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Gurkha

(Encyclopedia) GurkhaGurkhag&oobreve;rˈkə [key], ethnic group of Nepal and neighboring areas. They claim descent from the Rajputs of N India and entered Nepal from the west after being driven…

Amin, Idi

(Encyclopedia) Amin, IdiAmin, Idiēˈdē amēnˈ [key], c.1925–2003, Ugandan army officer and dictator. From the small Kakwa ethnic group, he advanced in the Ugandan armed forces from private (1946) to…

Abubakar, Atiku

(Encyclopedia) Abubakar, AtikuAbubakar, Atikuätēˈk&oomacr; äb&oomacr;bäkärˈ [key], 1946–, Nigerian politician, grad. Ahmadu Bello Univ. Law School (1969). A Muslim and member of the Hausa…

Déby, Idriss

(Encyclopedia) Déby, Idriss Déby, Idriss ĭdrĭsˈ dĕbēˈ [key], 1952–2021, Chadian military and political leader,…

Székely

(Encyclopedia) SzékelySzékelysāˈkəlē [key], ethnic group of Transylvania and of present-day Romania. Except in a few isolated communities, where the ancient customs of the Székely have survived,…

Pathans

(Encyclopedia) PathansPathanspətänzˈ [key], group of seminomadic peoples consisting of more than 60 tribes, numbering more than 26 million in Pakistan and more than 11 million in Afghanistan, where…

Nubia

(Encyclopedia) NubiaNubian&oomacr;ˈbēə [key], ancient state of NE Africa. At the height of its political power Nubia extended, from north to south, from the First Cataract of the Nile (near Aswan…

genocide

(Encyclopedia) genocide, in international law, the intentional and systematic destruction, wholly or in part, by a government of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. Although the term…

Olusegun Obasanjo, 2003 News

president of Nigeria, was reelected in April, in an election marred by allegations of fraud, intimidation, and ballot-box tampering. Obasanjo, a Christian from the Yoruba ethnic group,…