Monthly Archives: March 2021

NIGER’S PRESIDENT WINS the IBRAHIM AFRICAN LEADERSHIP PRIZE Mahamadou Issoufou is bowing out after two terms, but leaves a troubling legacy MAY 8, 2021 ECONOMIST Few prizes are as prestigious, or as seldom awarded. In 2006 Mo Ibrahim, a Sudan-born … Continue reading →

SEE SINDH (Karachi, Greater Karachi) Sindh Province (Mehran locally) name “Sindh” is derived from the Indus River that passes almost through the middle of the entire province. Boundaries: Balochistan – west, Punjab – north, Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan – east, … Continue reading →

Pakistan is a large country (1.5 times the size of France) in South Asia at the crossroads of Central Asia, East Asia and South Asia. Located along the Arabian Sea, it is surrounded by Afghanistan to the west and northwest, although Tajikistan is separated by the Wakhan Corridor, Iran to the southwest and also … Continue reading →

Tonga Dec 18-21, 2023 Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian country, with 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited. The archipelago’s total surface area of 170 coral and volcanic islands is about 750 sq. km, scattered along … Continue reading →

Tuvalu is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania, situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. The country lies east-northeast of the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of … Continue reading →

Out and Preyed On – One gay rights, young Africans share the intolerance of their elders. Gay Africans demanding equality face a violent backlash March 6th, 2021 Economist When gay Nigerians took to the streets to join massive protests against police … Continue reading →

Samoa is an island nation with a population of 185,000 but many more Samoans live outside the country, particularly in New Zealand, Australia and California. Samoa is about one-half of the way between Hawaii and New Zealand. The islands have narrow coastal plains with … Continue reading →

Fiji Dec 12-29, 2023 Fiji is a Melanesian country about one-third of the way from New Zealand to Hawaii and consists of an archipelago of 332 islands, a handful of which make up most of the land area, and approximately 110 of which are … Continue reading →

Kiribati (pronounced Kiri-bass) is an island group in Micronesia straddling the equator and, until 1995, the International Date Line. Kiribati’s 33 atolls, with a total area of only 811 km², are scattered over an area of 3.5 million km². Kiribati saw some … Continue reading →

Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Oceania associated with the United States. It consists of four states – from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae – that are spread across the western Pacific Ocean. Together, the states comprise around 607 islands (a combined land area of approximately 702 km2 or 271 sq mi) … Continue reading →