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- Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
62: ...st others) and movements against French interests prompted France to support a [[coup]] against him in ...
66: ...rule of Fran篩s Boziz鮠A new constitution was approved by voters in a referendum held on [[December 5...
106: ...country_profiles/1067518.stm BBC News - ''Country Profile: Central African Republic'']
111: ...al/Africa/Central_African_Republic Open Directory Project - ''Central African Republic''] directory cat...
113: *[http://www.kodro.net/ The Index on Africa - ''Central African Republic''] directo... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
14: ...2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Progress, Peace, Prosperity''</small>
71: In July 1994, the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) seized power in a ...
73: ...for return to democratic civilian government. The Provisional Independent Electoral Commission (PIEC) w...
78: ...icians from deposed President Jawara's [[People's Progressive Party]] (PPP) and other senior government...
84: ...]] legislature, an independent judiciary, and the protection of human rights. - Guinea-Bissau (9517 bytes)
14: ...ortuguese language|Portuguese]]: Unity, Struggle, Progress)''</small>
67: ...rrested Yala, because "he was unable to solve the problems". After being delayed several times, [[Guine...
99: ...ional Monetary Fund|IMF]] [[structural adjustment program]].
134: ...a/country_profiles/1043287.stm BBC News ''Country Profile - Guinea-Bissau'']
139: ...org/Regional/Africa/Guinea_Bissau/ Open Directory Project - ''Guinea Bissau''] directory category - South Africa (40100 bytes)
19: ...hat the South African Government will continue to promote English as the preferred dominant language.
24: ...was the [[Fish River]], in today's [[Eastern Cape Province]]. These [[Iron Age]] populations displaced ...
26: ...0 percent of the population in the [[Western Cape Province]].
32: ...ally themselves with German [[South West Africa]] provided the British with yet another excuse to take ...
34: ...wed by the Afrikaner governments. One of the main provisions of the treaty ending the war was that blac... - Slovakia (19892 bytes)
58: ...term Czech Republic, but that is (partly) another problem (see [[Czech Republic]], [[Czech lands]]).
65: ...avian Empire]] since 833. The high point of this (Proto-)Slovak empire came with the arrival of [[Saint...
73: ...evere oppression in the form of [[Magyarisation]] promoted by the Hungarian government. For example, al...
75: ...eriod. During the Interwar period, democratic and prosperous Czechoslovakia was permanently threatened ...
108: ...are elected for four-year terms on the basis of [[proportional representation]]. Slovakia highest [[jud... - Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
7: ...es <br> ([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
61: * National Union for Democracy and Progress
68: * Rally for Democracy and Social Progress or RDPS [Jean-Pierre Thystere Tchicaya, pres...
92: ...neasy internal peace and faces difficult economic problems of stimulating recovery and reducing poverty...
122: ...://dmoz.org/Regional/Africa/Congo/ Open Directory Project - ''Republic_of_the_Congo''] directory catego... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
19: Progress toward more democratic government for Barbad...
21: ... [[1966]]. After years of peaceful and democratic progress, Barbados became an independent state within...
25: ...d of the Commonwealth." The present government is proposing that Barbados become a [[republic]] within ...
48: ...garcane]] cultivation and related activities, but production in recent years has been diversified into ...
114: ... island is good, with public taxis, called "ZRs" (pronounced "Zed-R")s, traveling to most points on the... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
36: |'''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' <br> - Total ([[2003]]) <br> ...
57: ...century]]), [[Germanic tribe]]s invaded the Roman province of "Gallia". One of these peoples, the [[Fra...
59: ...omic stability. Christianity flourished under the protection of these rulers and by the founding of rel...
63: ...d [[20th century]] by raising cultural awareness, promoting a Flemish identity and a combination of rem...
69: ...d) became so great that he was forced to sell his property to the Belgian state as a colony for 150m Be... - Sierra Leone (10596 bytes)
56: ...il halfway through the [[20th century]], when the process of de-colonisation was commenced. This culmin...
60: ...up to 6,000 [[UNAMSIL]] peacekeepers were in the process of deploying to bolster the peace accord.
71: == Provinces ==
72: ''Main article: [[Provinces of Sierra Leone]]''
74: Sierra Leone is divided into three provinces and one district: - Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...gdom|British]] [[protectorate]] of [[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland]], Botswana adopted its new...
58: ... [[Cape Colony]] and is now part of the northwest province of South Africa; the majority of [[Setswana]...
60: ...ory councils representing Africans and Europeans. Proclamations in 1934 regularized tribal rule and pow...
62: In June [[1964]], Britain accepted proposals for democratic self-government in Botswana....
67: ...er minorities participate freely in the political process. There are three main rival parties and a num... - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
52: ...ed "Rhodesia" in [[1895]] after Cecil Rhodes) and promoted the colonization of the region and its land,...
56: ...force. When negotiations in [[1966]] and [[1968]] proved fruitless, the UK requested [[United Nations|U...
70: ... [[IMF]]-backed economic adjustment and austerity program caused further widespread hardship.
76: ... that 34% of the population has [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]], probably the highest in the world, compared to about ...
90: ...National Aids Council) targeted school-fee waiver program, the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM)... - Cuba (25106 bytes)
8: Cuba's economy prospered for the next fifty years. To the point that...
10: ...carrying out the economic reforms that Castro had promised. Among other things, [[healthcare]] and [[ed...
16: ...d the Soviet Union with [[sugar]] and the Soviets provided Cuba with [[petroleum]]. Part of this oil wa...
22: ...t any foreign company that "knowingly traffics in property in Cuba confiscated without compensation fro...
24: ...citizens can be liable to fines if discovered and prosecuted by the U.S. government, although it has be... - Finland (29511 bytes)
51: ...rom North Scandinavia. Currently it is considered probable that the speakers of the [[Finno-Ugric]] lan...
57: ...domestic Swedish debate and in Russian propaganda promising "liberation from Swedish oppression".
59: ...es with Sweden, the Finnish language was ardently promoted by both the imperial court and the Finnish g...
63: ...y]], and "the reds". The reds consisted mostly of propertyless rural and industrial workers who despite...
65: ... then during the 19th century Finland developed a proud university-educated [[meritocracy]] that felt a... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
62: ...le. The last Greek king to rule independently was probably [[Strato II]], whose reign ended about [[10]...
69: ...E, the arrival of the [[Arab]] [[Muslims]] to the provinces of [[Sindh]] and [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punja...
79: ...ab became [[West Pakistan]], while [[East Bengal (province)|East Bengal]] (the Muslim majority part of ...
90: ...lish rendition of the name to ease pronunciation, producing Pakistan.) The word also captured in the [[...
99: ...stan)|Punjab]], and [[NWFP]] (North West Frontier Province) (Sarhad) and the state of [http://www.ajk.g... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
62: ...ligious leader [[Muhammad ibn Abdalla]], the self-proclaimed [[Mahdi]] ([[Messiah]]), attempted to unif...
64: ...dence the Arab-led Khartoum government reneged on promises to southerners to create a federal system, w...
66: ...agree on a permanent constitution or to cope with problems of [[factionalism]], economic stagnation, an...
72: ...ic health care services, and little prospects for productive employment in the small and weak economies...
74: ...fur conflict|new rebellion]] began in the western province of [[Darfur]], during which time the governm... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
53: ... Protectorate]], by [[1907]], the [[Nyasaland]] [[Protectorate]] (''Nyasa'' is the [[WaYao|Yao]] word f...
59: ...tems. A new constitution took effect in May 1963, providing for virtually complete internal self-govern...
72: ...n to create the Senate. The Senate is intended to provide representation for traditional leaders and th...
74: The [[constitution]] provides for an independent judiciary. Malawi's judic...
96: ...manufacturing sector’s raw materials, and approximately 87% of total employment. Financial wealth... - Peru (12264 bytes)
48: ...acific]]. After the war (and with the loss of the province of [[Tarapaca]]), political stability was ac...
53: ...hich are composed of [[district]]s. There are 180 provinces and 1747 districts in Peru.
55: ... regions. The city of [[Lima]] is located in this province, which is also known as ''Lima Metropolitana...
87: * [[Lima Province]]
114: <!-- Nevertheless, improved commodity prices and the recovery of the fishi... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
7: ...]]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow...
17: ...s to kill their own leader. During this period, a process of [[Culture of Ancient Rome|Romanization]] w...
51: ...guese Court fled to Brazil. Shortly after, Brazil proclaimed its independence, under the rule of the Po...
57: ...ations with the Church, and considerable economic problems aggravated by a disastrous [[Portugal_in_the...
61: ... [[Indonesia]] invaded and annexed the Portuguese province of [[Portuguese Timor|Timor]] in [[Asia]] be... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
52: ...land'' in 1927.<br><sup>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]...
64: ...''Islands of the North Atlantic'' (IONA) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circl...
71: ...nine counties of the [[Provinces of Ireland|Irish province]] of [[Ulster]], immediately opted out of th...
74: ...re and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous nation.
97: ... warn. These rights are exercised rarely but have proved important at key times—such as when ther... - Spain (36498 bytes)
66: ...ian, Greek and Carthaginian colonies becoming the province of [[Hispania]]. It was divided in [[Hispani...
83: ...ntralist policy of the [[Count-Duke of Olivares]] provoked wars in [[Portugal]] and [[Catalonia]]. Port...
99: ...rrorism continues being one of the most important problems facing Spain.
108: ... Government (comparable to a [[prime minister]]), proposed by the monarch and elected by the National A...
110: ...embers, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation to serve four-year terms,...
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