Entebbe International Airport (IATA: EBB, ICAO: HUEN) is the only international airport in Uganda.It is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of the town of Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. This is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) by road south-west of the central business district of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. ...

On 14 October 2017, two truck bombings took place in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, killing at least 587 people and injuring 316 others. Almost all of the casualties were caused by one of the trucks, which detonated when the driver, while attempting to escape from security officials, crashed through a barrier and exploded in the Hodan District, destroying a hotel.

The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. 'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent.It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and citizens of south Mogadishu.

Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia, by an American force code-named Task Force Ranger during the Somali Civil War in 1993. The primary objective of the operation was to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a Somalia clan leader who was wanted by the Unified Task Force in response to his attacks against United Nations troops.

The cakewalk was a dance developed from the "prize walks" (dance contests with a cake awarded as the prize) held in the mid-19th century, generally at get-togethers on Black slave plantations before and after emancipation in the Southern United States.Alternative names for the original form of the dance were "chalkline-walk", and the "walk-around". It was originally a …

Ethnic violence in South Sudan has a long history among South Sudan's varied ethnic groups.South Sudan has 64 tribes with the largest being the Dinkas, who constitute about 35% of the population and predominate in government. The second largest are the Nuers.Conflict is often aggravated among nomadic groups over the issue of cattle and grazing land and is part of the …

Vikings is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe. They also voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, Volga Bulgaria, the Middle East, and North America.In some of the countries they …

Sommaire déplacer vers la barre latérale masquer Début 1 Géographie Afficher / masquer la sous-section Géographie 1.1 Localisation 1.2 Topographie 1.3 Hydrographie 1.4 Géologie et relief 1.5 Climat 1.6 Risques naturels 2 Démographie Afficher / masquer la sous-section Démographie 2.1 Avant la conquête coloniale 2.2 Période coloniale 2.3 Période 2004-2008 3 Toponymie 4 …

The 2019–2022 Sudanese protests are street protests in Sudan which began in mid-September 2019, during Sudan's transition to democracy, about issues which included the nomination of a new Chief Justice and Attorney General, the killing of civilians by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the toxic effects of cyanide and mercury from gold mining in Northern state and South …

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations Security Council.It was mandated to support transitional governmental structures, implement a national security plan, train the Somali security forces, and to assist in creating a secure environment for the delivery of humanitarian …

Art, architecture, and archaeology Architecture and archaeology. 7 World Trade Center – 55 Wall Street – Acra (fortress) – Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House – Angkor Wat – Barkhale Camp – Belton House – Benty Grange helmet – Biblioteca Marciana – Blakeney Chapel – Bodiam Castle – Borobudur – Bramall Hall – Bramshill House – Brougham Castle – Bruce Castle ...

Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.It was formed in 1936 through the merger of Italian Somalia, Italian Eritrea, and the newly occupied Ethiopian Empire, conquered in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.. Italian East Africa was divided into six governorates.Eritrea and Somalia, Italian possessions since the 1880s, …

Casablanca (/ k a. z a. b l ɑ̃. k a /, en espagnol : / k a s a ˈ β l a ŋ k a /; en amazighe: ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ [5], en arabe: الدار البيضاء [6], ad-Dār al-Bayḍā’, / a d ˈ d a ː r u ɫ b a j d ˤ a ː ʔ /) est une ville située au centre-ouest du Maroc.Capitale économique du pays. Et aussi la capitale de la région de Casablanca-Settat [7], [8] et plus ...

The following is an incomplete list of doping cases and recurring accusations of doping in professional cycling, where doping means "use of physiological substances or abnormal method to obtain an artificial increase of performance." It is neither a list of shame nor a list of illegality, as the first laws were not passed until 1965 and their implementation is an ongoing developing …