West Virginia justifies in every way its nickname, the Mountain State. With an average elevation of about 1,500 feet (460 metres) abovesea level, it is the highest of any U.S. state east of theMississippi River. It is a region tied economically and socially to the mountain spines that ...
Finally, the 1902 British victory over the two Boer republics in the South African War (1899–1902) allowed that empire to consolidate its control over the strategically key southern region of the continent. The effects of the Scramble for Africa on African peoples themselves were devastating, ...
Best States Takeaways From the Associated Press Investigation Into Sexual Abuse of Incarcerated Women As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse ...
Ghana, on July 3, 2022. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday elected Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo, the president of Guinea Bissau, as its new chairman. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)
California is / one of the richest states / in America. It has / a large amount of land. And it also has / more people / than any other state. It has / plenty of natural resources, / too. But everything is not perfect /there. California has / two major problems: / earthquakes ...
The article discusses the nature of the tangled interaction between the ex-Soviet Central Asian republics and the outside great powers – Russia, the United States and China. Although the so-called Great Game model is often used to explain the geopolitical rivalry in the region, the current pat...
Regular movement within West Africa is facilitated by the Free Movement Protocols of theEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Citizens of the 15ECOWASMember States have the right to enter another country within the sub-region and remain for up to 90 days, provided that they have ...
Middle Westis much less commonly used thanMidwest, the word Americans use to refer to the north-central region of the country and the states located there. Okay, everyone who lives in "the middle west" raise your hands 🙋🏻♀️ ...
In the economist's view, it does not make sense to promote West African monetary integration without involving countries like Ghana or Nigeria. "A country that accounts for over half of the population in the region cannot be left out. ECOWAS must, therefore, react very quickly...
It was just after the fall of Gaddafi that "terrorism began in the Sahel region," said Bella Kamano, a political analyst based in Conakry, the capital of Guinea. "Populations of Niger are complaining about insecurity in their country. Not a week or a month goes by without terrorists taking...