Category: Country Profiles

The Democratic Republic of Congo (or previously Congo-Kinshasa called by Countryaah website) has for the past two years been characterized by a contentious electoral process in 2011, and continued violence in the east of the country. Today, the situation is better than it was ten years ago, according to several political, economic and humanitarian indicators. Congo has not experienced a decline in gross domestic product per capita (GDP) since 2002. However, the country is still one of the world's poorest, despite its large wealth of resources. Congo spans a large area of ​​Central Africa and contains extensive rainforest and rich mineral deposits. The population of just over 70 million is composed of several ethnic and linguistic groups. The country has a long history of political mismanagement, poverty and armed conflicts…

Only once in 2009 did Angola reach the headlines in the world's media. It was during the African Cup of Football when the Togolese national team was shot on the border of the Angolan province of Cabinda. A successful event at new billion stadiums should create the impression of a peaceful and progressive country, but the attack prevented it. In the middle of the football tournament, the new constitution was also passed in a hurry. Apparently, it was FLEC's rebel movement that claimed responsibility for the attack. FLEC has demanded independence for the Cabinda enclave, but has little support in the general population, although the claim for greater autonomy for Cabinda is probably supported by the majority in the small but oil-rich province. Despite the emergence in Cabinda - which…

It is now over ten years since Liberal Abdoulaye Wade won the Senegalese presidential election after 40 years of socialist rule. Today, the everyday lives of an increasing number of Senegalese are characterized by difficulties in making ends meet. The 84-year-old president's efforts to get the country's economy under control are little noticed by most people. Abdoulaye Wade has ruled Senegal since he won the presidential election after the second round of elections in March 2000. This victory - l'alternance ("the change") - marked the end of the Socialist Party's 40-year run. All over the world, the election result and the peaceful takeover of power, which came to be mentioned as a definitive proof of the functioning of Senegalese democracy, and at home, a future of optimism that had not…