Mozambique 1996
Yearbook 1996 Mozambique. According to the World Bank, the annual income per person in Mozambique in 1994 was the lowest in the world: SEK 530. In 1996, tourists were welcomed…
Geography of Africa
The continent Africa, which is primarily known to many for its wild animals and hot temperatures, is not only the second largest continent after Asia, but also has a length of more than 8000 kilometers from north to south. However, if you want to travel the continent from east to west, you can cover a length of up to 7600 kilometers.
Furthermore, Africa has a total area of 30.3 million square kilometers and thus covers a land area of about 22 percent of the entire earth. About a billion people live on this continent, so that this part of the world comprises almost 14 percent of the entire earth’s population.
Furthermore, due to the constant continental shift, Africa is not only part of the so-called old “Gondwanaland”, but also belongs to Arabia, northern India, Australia and the east of South America. The continent of Africa is surrounded on many sides by the Indian and Atlantic Oceans as well as by the Red and Mediterranean. While the northernmost point of the continent can be found in Tunisia, Cape Ras Ben Sekka, the westernmost point can be visited in Senegal. However, Africa also has a connection to the largest continent in the world, Asia. Africa is connected to Asia via the Isthmus of Suez, while contact with Europe is via the Strait of Gibraltar. All islands and peninsulas of Africa make up about 5 percent of the continent,
The continent of Africa, on the other hand, can be roughly divided into the “trapezoidal” north and the “triangular” south, while the Ethiopian highlands also divide a large part of the continent. The Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is also the highest point in Africa at 5895 meters, with the lowest point on the continent being more than 170 meters below sea level. The longest rivers on the continent are the Nile with more than 6600 kilometers, the Congo with about 4800 kilometers and the Niger with over 4000 kilometers. For more information about the continent of Africa, please check politicsezine.com.
Yearbook 1996 Mozambique. According to the World Bank, the annual income per person in Mozambique in 1994 was the lowest in the world: SEK 530. In 1996, tourists were welcomed…
Yearbook 1996 Morocco. In a referendum in September, Morocco’s residents voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would establish a second chamber in Parliament. The new chamber is mandated…
Mauritius’ independence in 1968 was the result of a long period of decolonization. Britain wanted this to culminate with the grant of a very limited autonomy regarding the internal conditions…
Yearbook 1996 Mauritania. President Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya’s party, the Social Democratic Republican Party (PRDS), won the country’s first multi-party in October and captured 70 of the parliament’s 79…
The Mali Empire was one of the major cultural and trade centers in Africa. It was occupied by France in 1850 and, together with the present Burkina Faso (Upper Volta),…
Yearbook 1996 Malawi. Former President and dictator Hastings Banda, who was acquitted in a murder trial in December 1995, publicly apologized in January for the suffering inflicted on his regime,…
Yearbook 1996 Madagascar. Prime Minister Emmanuel Rakotovahiny resigned since the government lost a vote in parliament on May 17. President Albert Zafy then appointed party-politically unborn Norbert Ratsirahonana as new…
Yearbook 1996 Libya. The opposition in Libya made itself known during a football match in July in Tripoli by shouting slogans against the country’s leader Muammar al-Khadaffi. About 20 people…
Yearbook 1996 Liberia. Once again, the hope of peace in the glorified L. failed as fierce fighting broke out in the capital Monrovia in April. A peace agreement signed in…
Yearbook 1996 Lesotho. King Moshoeshoe II died in January in connection with a car accident and was replaced by his son Letsie III. The leader of the opposition party United…