(Encyclopedia) NdjamenaNdjamenaənjäˈmānä [key], formerly Fort-LamyFort-Lamyfôr-lämēˈ [key], city (1993 urban pop. 213,342), capital of Chad and of Chari-Baguirmi prefecture, SW Chad. It is a port on…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Foreign Relations FOREIGN RELATIONSTuvalu maintains an independent but generally pro-Western foreign policy. It maintains close relations with…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: Foreign Relations FOREIGN RELATIONSFollowing independence in 1968, Nauru joined the Commonwealth as a Special Member. Special Members take part…
(Encyclopedia) Eboué, Félix AdolpheEboué, Félix Adolphefālēksˈ ädôlfˈ ĕbwāˈ [key], 1884–1944, French colonial official. After service in Martinique and in the Sudan, he became France's first black…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense U.S.-Cameroonian Relations PEOPLECameroon's estimated 250 ethnic groups form…
(Encyclopedia) Alphonsus Liguori, SaintAlphonsus Liguori, Saintălfŏnˈsəs lĭgwôˈrē [key], 1696–1787, Italian churchman, Doctor of the Church. He was named Alfonso Maria de' Liguori. In 1732 he founded…
(Encyclopedia) Albertus Magnus, SaintAlbertus Magnus, Saintălbûrˈtəs măgˈnəs [key], or Saint Albert the Great, b. 1193 or 1206, d. 1280, scholastic philosopher, Doctor of the Church, called the…