Egypt put a policy in place in 1958, much like article 48 in Germany, giving the president the power to do much more than normal. He could control the freedoms and culture of people if put in action
This article discusses the culture of Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. Non-communist Artists, writers, and comedians were persecuted who showed dissent with commmunism.
Somehow using infoplease is like stopping a random person in the Port Authority bus station and asking their opinion about Vietnam. Who is the author? What are his/her credentials? What verification do we have about the author?
The indiscriminate partition brought different ethnic groups (tribes) under one or more colonial power. This situation disrupted the political development of these societies; furthermore, ethnic groups were fragmented.
The horn of Africa has been a restive region for centuries. The region has been the scene of long lasting internecine conflicts. One of the most enduring and violent of those regional conflicts is the Ogaden conflict.
Families were forcibly separated into two or more groups; each group under a colonial power spoke a different European language.
. In northern Ethiopia, villagers still point out sites of forts, churches and monasteries destroyed by Gurey as if his military escapades happened just two or three decades ago.