Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial reg

In 1970, QABOOS bin Said Al Said ousted his father and has ruled as s

After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost

First settled by the French in the early 17th century, the islands re

Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century

Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an

This desolate, mountainous island was named after a Dutch whaling cap

The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slav

Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Eur

Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (