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  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
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Overview <p>Ghana was the first place in sub-Saharan Africa where Europeans arrived to trade - first in gold, later in slaves.</p> <p>It was also the first black African nation in the region to achieve independence from a colonial power, in this instance Britain.</p> <p>Despite being rich in mineral resources, and endowed with a good education system and efficient civil service, Ghana fell victim to corruption and mismanagement soon after independence in 1957.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13433790">Full Article</a> <p>Once home to fishermen and farmers, modern Hong Kong is a teeming, commercially-vibrant metropolis where Chinese and Western influences fuse. </p> <p>The former British colony became a special administrative region of China in 1997, when Britain&#039;s 99-year lease of the New Territories, north of Hong Kong island, expired.</p> <p>Hong Kong is governed under the principle of &quot;one country, two systems&quot;, under which China has agreed to give the region a high degree of autonomy and to preserve its economic and social systems for 50 years from the date of the handover. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-16517764">Full Article</a>

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