongo|Omar Bongo]] as his vice president. When M'Ba died in 1967, Bongo replac...
75: ...he guarantee of those rights and a governmental advisory board which deals with economic and social is... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
49: ...how physical characteristics similar to peoples living today in the [[Horn of Africa]]. At another sit...
51: ... [[African Lakes Company]] to supply goods and services to the [[missionary|missionaries]]. Other miss...
55: ...as sent to [[Gwelo Prison]] for his political activities but was released in [[1960]] to participate i...
57: ...April 15]], [[1961]], the MCP won an overwhelming victory in elections for a new Legislative Council. ...
59: ...nstitution took effect in May 1963, providing for virtually complete internal self-government. The Fed...
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