Uganda 2016
Yearbook 2016 Uganda. The current population of Uganda is 45,741,018. Presidential elections were held in February, but even though eight candidates ran, few doubted that anyone other than Yoweri Museveni,…
Yearbook 2016 Uganda. The current population of Uganda is 45,741,018. Presidential elections were held in February, but even though eight candidates ran, few doubted that anyone other than Yoweri Museveni,…
Yearbook 2016 Tuvalu. In May, Apisai Ielemia, Prime Minister 2006-10 and Member of Parliament since 2010, was sentenced to twelve months in prison for, among other things, corruption during his…
Yearbook 2016 Turkmenistan. In January, Moscow halted its purchases of Turkmenistan gas, a severe blow to Turkmenistan’s economy. The country lost its main source of foreign currency income and exports,…
The politics of Turkey take place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Turkey is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is…
Yearbook 2016 Tunisia. In connection with the fifth anniversary of the popular revolt that overthrew President Ben Ali in January 2011, unrest erupted in the city of al-Qasrayn. These later…
Yearbook 2016 Trinidad and Tobago. In November, local elections were held, just over a year after the last parliamentary election. Although the ruling party People’s National Movement (PNM) won the…
Yearbook 2016 Tonga. In January, the Supreme Court sentenced the Minister of Tourism, Etuate Lavulavu, for bribery. The current population of Tonga is 105,706. During a 2014 election campaign, Lavulavu…
Yearbook 2016 Togo. The current population of Togo is 8,278,735. The Togo government was criticized during the year by the opposition for failing to fulfill its pledge to hold local…
Yearbook 2016 Thailand. The current population of Thailand is 69,799,989. The number of prosecutions and lawsuits against people who have committed crimes against Thailand’s hard data and majesty laws has…
Yearbook 2016 Tanzania. The current population of Tanzania is 59,734,229. The country’s new president John Magufuli went on the offensive against widespread corruption. In January, he dismissed several executives in…
Yearbook 2016 Tajikistan. Authoritarian President Emomali Rachmon strengthened his power during the year. The government proposed in January that Rachmon should be able to run for an unlimited number of…
Yearbook 2016 Taiwan. The current population of Taiwan is 23,816,786. The country got its first female head of state during the year since Tsai Ingwen won the January presidential election.…
Yearbook 2016 Syria. New approaches were made during the year to try to end the bloody civil war that has been going on for almost five years. After several delays,…
Yearbook 2016 Switzerland. The current population of Switzerland is 8,654,633. The right-wing populist Swiss People’s Party (SVP) suffered a setback when 59% of voters in a referendum voted down a…
Karl Johan time Karl XIVThe Johan government (1818–44) initiated a long period of peaceful progress. Population growth, which began as early as the 18th century, was now taking off seriously.…
Yearbook 2016 Suriname. The current population of Suriname is 586,643. President Dési Bouterse, who is accused of being involved in disappearances and executions of political opponents under the military dictatorship…
Yearbook 2016 Sudan. The current population of Sudan is 43,849,271. Sudan and its president Omar al-Bashir continued to be involved in a power struggle with the International Criminal Court (ICC).…
Yearbook 2016 Sri Lanka. In January, the current population of Sri Lanka is 21,413,260. President Maithripala Sirisena announced that the internally displaced persons, up to 100,000, who were driven from…
Spain is a parliamentary democracy based on a constitutional monarchy. The King of Spain is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of the government. The…
Release Game South Sudan participated in the Sudanese struggle for independence from British colonial rule, which was just as largely driven in the north. A new Anglo-Egyptian agreement in 1953…
Yearbook 2016 South Korea. After North Korea tested a nuclear weapon and launched a long-range rocket, South Korea decided in February to close operations at the Kaesong Joint Industrial Zone.…
Yearbook 2016 South Africa. The year was dominated by a political tug of war between President Jacob Zuma and his critics, who wanted to get him dismissed with charges of…
Yearbook 2016 Somalia. The current population of Somalia is 15,893,233. The fight against the militant Islamist movement al-Shabab continued during the year. One of the most notable attacks the militia…
Yearbook 2016 Solomon Islands. During the year, a new law came into force that can provide up to three years in prison for violence in close relationships. It can also…
Yearbook 2016 Slovenia. In January, London-based magazine The Banker Dušan Mramor named Europe’s best finance minister for his way of successfully stabilizing the economy and leading Slovenia from a deep…
Yearbook 2016 Slovakia. The current population of Slovakia is 5,459,653. The government continued its fight against the EU’s plans for quoting asylum seekers among the member states. Prime Minister Robert…
Yearbook 2016 Singapore. In May, Singapore’s Central Bank (MAS) closed the Swiss bank BSI following disclosures about suspected money laundering linked to neighboring Malaysia’s state fund 1MDB, founded by Malaysian…
Yearbook 2016 Sierra Leone. In January, a woman died of Ebola fever, the disease that hit Sierra Leone so badly during 2014-15. However, the death was not the beginning of…
Yearbook 2016 Seychelles. In April, a constitutional amendment was approved in a vote in Parliament. The current population of Seychelles is 98,358. The proposal, created on the initiative of President…
Yearbook 2016 Serbia. In March, the UN General Court in The Hague freed the leader of the radical nationalist party Radical Party (SRS), Vojislav Šešelj, from prosecution for war crimes…
Yearbook 2016 Senegal. In January, more than 900 people were arrested and interrogated after hotels in Burkina Faso and Mali were attacked by Islamist terrorists. The current population of Senegal…
Yearbook 2016 Saudi Arabia. On January 2, 47 people were executed in twelve locations around Saudi Arabia, triggering protests both in the country and abroad. Particularly sharp criticism came from…
Yearbook 2016 São Tomé and Principe. In the July presidential election, Manuel Pinto da Costa was challenged by four opposition candidates, including former Prime Minister Evaristo Carvalho. The current population…
Yearbook 2016 San Marino. Split within the government coalition led to the announcement of new elections one year in advance. The current population of San Marino is 33,942. New partial…
Yearbook 2016 Samoa. Ahead of the March parliamentary elections, there was a fierce debate about the electoral law’s requirement that every candidate must be a so-called matai, head of family…
Yearbook 2016 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In January, a fire destroyed a building adjacent to the government building. According to opposition leader Arnhim Eustace, there was evidence among the…
Yearbook 2016 Saint Lucia. In June elections were held for Parliament. The current population of Saint Lucia is 183,638. The distribution of seats was the reverse compared to after the…
Yearbook 2016 Saint Christopher and Nevis. In January, Health Minister Eugene Hamilton said the government’s top priority was to create a national health insurance program. He emphasized Taiwan’s system as…
Yearbook 2016 Rwanda. The current population of Rwanda is 12,952,229. Rwanda President Paul Kagame was preparing to continue in power. Despite criticism from the European Union, the United States and…
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