In Annan's home country of Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo declared a week of national mourning starting on Monday, during which flags in the country and at its diplomatic missions would fly at half-staff. "He brought considerable renown to our country by his position and through his conduc...
Cleopatra, one of the most famous female world leaders of ancient times, was the final ruler of the Ptolemaic Empire of Egypt. She had a close relationship with Julius Caesar, bearing him a son. After Caesar’s death, she allied with Mark Antony. When his bid to take over the Roman Emp...
Thus hopes were high regarding the capacity of Ghana, the first country... MK Labouba - 《African Studies Review》 被引量: 0发表: 2014年 Mauritania's Military Leaders Set a Diplomat as Prime Minister. The article discusses the governmental transition in the west African country Mauritania, in...
In Europe, too, new countries were contrived in what are generally thought of as ancient lands—Giuseppe Garibaldi15 helped create a unified Kingdom of Italy in 1861, while Otto von Bismarck16 helped forge a German empire in 1871. Old empires fell away and were replaced with modern states in...
Change Ancient and Modern Heraclitus (among the many others who have voiced words to the same effect) declared that “Nothing endures but change”. If so, then all the comments about us NOW living in a world of change, as thoug... ...
A fluent French and Arabic speaker who has studied ancient Hebrew, the thirty-eight-year-old has a master’s degree from King’s College, London in ‘Terrorism, Security and Society’, specialising in nationalism and religion. She has also previously worked as a project officer at the Foundati...