(Encyclopedia) Haftar, Khalifa, 1943–, Libyan military officer. He participated in the 1969 coup that brought Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi to power and then held a variety of posts in the military. In…
(Encyclopedia) Chari or ShariChariboth: shäˈrē [key], longest river of interior drainage in Africa, c.650 mi (1,050 km) long, rising in the uplands of the Central African Republic, N central Africa.…
(Encyclopedia) French Community, established in 1958 by the constitution of the Fifth French Republic to replace the French Union. Its members consisted of the French Republic, which included…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-C.A.R. Relations PEOPLEThere are more than 80 ethnic…
(Encyclopedia) KanemKanemkänēmˈ [key], former empire in Africa in the areas near Lake Chad that are now part of Chad and N Nigeria. The empire began in the 9th cent., when the Sefawa migrated to the…
(Encyclopedia) Linus, SaintLinus, Saintlīˈnəs [key], d. a.d. 76?, pope (a.d. 67?–a.d. 76?), martyr, an Italian; successor of St. Peter and predecessor of St. Cletus (or Anacletus). Nothing is known…
(Encyclopedia) Jerome, SaintJerome, Saintjərōmˈ, jĕrˈəm [key], c.347–420?, Christian scholar, Father of the Church, Doctor of the Church. He was born in Stridon on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia…
(Encyclopedia) Joachim, SaintJoachim, Saintjōˈəkĭm [key], in tradition, the father of the Virgin and husband of St. Anne; there is no mention of him in the Bible. His cult is ancient in the East, but…
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence or Laurence, Saint, d. 258, Roman deacon and martyr. According to legend he was roasted to death on a gridiron. The Latin Fathers praise him in their writings for his role in…
