which is connected to the mainland by drawbridge. The larger eastern section of the port is used for foreign trade and the smaller western section for fishing. Construction on a new container port and distribution center, located slightly west of the original port, began in the late 1990s on ...
Known as Diy-gid-biy (or “place of chiefly residence”), these granite strongholds have been described as the most remarkable indigenous stone-built structures in sub-Saharan Africa outside the Horn and the southern African Zimbabwe complex.Photo credit Krishna NaudinCAMEROON: OVERVIEW...
The transformation of 19th-century trails into modern roads began early in the 20th century through efforts by local movements and gainedimpetusfrom the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. In the 1920s highways were built, and routes serving population centres with in excess of 750 inhabitants were gr...
Covering all the country’s regions is high-speed railways, highways, and ferry services, with bus and air routes enabling people who travel to get to just about anywhere. In addition, there are service amenities offered at regular intervals, as well as highway tolls. Some railway routes reac...
Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to overcome state and local governmental barriers in place to keep African-Americans from exercising their Fifteenth Amendment right to vote. [Pictured: President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King, Jr.at the signing of the Voting Rights ...