Somaliland is an ancien part of Somalia, a country located in the Horn of Africa. Its population is very poor and the State of Somaliland is not recognized by the international community. However, the new country succeeded to build a stable environment for the development of its population, despite the lack of aid from UN…
Tourism continues its momentum in 2017. For 8 years, the growth of the sector is uninterrupted. In 2017, it was +7%, with 1.323 billion tourists and more than 1600 billion dollars in revenue (+5%). International tourist arrivals increased by 84 million in 2017. The increase in 2017 was the strongest since 2010, with Europe and…
Paraguay has just exceeded 7 million people for the first time in its history. Small country stuck between the giants in the heart of South America, it remains very poor overall. Its natural resources are few, and agriculture remains one of the main drivers of a poorly diversified economy and in the hands of a…
Australia is a very large island-continent, but it is practically empty. Indeed, with barely more than 3 inhabitants per km2, it is mostly desert. The country’s population growth remains very strong, at +1.6% per year, mainly due to immigration. The population is concentrated in a few large cities, all located on the coast. Sydney has…
Today we are celebrating the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela. The “Mandela Day”. Mandela will always embody the struggle against oppression, resistance, in the face of this ruthless machine to crush lives that are human stupidity, racism, apartheid, xenophobia.
Canada has just passed the 37 million mark. Its population growth has improved slightly over the past year, rising to + 1.38% per year. All provinces and territories increased, with the exception of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the easternmost part of the country. Very high immigration is the main component of this growth, at 85%…
The two leaders of North Korea and South Korea met Friday, April 27. Kim Jong-un, for the north, and Moon Jae-in, for the south, have found themselves for an unprecedented summit at the border between the two countries. Recall that they are technically still at war, and that so far only an armistice was signed…
Swaziland has just decided to change its name on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its independence. It will henceforth be called eSwatini, from its former pre-colonial name, which means “Swazi country”, in Swati language. eSwatini country facts
Just a few years after having crossed the threshold of 500 000 inhabitants (2010), Luxembourg has just crossed a new important demographic threshold. As of January 1, 2018, there were 602,005 inhabitants in the country, an annual increase of +1.92%. Immigration is the major source of this increase, the country welcoming more and more foreigners,…
A page has turned in Cuba. The country has just appointed a new president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, 58, replacing his predecessor Raúl Castro, 86, former brother of the famous Fidel Castro. The Castro brothers had been in power since the 1959 Revolution, which dislodged the bloody dictator Fulgencio Batista, the latter being supported by the United…
