Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa

<p>This invaluable <em>Dictionary</em> provides an essential guide to the politics and economics of the African continent. Each individual entry provides clear and concise information and entries are fully cross-referenced to enhance the book's usability. Organizations listed include contact details wherever possible.</p><p><strong>Key features</strong>* Provides authoritative up-to-date information on a region that is changing fast and for which reliable data is often hard to locate<br>* Each country's recent history and economy are described and analyzed in separate essays.</p><p><strong>Entries include:</strong> <br>Apartheid Central African Republic Christianity Colonialism Development Aid Genocide Great Lakes International Monetary Fund Languages Nelson Mandela Mining Tobacco Uganda.</p><p><strong>Countries covered in this voume include:</strong> <br>Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Spanish North Africa (Ceuta and Melilla) Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia and Zimbabwe.</p>