61. IRIN News - Equatorial Guinea News on relief, development, social, economic and political affairs, by the Integrated regional Information Network (IRIN) of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry

62. Guinea-Bissau Provides country brief and profile, Millennium Development Goals and regional Integration Assistance Strategy along with news, projects and total IDA credits. http://www.worldbank.org/gw

var templatePathPrefix = "http://siteresources.worldbank.org/"; Home Site Map Index FAQs ... Topics Search Guinea-Bis All Home Countries Africa Guinea-Bissau Overview Related Links Contacts Resources For Procurement/Tender E-Subscription Client Connection Guinea-Bissau As of  January 2005 , the World Bank had approved 30 credits for Guinea-Bissau for a total amount of about US$309.8 million. The World Bank currently finances eight projects in Guinea-Bissau with a total commitment value of US$66 million and US$40.4 million in undisbursed funds.  Active projects are in the following areas:   Education   Energy and mining   Health and other social services   Industry and trade   Law and justice and public administration   Transportation   Water, sanitation and flood For more information on how the World Bank is supporting Guinea-Bissau, please refer to the  Country Brief News Dec 16, 2004 Guinea-Bissau: World Bank Maintains Support For Health Sector (Press Release) Nov 09, 2004 Guinea-Bissau Receives Assistance for Coastal and Biodiversity Management Project (Press Release) Jun 08, 2004 Guinea-Bissau: The World Bank Funds The Fight Against Hiv/Aids In Guinea-Bissau (Press Release) Feb 07, 2003

63. Guinea Coast, 1600-1800 A.D. | Timeline Of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum Memorial Head Ghana; Akan, Twifo region, Hemang city 17th century Theextended southward movement of Mande peoples into the guinea coast region forces http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/09/sfg/ht09sfg.htm

See also Central Africa Eastern Africa Southern Africa , and Western and Central Sudan Southward Mande migration and the Muslim revolution in the Futa Jallon push populations from the southwestern Sudan into the upper Guinea coast (modern Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the coast of present-day Guinea). These migrations lead to the diffusion of systems of belief and aesthetic motifs. Prospering from the trans-Saharan gold trade , the Akan kingdoms (in modern Ghana) compete for regional dominance. The kingdom of Asante , under ruler Osei Tutu, prevails and promotes the growth and dissemination of courtly arts. In what is now western Nigeria, the Yoruba state of Oyo employs its formidable cavalry to gain economic hegemony over its neighbors, including the nascent kingdom of Dahomey to the west. Finally, the kingdom of Benin suffers a nearly century-long period of political turmoil and economic depression, but reemerges in the eighteenth century as an important trading power and center of artistic production. First-hand accounts by Dutch travelers to the court of Benin provide information about its urban architecture and royal sculpture at this time. The palace is composed of rectilinear wood buildings crowned with thatched roofs decorated with cast-brass pythons and birds. Inside, wooden pillars and beams are covered with cast-brass plaques depicting court ceremonies and battles.

64. Guinea Provides country brief and profile, Millennium Development Goals and regional Integration Assistance Strategy along with news, projects and total IDA credits. http://www.worldbank.org/gn

var templatePathPrefix = "http://siteresources.worldbank.org/"; Home Site Map Index FAQs ... Topics Search Guinea All Home Countries Africa Guinea Overview Public Information Center Related Links Contacts Resources For Procurement/Tender E-Subscription Client Connection Guinea The World Bank is helping to fight poverty and improve living standards for the people of Guinea.  As of January 2005, the World Bank had approved 66 loans, credits and grants for Guinea for a total of approximately US$ 1.43 billion The commitment value of 12 ongoing IDA/IBRD-financed operations is about US$215.7 million with an undisbursed balance of about US$ 145 million.   Twelve active operations are in the following areas:    Agriculture, fishing, and forestry     Finance    Education    Energy and mining    Health and social services    Industry and trade    Information and communications    Law and justice and public administration    Transportation    Water sanitation and flood protection Please see  the Overview for more information about the role of the World Bank in Guinea.

65. Guinea Coast, 500-1000 A.D. | Timeline Of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum The Timeline of Art history is a chronological, geographical, and thematicexploration of The presence of copper, which is not indigenous to the region, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/06/sfg/ht06sfg.htm

See also Eastern and Southern Africa and Western Sudan Among the rich artistic traditions of the Guinea coast, we focus here on ancient Ife (also known as Ile-Ife), the cradle of contemporary Yoruba culture. Situated in the West African forest, Ife was the center of a trading network that capitalized on its accessibility from the Niger and several smaller rivers, from the West African coast, and from the savanna country to the north. Stone monoliths are characteristic of early Ife art, while in the latter half of the first millennium A.D. distinct styles of finely modeled terracotta representations and works in cast metal were developed and refined. This period is also significant for the emergence of lost-wax casting. While the smelting of metallic ores dates to the first millennium B.C., and by about 1000 A.D. iron and copper smelting techniques had spread throughout the continent, the complex technique of lost-wax casting began to be practiced only in the tenth century. This method of producing exquisitely refined brass works was first employed along the Guinea coast at Igbo-Ukwu, a region populated by Igbo peoples. Ife During what is known as Ife's Pre-Pavement period , human and animal figures in stone and terracotta become more common, and are depicted with increasing naturalism.

66. Equatorial Guinea Provides country brief and profile, Millennium Development Goals and regional Integration Assistance Strategy along with news, projects and total IDA credits. http://www.worldbank.org/gq

var templatePathPrefix = "http://siteresources.worldbank.org/"; Home Site Map Index FAQs ... Topics Search Eq. Guinea All Home Countries Africa Equatorial Guinea Overview Related Links Contacts Resources For Procurement/Tender E-Subscription Client Connection Equatorial Guinea The World Bank is helping to fight poverty and improve living standards for the people of Equatorial Guinea.  As of January 2005, the World Bank had approved ten IDA credits for Equatorial Guinea which totaled approximately US$49.03 million. There were no active projects or disbursements as of this date.  Previous projects have impacted the following sectors:    Agriculture    Law, justice, and public administration    Health and social services    Energy and mining    Transportation. For more information about previous projects supported by the World Bank in Equatorial Guinea, visit  All Projects News Feb 06, 2003 Africa: World Bank Presents a Regional Integration Assistance Strategy for the Central African Economic and Monetary Union (Press Release) Dec 14, 2001 Riverblindness Partners Pledge $39 Million To Eliminate Disease In All Of Africa By 2010 (Press Release) Jul 02, 1998

67. Guinea: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com history. Early history. The northeastern plains of presentday guinea Fighting erupted between ethnic groups in the Forest Region (SE guinea) in http://www.answers.com/topic/guinea

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Geography Dialing Code Stats Wikipedia Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Guinea Dictionary Guin·ea gÄ­n A country of western Africa on the Atlantic Ocean. Inhabited by Fulani, Malinke, and Susu peoples, parts of present-day Guinea belonged to the medieval kingdom of Ghana and later to the Mali Empire. Explored by the Portuguese in the 15th century, it came under French control in the 19th century, becoming a French colony in 1893 and a part of French West Africa in 1895. Guinea gained its independence in 1958. Conakry is the capital and the largest city. Population: 9,240,000 . var tcdacmd="cc=edu;dt"; Encyclopedia Guinea gÄ­n ), Fr. Guin©e, officially Republic of Guinea, republic (1995 est. pop. 6,549,000), 94,925 sq mi (245,856 sq km), W Africa. It is bounded on the north by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali; on the east by the C´te d'Ivoire; on the south by Sierra Leone and Liberia; and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Conakry is the capital and chief city. The country is divided into 33 administrative regions.

68. Coombsweb: National Institute For Asia And The Pacific Server The portal for several electronic journals and regional virtual libraries about Indonesia, New guinea, Vietnam, and other South East Asian countries. The virtual libraries include photos, sound, videos, articles, and bibliographies. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/

THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY National Institute for Asia and the Pacific Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Canberra ACT 0200, Australia 11 Years+ online. 47,040,000 page views since this site was launched in January 1994. The Coombsweb 'The pioneer site for Asia-Pacific research and electronic publishing.' The home of ASWWWVL with Google rank among the asian studies pages world-wide (Sep 2005). The home of PSWWWVL with Google rank among the pacific studies pages world-wide (Sep 2005). At the time of its launch (25 Jan 1994) Coombsweb was the nd WWW site at the ANU , the th site in Australia and the th site in the world. Currently the Internet comprises over 70 million Web servers. Edited by Dr T.Matthew Ciolek Welcome to the Coombsweb Site est. 25 Jan 1994. Last updated: 16 Sep 2005. The Coombsweb is the world's oldest and most prominent Asian Studies online research facility. Its Web pages are designed for transmission speed, not fancy looks. Search Tools E-Journals Online Research Facilities Scholarly Mailing Lists ... Asian Studies Association of Australia Search Tools Search the ANU ANU Web Phone List Staff Email Student Email Search the GOOGLE search engine Search WWW Search Coombsweb site Search Asian Studies Search Engines [over 90 databases.]

69. Guinea History & Guinea Culture | IExplore guinea history Modern guinea was part of the Mali empire, which espoused Islamand dominated the region between the seventh and 15th centuries. http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Guinea/History

FORBES' #1 ADVENTURE TRAVEL SITE 5 YEARS IN A ROW TIME MAGAZINE TOP 50 Keyword Search: Home Trip Finder Travel Guides Community ... My iExplore advertisement Home Travel Guides Africa Guinea History E-mail this page Guinea Travel Guide View Trips to Guinea Browse Guinea Photos Read Guinea Journals Guinea Questions and Answers Find a Guinea Travel Buddy Africa Overview Overview Tours Where to Go Activities ... Shopping Guinea History Sponsored Listings Add your listing adsonar_pid=3019;adsonar_ps=370666;adsonar_zw=540;adsonar_zh=220;adsonar_jv='ads.adsonar.com'; Modern Guinea was part of the Mali empire, which espoused Islam and dominated the region between the seventh and 15th centuries. Portuguese explorers arrived in the region during the mid-15th century and over the next 300 years they, the British and the French made Guinea the center of a major slave trade. After the departure of the French, political power was assumed by the (since renamed the Government Under the terms of the Constitution of 23 December 1991, the President of the Republic, who holds executive power, is elected for five years. Under amendments made in November 2001, the term has been increased to seven years. The 114-member unicameral National Assembly, which holds legislative power, serves a five-year term.

70. West Africa Force Bids To Prevent Regional Conflict CNN http://cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/02/14/guinea.conflict.reut/index.html

71. Guinea (08/05) The coastal region of guinea and most of the inland have a tropical climate history The area occupied by guinea today was included in several large West http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2824.htm

Bureau of Public Affairs Electronic Information and Publications Office Background Notes Bureau of African Affairs August 2005 Background Note: Guinea PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Guinea Geography Area: 245,860 sq. km. (95,000 sq. mi.), about the size of Oregon. Cities: Capital Conakry. Other cities Guéckédou, Boké, Kindia, N'Zérékoré, Macenta, Mamou, Kankan, Faranah, Siguiri, Dalaba, Labe, Pita, Kamsar. Terrain: Generally flat along the coast and mountainous in the interior. The country's four geographic regions include a narrow coastal belt; pastoral highlands (the source of West Africa's major rivers); the northern savanna; and the southeastern rain forest. Climate: Tropical. People Nationality: Noun and adjective Guinean(s). Population (2002 census): 8,444,559, including refugees and foreign residents. Refugee population (June 2002 est.): 180,000-200,000 Liberians and Sierra Leoneans. Population of Conakry: 2 million. Population of largest prefecturesGuéckédou (487,017), Boké (366,915), Kindia (361,117), N'Zérékoré (328,347), Macenta (365,559). Annual growth rate (2002 census): 3.5%.

72. GlobalEDGE (TM) | Country Insights - History Of Equatorial Guinea Information on the overview of the country, its history, economy, The firstinhabitants of the region that is now Equatorial guinea are believed to have http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/CountryHistory.asp?CountryID=189&RegionID=5

73. Guinea UN article on the Forest Region of Southeast guinea which has played host to waves of history West Africa s Tangled War A human catastrophe in guinea, http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/guinea.htm

Advertise here One World - Nations Online the countries of the world Home Continents Africa Guinea keywords: Guinea information, Guinea news papers, tourist information for Guinea, Guinea map Note: External links will open in a new browser window. Official Sites Map News Culture ... Additional Links Guinea Country Profile Flag of Guinea Background: Independent from France since 1958, Guinea did not hold democratic elections until 1993 when Gen. Lansana CONTE (head of the military government) was elected president of the civilian government. He was reelected in 1998. Unrest in Sierra Leone has spilled over into Guinea, threatening stability and creating a humanitarian emergency. Guinea possesses major mineral, hydropower, and agricultural resources, yet remains an underdeveloped nation. The country possesses over 30% of the world's bauxite reserves and is the second largest bauxite producer. Long-run improvements in government fiscal arrangements, literacy, and the legal framework are needed if the country is to move out of poverty. . (Source: CIA - The World Factbook) border countries: Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Senegal ... Sierra Leone related countries: France Official Name: Republic of Guinea conventional short form: Guinea local short form: Guinee former: French Guinea local long form: Republique de Guinee ISO Country Code gn Actual Time: Thu-Sept-22 06:27 Local Time = UTC Capital City: Conakry (pop. 1.5 million).

74. The History Guy: New And Recent Conflicts Of The World The organization s goal is independence for the Basque region of northern Neighboring Senegal and guineaConakry sent troops to aid the government. http://www.historyguy.com/new_and_recent_conflicts.html

New and Recent Conflicts of the World Home Military History Historical Personalitie What's New ... Site Map The world is a violent place, and for various political, economic, religious and other reasons, wars and conflicts often erupt. The purpose of this web page is to chronicle these conflicts and attempt to explain why they occur and what may result from them. This page contains four current sections and one section not yet completed. The current sections are: Recently concluded or suspended wars and conflicts Major Acts of Terrorism More detail to be added as time allows Alphabetical listing. q Afghan War q Al-Aqsa Intifada (Israeli-Palestinian Conflict) (high-risk to become a regional war) q Algerian Civil War q Basque Separatist Conflict q Burma (Myanmar) Civil War Military operations near border areas have brought both rebels and the Burmese government into occasional conflict with neighboring Thailand. q Burundi Civil War The rebels use neighboring Congo as a base to launch attacks, thereby giving the Burundi government reason to involve itself in the Second Congolese War q Colombian Civil War The United States is providing military and logistical support to the government.

75. Oceania Football Confederation In addition, under the deal brokered with the Auckland regional Council, At the OFC congress in Papua New guinea, Australia s Sir Arthur George is http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=23

76. Senegal | Catholic Relief Services history Located in western Africa, Senegal is a flat, semiarid country, In addition to food security, CRS has also taken a regional approach to http://www.crs.org/our_work/where_we_work/overseas/africa/senegal/index.cfm

new COOLjsMenu("menu1", MENU_ITEMS_POSITIONING1) PRINT PAGE E-MAIL PAGE Home Our Work Where We Work Overseas ... Senegal In collaboration with its local partners, Catholic Relief Services' activities in Senegal aim to improve the lives of the nation's poor, help restore and preserve their dignity, and help them realize their full potential. CRS' programs and activities in food security, natural resource management, local institutional development, training, income generation, Peacebuilding, and rehabilitation are contributing to creating and enabling a sustainable environment for development. As a result of these activities, some of Senegal's poor and marginalized now have the opportunity to live in dignity and have hope for a better future. Our Work At A Glance While CRS/Senegal's programs are concentrated in four key areas: Health, Microfinance, Agriculture, and Justice and Peace, the Senegal office occasionally responds to emergencies in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea. Examples of emergency activities include: Because of CRS and its local partners' work, some of Senegal’s poor and marginalized now have the opportunity to live in dignity and have hope for a better future.

77. History JT Woods publishes history of Discovery and Exploration of Australia in two volumes . 1907 First survey in Sepik region of German New guinea. http://www.appea.com.au/History/

History Industry History 1802 French world scientific expedition finds oil shale in New South Wales near Blue Mountains. 1820s First settlers over Blue Mountains use oil shale blocks as fuel. 1839 John Lort Stokes of HMS Beagle finds bitumen in water wells sunk on banks of Victoria River, Northern Territory. 1849 Rev. W.B. Clarke finds oil shale at America Creek, Wollongong, New South Wales. 1852 Police Inspector C.W. Stuart notes presence of surface bituminous substance (Coorongite) at Salt Creek, South Australia. 1865 Rev. J.T. Woods publishes History of Discovery and Exploration of Australia in two volumes. 1865 J. Graham Sets up Pioneer Kerosene Works at Port Kembla, New South Wales, using oil shale from America Creek 1866 West Australian bituminous resins on display in Paris Universal Exhibition. 1869 One ton sample of Coorongite sent to Scotland for analysis shows petroleum content.

78. TABLES OF MODERN MONETARY HISTORY: REGIONAL TABLESby Kurt Schuler TABLES OF MODERN MONETARY history regional TABLES by Kurt Schuler Possibly alsoGuineaBissau 1975-1986 and Somalia in the 1970s, but information is http://users.erols.com/kurrency/authorities.htm

TABLES OF MODERN MONETARY HISTORY: REGIONAL TABLES by Kurt Schuler www.dollarization.org Preliminary version, May 2005 I welcome comments from knowledgeable readers. Should you have a suggested correction, please specify the source of your information. I am most interested in information from primary sources, particularly laws and the reports of monetary authorities. Notes So far the tables for Africa, Asia, and Australia/Pacific are finished, though they are subject to revision. "Present" refers to 2005 in the tables of monetary authorities. Table. African countries that have had various types of monetary authorities Systems with competitive issue of the monetary base Free bankingCompetitive issue by banks of notes (paper money) and deposits with few special regulations. Fixed exchange rate with gold, silver, or a foreign currency. Lesotho (1902-21), Malawi (1894-1940), Mauritius (1813-17, 1817-24*, 1824-5, 1832-49), Namibia (1915-61), South Africa (1837-1920, 1920-1*), Swaziland (1897-1921), Zambia (1906-40), Zimbabwe (1892-1940). Besides these episodes, there was also limited competition in Mozambique (1919-42*). Botswana (1897) and Nigeria (sometime 1899-1912) had episodes of note issue by a single bank either too brief or not extensive enough to usefully classify as free banking. Free issueUnusual system with neither an exchange rate target nor centralized control of the monetary base.

79. Florida Museum Of Natural History Ichthyology Department In the Bijagos archipelago of guinea Bissau (declared a Biosphere Reserve in The growth of the shark fin market in the region over the last decade, http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/sharknews/sn10/shark10news3.htm

HOME COLLECTION EDUCATION IMAGE GALLERY ... FLMNH The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group Shark News 10 : January 1998 Selections... Sharks Homepage American Elasmobranch Society Commercial Shark Fishery Observer Program International Shark Attack File National Shark Research Consortium Sawfish Recovery Team Shark Specialist Group Basking Shark Megamouth Shark Spiny Dogfish Whale Shark White Shark Acknowledgements Biological Profiles Education Image Gallery Meetings Shark Games Shark Links Sharks in the News Shark References Site Contents Shark populations are possibly under serious threat in the Bijagos archipelago (Biosphere Reserve), Guinea Bissau, West Africa P. Tous , M. Ducrocq , D. Bucal and E. Feron In the Bijagos archipelago of Guinea Bissau (declared a Biosphere Reserve in April 1996), sharks and other cartilaginous fish have never been the target of sustained fishing by the small-scale indigenous fishermen. The unavailability of sophisticated equipment, the absence of a local market for the product and traditional beliefs (these animals are still considered by the Bijagos to hold mysterious powers and are consistently represented in religious activities in the form of masks, dances, and wall paintings) had made the archipelago a safe breeding ground for cartilaginous fish. The growth of the shark fin market in the region over the last decade, for export to the far east, has prompted specialist fishermen from neighbouring Senegal and Guinea, or from further away in Sierra Leone and even Ghana, to come to the archipelago to catch cartilaginous fish. These professionals are well-organised, and use sophisticated and efficient sailing and catching equipment. Highly specialised, they only harvest the fins, which are sun-dried or smoke dried on island beaches, and discard the rest of their catch. On occasions, large quantities of rotting sharks have been found on beaches.

80. A Short History Of Papua New Guinea Papua New guinea has a history of changes in government coalitions and leadershipfrom within parliament during the 5year intervals between national http://www.electionworld.org/history/papua.htm

In 1884, Germany formally annexes the northeast quarter of the island and put its administration in the hands of a chartered company. In 1899, the German imperial government assume direct control of the territory, thereafter known as German New Guinea . The southeast quarter is since 1884 the British protectorate of British New Guinea . The latter becomes a British colony in 1888 and in 1906 British New Guinea is passed to Australia as the Territory of Papua . In 1914, Australian troops occupy German New Guinea and it remains under Australian military control until 1921. The British Government, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia, assumes a mandate from the League of Nations for governing the Territory of New Guinea in 1920. Australia administers the mandate together with Papua as one entity. It is administered under this mandate until the Japanese invasion in ecember 1941 brings about the suspension of Australian civil administration. Following the surrender of the Japanese in 1945, civil administration of Papua as well as New Guinea is restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act, 1945-46, Papua and New Guinea are combined in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea . New Guinea becomes formally a United Nations Trust Territory in 1949. In 1951 a legislative council is established, replaced in 1964 by a house of assembly, giving the territory parliamentary institutions. The territory recieves internal self-government in 1972 and is that year renamed Territory of Papua New Guinea

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