This article is as was written by Oyetunji Abioye and published yesterday, May 22, 2011 by Punch, one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers.
Category: African countries
Ken and Sankara: Africa should demonstrate its Innocence
This is the last extract from the research, “UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: My Hands Are Clean”, as it relates to the role of local Africans in sustaining their own underdevelopments. The next extract to be (this) released at the public domain, though might have a different bearing on this argument is for the purpose of balancing […]
Nollywood, Example Of Feasible Local Initiatives And Self-Reliability Among Africans
This is an extract from the research, “UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: My Hands Are Clean”. Except for the footnotes and the images, this extract (Nollywood Film Industry (Nigeria) As An Example Of Feasible Local Initiatives And Self-Reliability Among Africans) is exactly the way it was presented in the research, (page 200). A sub-heading under the discussion: […]
Zimbabwe
Full Name Zimbabwe Capital Harare Form of Government Semi-Presidential System Date of Independence 18 April, 1980 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 390,757 km2 (60th) 150,871 sq mi Total Population (2007 estimate) 13,349,000 (68th) Time Zone CAT (UTC+2) Currency Zimbabwean Dollar GDP (Nominal, 2007 estimate) $4.723 billion GDP Per Capita $402 Human Development […]
Zambia
Full Name Republic of Zambia Capital Lusaka Form of Government Republic Date of Independence 24 October, 1954 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 752,618 km2 (39th)290,587 sq mi Total Population (2007 estimate) 11,668,000 (71st) Time Zone CAT (UTC+2) Currency Zambian Kwacha GDP (Nominal, 2007 estimate) $11.411 billion GDP Per Capita $938 Human Development […]
Uganda
Full Name Republic of Uganda Capital Kampala Form of Government Democratic Republic Date of Independence 9 October, 1962 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 236,040 km2 (81st)91,136 sq mi Total Population (2007 estimate) 30,900,000 (38th) Time Zone EAT (UTC+3) Currency Ugandan Shilling GDP (Nominal, 2007 estimate) $11.785 billion GDP Per Capita $381 Human […]
Tunisia
Full Name Tunisian Republic Capital Tunis Form of Government Republic Date of Independence 20 March, 1956 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 163,610 km2 (92nd)63,170 sq mi Total Population (2008 estimate) 10,327,800 (79th) Time Zone CET (UTC+1) Currency Tunisian Dinar GDP (Nominal, 2008 estimate) $41.768 billion GDP Per Capita $4,032 Human Development Index […]
Togo
Full Name Togolese Republic Capital Lomé Form of Government Republic Date of Independence 27 April, 1960 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 56,785 km2 (125th)21,925 sq mi Total Population (2006 estimate) 6,300,000 (100th) Time Zone GMT (UTC+0) Currency CFA Franc GDP (Nominal, 2007 estimate) $2.497 billion GDP Per Capita $386 Human Development Index […]
Chad
Full Name Republic of Chad Capital N’Djamena Form of Government Republic Date of Independence 11 August, 1960 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 1,284,000 km2 (21st)495,753 sq mi Total Population (2007 estimate) 10,780,600 (75th) Time Zone WAT (UTC+1) Currency CFA Franc GDP (Nominal, 2007 estimate) $6.965 billion GDP Per Capita $733 Human Development […]
Tanzania
Full Name United Republic of Tanzania Capital Dodoma Form of Government Republic Date of Independence 26 April, 1964 Date of Entry into the UN Total Area 945,203 km2 (27th)364,898 sq mi Total Population (2006 estimate) 40,000,000 (32nd) Time Zone EAT (UTC+3) Currency Tanzanian Shilling GDP (Nominal, 2007 estimate) $16.691 billion GDP Per Capita $428 Human […]