Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern thir

Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet

International recognition of Macedonia's independence from Yugoslavia

Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences bet

Angola has begun to enjoy the fruits of peace since the end of a 27-y

In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert

Strategically important, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain by Spai

Much of this island was devastated and two-thirds of the population f

Since 1997, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC; formerly call