Stay informed with our collection of 48 Country Profiles for 2025! Packed with essential data on social and economic information, along with the levels of trust in media, and detailed audiovisual ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 31 December 2024 Situated at the strategically important crossroads where Europe meets Asia. Over the centuries, Georgia was the object of ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 19 July 2023 Sao Tome and Principe, once a leading cocoa producer, consists of two islands of volcanic origin and a number of smaller ...

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On Christmas Day, thousands of couples and families wander through the various exhibits at Abu Dhabi’s Louvre. Among the priceless items on display is a vase designed by Keith Haring and impressionist ...

When concerns about the sustainability of oil income emerged in the late 1960s, the government in Manama began to diversify the country’s economy, stealing the crown from Lebanon as the Middle East’s ...

Obiora Ikoku surveys the lead up to the failed November 2023 coup attempt in the West African country. 64.8% of the country’s population lives in poverty while a tiny elite own much of the national ...

A country of extremes, landlocked Bolivia is the highest and most isolated country in South America. It has the largest proportion of indigenous people, who make up around two-thirds of the population ...

Venezuela is one of the most highly-urbanised countries in Latin America. It has some of the world's largest proven oil deposits as well as huge quantities of coal, iron ore, bauxite and gold. It has ...