Zimbabwe is usually remembered for its longtime and long-time president, Robert Mugabe. He rose to power as a leader of a successful independence struggle as early as 1980. Prior to that, the country known as Southern Rhodesiana and later Rhodesiana had previously been the private property of British billionaire Cecil […]
Daily Archives: March 3, 2021
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Yearbook 2002 Zambia. According to Countryaah website, national day of Zambia is every October 24. Three out of ten losing candidates protested at the Supreme Court in January against the outcome of the December 200 presidential elections. The newly elected President Levy Mwanawasa declared that he would obviously resign if […]
Yearbook 2002 Yemen. According to Countryaah website, national day of Yemen is every November 30. US Vice President Dick Cheney visited the country in March. The United States received promises of cooperation in the hunt for the al-Qaeda terror network, which was considered to have a foothold in Yemen. The […]
Yearbook 2002 Western Sahara. The UN Security Council extended the mandate of the UN Force MINURSO several times. The latest decision is for February 2003. The 540 observers will check the ceasefire from 1991 and prepare for a referendum on V’s future. But the independence movement Polisario and Morocco remained […]
Yearbook 2002 Vietnam. According to Countryaah website, national day of Vietnam is every September 2. The Communist Party continued to hold a firm grip on Vietnamese politics, which became clear when new members of the country’s highest political body, Parliament Quôc hôi, were elected on May 19. No opposition parties […]
Yearbook 2002 Venezuela. A politically very troubled year began in April with a coup attempt against left-wing populist President Hugo Chávez. The already fierce political mood increased even more from October with almost daily mass demonstrations, roadblocks and crowds. According to Countryaah website, national day of Venezuela is every July […]
Yearbook 2002 Vatican City. During the year, the Vatican State tried in various ways to relate to the anger that a number of pedophile scandals within the Catholic Church, especially in the United States, have caused among the public. At the beginning of the year, the Vatican State decided that […]
Yearbook 2002 Vanuatu. In the May 2 election, the ruling party VP (Vanuaaku Pati) received 14 seats in parliament and the UMP (Union of Moderate Parties) 15. Although the opposition party became the largest, the parties agreed that Edward Natapei (VP) would remain as prime minister. According to Countryaah website, […]
Yearbook 2002 Uzbekistan. According to Countryaah website, national day of Uzbekistan is every September 1. Uzbekistan continued its cooperation with the United States in the fight against terrorism, which began after September 11 the year before. About 1,500 US soldiers were stationed at Khanabad military base in southern Uzbekistan. At […]
Yearbook 2002 Uruguay. According to Countryaah website, national day of Uruguay is every August 25. The economic recession of the last three years was further deepened during the year under the strong influence of the crisis in neighboring Argentina. Particularly hard hit was the tourism industry, which largely lives on […]
Yearbook 2002 USA. According to Countryaah website, national day of United States is every July 4. The war on terror declared by President George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 attacks dominated the agenda both domestic and international. In a speech to the nation in January, Bush warned of […]
Yearbook 2002 UK. A train accident at Potters Bar just north of London on May 10 claimed seven lives when a express train derailed and overturned. According to Countryaah website, national day of United Kingdom is every June 4. The accident was caused by a breach on the rail and […]
Yearbook 2002 United Arab Emirates. According to Countryaah website, national day of United Arab Emirates is every December 2. US Vice President Dick Cheney visited the United Arab Emirates in mid-March during a round trip aimed at supporting the fight against terror and an attack on Iraq. The visit came […]
Yearbook 2002 Ukraine. The March parliamentary elections were criticized by foreign observers, who testified about irregularities. However, the election was a success for former Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko, who was forced to resign after a vote of no confidence the year before. According to Countryaah website, national day of Ukraine […]
Yearbook 2002 Uganda. In March, large army reinforcements were sent to northern Uganda. According to Countryaah website, national day of Uganda is every October 9. The purpose of “Operation Iron Fist” was to crush the rebel movement Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which for 16 years fought the Ugandan regime with […]
Yearbook 2002 Tuvalu. In August, Parliament elected former finance minister Saufatu Sopoanga as new prime minister. The nomination was preceded by parliamentary elections where 9 of the 15 members were re-elected. According to Countryaah website, national day of Tuvalu is every October 1. The government is considering suing the United […]
Yearbook 2002 Turkmenistan. At the beginning of the year, the opposition’s political pressure against the regime continued. Turkmenistan’s ambassador to Turkey, Nurmuhammet Hanamov, stated that he stood on the opposition’s side, which led to his dismissal by President Nijazov. Shortly thereafter, the country’s former governor also joined the opposition, claiming […]
Yearbook 2002 Turkey. Turkey’s economic crisis characterized the year. In February, in exchange for continued economic reform, Turkey received a $ 16 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But the reform work stopped as a result of the growing political uncertainty in the spring. Prime Minister B邦lent Ecevit […]
Yearbook 2002 Tunisia. The first referendum in Tunisian history was held at the end of May. A total of 99.6% of voters approved proposed amendments to the constitution. According to Countryaah website, national day of Tunisia is every March 20. Most important was to abolish the limit on how many […]
Yearbook 2002 Trinidad and Tobago. According to Countryaah website, national day of Trinidad and Tobago is every August 31. Major turbulence characterized the policy in Trinidad and Tobago during the year. The run was a parliamentary election in December 2001 that ended in a deadlock between the country’s two major […]
Yearbook 2002 Tonga. In the March 7 elections, the Human Rights and Democracy Movement (HRDM) received five of the nine elected seats in Parliament. According to Countryaah website, national day of Tonga is every June 4. The rest of the 30 members are appointed by King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV and […]
Yearbook 2002 Togo. Several years of political contradictions escalated when a new electoral law, adopted at the beginning of the year, stated that electoral candidates must have lived in Togo continuously for the past twelve months. The law was considered tailor-made to exclude opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio, who lives in […]
Yearbook 2002 Thailand. After the big election victory in 2001, support for the dominant ruling party Thai straight Thai (‘Thais love Thais’) seemed to begin to decline. In the March elections in 14 constituencies, announced by the Electoral Commission due to irregularities in 2001, the party lost five of its […]
Yearbook 2002 Tanzania. According to Countryaah website, national day of Tanzania is every December 9. The UK held the equivalent of just over SEK 140 million. in aid since Tanzania decided to buy an air traffic controller system for SEK 400 million. The British aid authority felt that the purchase […]
Yearbook 2002 Tajikistan. During the year, Tajikistan became the last former Soviet Republic to join NATO’s Partnership for Peace program. From NATO, Tajikistan received praise for its prominent role in the US-led fight against terrorism, along the Afghan border. According to Countryaah website, national day of Tajikistan is every September […]
Yearbook 2002 Taiwan. In early 2002, after many years of efforts, the country became a formal member of the World Trade Organization despite protests from China, which regards Taiwan as a Chinese breakaway republic. Just a few weeks earlier, China itself had joined the WTO. In January, the country was […]
Yearbook 2002 Syria. According to Countryaah website, national day of Syria is every April 17. The government continued to imprison regime critics. At the end of August, three men were sentenced to prison for up to five years for demanding political reform during the thunderstorm that prevailed when new president […]
Yearbook 2002 Switzerland. It was a historic moment when the UN General Assembly in September adopted Switzerland as the UN’s 190th member state. According to Countryaah website, national day of Switzerland is every August 1. The Swiss finally felt that full participation in international cooperation outweighed strict neutrality. Just over […]
Foreign trade Sweden is heavily dependent on foreign trade. As the domestic market is small, a large foreign market is necessary in order to continue to produce highly developed goods and services. In addition, Sweden has large assets of important raw materials that are lacking in most European countries, which […]
Yearbook 2002 Suriname. The arrival of sixteen Dutch marines in June sparked speculation that former President and Suriname’s strong man Desi Bouterse would be forcibly brought to the Netherlands, where he is wanted for drug offenses and threatened by eleven years in prison. According to Countryaah website, national day of […]
Yearbook 2002 According to Countryaah website, national day of Sudan is every January 1. Sudan was put under strong foreign pressure to end almost two decades of civil war. The government and the SPLM guerrilla agreed in January on a ceasefire in the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan. An international […]
Yearbook 2002 Sri Lanka. According to Countryaah website, national day of Sri Lanka is every February 4. The new government of the United National Party (United National Party, UNP) quickly tried to implement the electoral promise of peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Norwegian diplomats were allowed […]
Yearbook 2002 Spain. According to Countryaah website, national day of Spain is every October 12. Basque separatism continued to create concern and instability in Spain. The Separatist movement ETA carried out a series of explosions in various parts of the country, not least during the first half of the year […]
Between the State of Mahdia and the Free State Congo The territories that today make up South Sudan were missing out on the Turkish-Egyptian occupation when Mahdi revolutionized today’s Sudan in 1881 and established an Islamic state there. The Turkish-Egyptian capital Khartoum fell in 1885. A year earlier, the conquest […]
Yearbook 2002 South Korea. According to Countryaah website, national day of South Korea is every August 15. The country’s president Kim Dae Jung had a difficult last year in power. Both his government, his party the New Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) and Kim personally saw the popularity decline in favor […]
Yearbook 2002 South Africa. In January, the government appointed a commission to investigate the dramatic currency exchange rate in 2001, when the rand lost 37% of its value. According to the government’s assessment, there was no economic logic behind the depreciation, and the general view was that the rand had […]
Yearbook 2002 Somalia. According to Countryaah website, national day of Somalia is every July 1. Somalia apparently continued toward total disintegration. In March, the Southwest Somali state was declared center in Baidoa and with warlord Hassan Mohamed Nur Shatigudud as “president”. Shortly thereafter, fierce fighting broke out between Shatigudud’s troops […]
Yearbook 2002 Solomon Islands. According to Countryaah website, national day of Solomon Islands is every July 7. The country was severely affected by unemployment, poverty and crime in the wake of the civil war. Despite the conclusion of the peace agreement at the end of 2000, large quantities of weapons […]
Yearbook 2002 Slovenia. During the year it became clear that Slovenia, as the first of the old Yugoslav republics, would become a member of both the EU and NATO in 2004. During the membership negotiations, Slovenia received particular praise for its already high degree of alignment with the EU, although […]
Yearbook 2002 Slovakia. According to Countryaah website, national day of Slovakia is every July 17. Unemployment was close to 20% during the year, which caused many Slovak youths to apply abroad. A series of financial scandals broke out in the spring, where hundreds of thousands of Slovaks lost money in […]
Yearbook 2002 Singapore. After the terrorist attacks against the United States in 2001, Singapore gave its support to the global campaign against terrorism. In early 2002, the government announced that 15 militant Muslims, 14 of whom were Singaporean citizens, had been arrested in accordance with the country’s strict security laws. […]
Yearbook 2002 Sierra Leone. After UNAMSIL disarmed the RUF (Revolutionary United Front) rebel movement and government-loyal militias, totaling about 47,000 men, the ten-year civil war was declared in January. According to Countryaah website, national day of Sierra Leone is every April 27. Sierra Leone signed an agreement with the UN […]
Yearbook 2002 Seychelles. In early autumn, parliamentary elections were announced until December 6, four months before the term of office expired. According to Countryaah website, national day of Seychelles is every June 29. The ruling Progressive People’s Front (Seychelles People’s Progressive Front, SPPF) won by 23 seats and just over […]
According to Countryaah website, national day of Serbia is every February 15. Although it was estimated that Yugoslavia’s economy grew by 5% in 2001, its scale was only half of what it was in 1989. The Paris Club – the club of rich western creditor countries – had looped $ […]
Yearbook 2002 Senegal. In the soccer World Cup in June, Senegal’s team, the lion from Teranga, had great success and reached the quarterfinals after beating Sweden. On September 27, the ferry Joola went down in severe weather as it was traveling from Ziguinchor in Casamance in the south to Dakar. […]
Yearbook 2002 Saudi Arabia. Crown Prince Abdullah, who has in effect ruled Saudi Arabia since 1995 when his half-brother King Fahd suffered a brain haemorrhage, launched a peace plan for the Middle East in February. In exchange for a return to the 1967 borders, Israel would be recognized. The Arab […]
Yearbook 2002 São Tomé and Príncipe. According to Countryaah website, national day of São Tomé and Príncipe is every July 12. The March elections gave a parliamentary deadlock. The Socialist Former Liberation Movement MLSTP/PSD received 24 seats, President Fradique de Meneze’s alliance MDFM/PCD 23 and Ue-Kedadji, with close ties to […]
Yearbook 2002 San Marino. Like other small tax havens, San Marino was subjected to ever-increasing pressure to ease banking secrecy and assist in the fight against tax evasion and other financial crime. According to Countryaah website, national day of San Marino is every September 3. The OECD identified the country […]
Yearbook 2002 Samoa. In June, Samoa celebrated the 40th anniversary of the country’s independence. According to Countryaah website, national day of Samoa is every June 1. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clark attended a ceremony in the capital, Apia, and made an official apology for abuses committed under New Zealand’s […]
Yearbook 2002 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. According to Countryaah website, national day of Saint Vincent and Grenadines is every October 27. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines deepened their cooperation during the year with other Eastern Caribbean countries. In March, the eastern Caribbean organization OECS decided that residents of the […]
Yearbook 2002 Saint Lucia. Integration between the countries of the Eastern Caribbean deepened during the year. According to Countryaah website, national day of Saint Lucia is every February 22. Saint Lucia, together with the other member states of the eastern Caribbean cooperative organization OECS, decided that a joint economic union […]