Physical Map Democratic Republic Congo
Africa
Kenya held successful multiparty general elections on December 27, 2002; election observers concluded the polling broadly reflected the popular will and was free and fair. For the first time since independence in 1963, the Kenya African National Union (KANU) lost the presidency and the majority of seats in Parliament. The National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), a grouping of opposition political parties and former KANU leaders, swept the presidential and parliamentary results. Torture continues to be a problem in Kenya. While the Constitution prohibits such acts, security forces continued during recent years to use torture and physical violence during interrogation and to punish both pretrial detainees and convicted prisoners. The Embassy provided a $1.4 million three-year grant to the U.S. International University to develop a training program and a comprehensive service-support system program for trauma and torture victims. USAID also a ... [Read More]
Dominican Republic, 1-100
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Synopsis of Public-Private Partnerships
The HALO Trust, an American and British “not for profit” charity, specializes in the removal of landmines and unexploded ordnance from post-conflict zones. Since it began humanitarian demining in Afghanistan in 1988, it has destroyed over one million explosive items. HALO is currently conducting humanitarian demining in Afghanistan, Abkhazia (Georgia), Angola, Cambodia, Eritrea, Mozambique, Nagorno-Karabakh, Somaliland and Sri Lanka. HALO has also conducted surveys and limited clearance in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chechnya (now suspended), Ethiopia, Laos, Sudan and Vietnam. Its operations have already saved lives and enabled other agencies to safely render aid. To learn more, telephone Nigel Robinson, Vice President, at HALO Trust's New York City office at (212) 581-0099; email HALO.USA@VERIZON.NET; fax (212) 581-2029; or visit WWW.HALOUSA.ORG.The National Com ... [Read More]
Reliable Supplies of Energy for a Growing World Economy
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US Department Of State Post Report
Sudan, a vast, sun-baked land, gained independence in 1956, following the end of the Anglo-Egyptian condominium. It is the largest country in all Africa, stretching almost one million square miles. Superimposed over a map of the U.S., Sudan would reach from the Canadian border to Houston, and from eastern Utah to St. Louis. To the north are the Libyan and Nubian Deserts. In mid-country, a band of rocky semi-desert reaches from the Chad border eastward to encompass the range of arid mountains along the Red Sea coast and the Ethiopian border. The southern half consists of savanna and swampland grading into semitropical forests along the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda borders. Although arable, fertile land is available (37 %), but little (1.5 %) is cultivated because of inadequate irrigation. In the past, the U.S. was involved in many projects to improve water usage and agricultural methods through the U.S. Agency for International Develo ... [Read More]
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