African
... South Africa, microwave radio relay link to Botswana, direct links to other neighboring countries; connected to the South African Far East (SAFE) submarine cable through South Africa; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat
www.exxun.com/Namibia/f_cm.html
African
... bank, the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), with seven other members of the West African Monetary Union. In December 2000, Niger qualified for enhanced debt relief under the International Monetary ...
www.exxun.com/Niger/e_ec.html
African
Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African
www.exxun.com/Oman/c_pp.html
African
... military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU ...
www.exxun.com/Portugal/a_fg.html
African
homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal
www.exxun.com/Portugal/c_pp.html
African
... In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ceded to the US as a result of the ...
www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/a_fg.html
African
... efforts by local governments to create civil societies; nonetheless, 57,000 Rwandan refugees still reside in 21 African states, including Zambia, Gabon, and 20,000 who fled to Burundi in 2005 and 2006 to ...
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/i_ti.html
African
African descent 50%, white 25%, Chinese 25%
www.exxun.com/SaintHelena/c_pp.html
African
... five-pointed stars placed side by side in the center of the yellow band and a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
www.exxun.com/SaoTomeandPrincipe/d_gv.html
African
westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal
www.exxun.com/Senegal/b_mp.html
African
African Party of Independence [Majhemout DIOP]; And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS [Landing SAVANE]; Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP [Moustapha NIASSE]; Democratic League-Labor Party ...
www.exxun.com/Senegal/d_gv.html
African
... inflation had been pushed down to the low single digits. As a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal is working toward greater regional integration with a unified ...
www.exxun.com/Senegal/e_ec.html
African
mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab
www.exxun.com/Seychelles/c_pp.html
African
... per 100 persons; radiotelephone communications between islands in the archipelago international: country code - 248; direct radiotelephone communications with adjacent island countries and African coastal countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean
www.exxun.com/Seychelles/f_cm.html
African
20 African ethnic groups 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century), refugees ...
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/c_pp.html
African
black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001 census)
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/c_pp.html
African
Congress of South African Trade Unions or COSATU [Zwelinzima VAVI, general secretary]; South African Communist Party or SACP [Blade NZIMANDE, general secretary]; South African National Civics Organization or SANCO [Mlungisi HLONGWANE, national ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/d_gv.html
African
... poverty, lack of economic empowerment among the disadvantaged groups, and a shortage of public transportation. South African economic policy is fiscally conservative but pragmatic, focusing on controlling inflation, maintaining a budget surplus ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/e_ec.html
African
... establishment of majority rule, former military, black homelands forces, and ex-opposition forces were integrated into the South African National Defense Force (SANDF); as of 2003 the integration process was considered complete
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/h_ml.html
African
... rise; world's largest market for illicit methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India through various east African countries, but increasingly producing its own synthetic drugs for domestic consumption; attractive venue for money ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/i_ti.html
African
... seats; each of the 50 electoral provinces fills a minimum of two seats and the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla fill one seat each with members serving a four-year ...
www.exxun.com/Spain/d_gv.html
African
... cocaine and hashish for distribution to the European market; consumer for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish; destination and minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin; money-laundering site for Colombian ...
www.exxun.com/Spain/i_ti.html
African
... regional in scope, and has brought instability to eastern Chad, and Sudanese incursions into the Central African Republic. Sudan also has faced large refugee influxes from neighboring countries, primarily Ethiopia and Chad ...
www.exxun.com/Sudan/a_fg.html
