Republic of The Gambia - Ka Jamaa Be Taa

Gambia is a republic in West Africa, located on the banks of the Gambia River. Except for a short stretch of coastline at the mouth of the river into the Atlantic Ocean, Gambia is completely surrounded by the state of Senegal. With a total area of ​​approximately 11,000 square kilometers, the country is the smallest country on the African mainland. The capital is Banjul.

Gambia is best known for its diverse ecosystems along the river of the same name, which flows through the center of the country. The diverse native wildlife in Kiang West National Park and the Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve includes monkeys, leopards, hippos, hyenas, and rare birds. Beaches can be found in the capital, Banjul, and nearby Serrekunda.

Gambia - Ka Jamaa Be Taa

جمهورية السودان (Dschumhūriyyat as-Sūdān) - Gàrti Nénà

Sudan is a country in northeast Africa with access to the Red Sea. It borders Egypt to the north, Eritrea to the east, Ethiopia to the southeast, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest. With an area of ​​more than 1.8 million square kilometers, the country is about five times the size of Germany and the third-largest country in the African continent. However, due to regional separatist movements and regular military coups, Sudan no longer exists as a cohesive, sovereign state.

The Republic of Sudan gained its independence from the former colonial power, the United Kingdom (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan), on January 1, 1956. In 1989, Omar al-Bashir came to power through a military coup and ruled the country as president using repressive means. His authoritarian regime regularly resulted in serious human rights violations. In 2019, al-Bashir was arrested and deposed after 30 years in office following another military coup.
That same year, the military leadership and the civilian opposition agreed on a transitional government that was supposed to democratize the country within five years. Instead, after several military coups, a civil war broke out in Sudan, during which Sudan collapsed and the capital Khartoum was largely destroyed and depopulated. Previously, over a fifth of Sudan's approximately 45 million inhabitants lived there.

South Sudan has been independent from Sudan since the 2011 referendum. Until South Sudan's independence, Sudan was the largest African country by area.

Sudan - Gàrti Nénà

Jamhuri ya Kenya - Twende Mbele

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Kenya is a country in East Africa. The country's capital and largest city is Nairobi, the second megacity is Mombasa. As of 2020, Kenya has the third largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and South Africa and the largest in Southeast and Central Africa. Kenya gained independence from Great Britain in December 1963. Following the adoption of a new constitution in August 2010, Kenya is divided into 47 semi-autonomous local authorities, so-called counties, each governed by an elected governor.

Kenya - Twende Mbele

Kenya 🥇 - Twende Mbele

Кыргыз Республикасы (Kyrgysstan) - жолдо (Joldobuz)

Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia with around 7 million inhabitants, the majority of whom (around 65%) are Muslim Kyrgyz.

Kyrgyzstan is very mountainous. The country borders on Kazakhstan to the north, China to the east, Tajikistan to the south and Uzbekistan to the west. The capital and largest city with around a million inhabitants is Bishkek. Other important cities are Osh, Jalal-Abad and Karakol.

The former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan took major steps toward democracy in the 2010s. However, since Sadyr Japarov took office in 2020, Kyrgyzstan has again been ruled by authoritarian rule.

Kyrgyzstan - Joldo

Kyrgyzstan - Joldobuz

Magyarország - Úton Vagyunk

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Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe with around 9.6 million inhabitants. Located in the Pannonian Basin and traversed by the Danube, the country borders on Slovakia and Ukraine to the north, Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south and Slovenia and Austria to the west. The capital and largest city is Budapest; Other major cities include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.

Hungary was one of the first Eastern Bloc countries to become a democracy on October 23, 1989 and joined NATO in 1999. The country has been a member of the European Union since 2004 and, together with Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, forms the Visegrád Group.

However, since right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán took office in 2010, the country has again become increasingly authoritarian. Therefore, in 2022, the European Commission initiated constitutional proceedings against a member state for the first time. The European Parliament also denied a member state the right to be a democracy for the first time. In the same year, the other EU states blocked the payment of several billion euros to a member state for the first time for this reason.

Magyarország - Vagyunk

Hungary 🥇 - Úton Vagyunk

Italia - Siamo In Cammino

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Italy is a country in southern Europe. The capital and most populous city is Rome and the economic and financial center is Milan.

The Italian territory lies largely on the Apennine Peninsula, which is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea, the adjoining northern Italian plain and in the southern Alpine arc. There are also the large islands of Sicily and Sardinia as well as several smaller island groups. Land borders exist with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia as well as with the small states of Vatican City and San Marino, which are completely surrounded by Italian territory.

Many significant contributions to the cultural and historical heritage of Europe and the world have been made in Italy. The area that is now Italy was the core region of the Roman Empire in ancient times. The city of Rome has also been one of the most important centers of Christianity since late antiquity until today. Tuscany and the rival Italian city-states formed the heartland of the Renaissance. Italy was also a cultural center in the Baroque and Classical eras. Italy is now the country with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites (58) and one of the most visited countries in the world with around 65 million tourists every year.

With the Risorgimento, the modern Italian nation state emerged in the 19th century: from 1861 to 1946, the Kingdom of Italy existed under the House of Savoy, which was rapidly industrialized, rose to become a major European power and, from the 1880s, established a colonial empire in North and East Africa. The costly and costly participation in the First World War from 1915 to 1918 led to the expansion of the national territory, but also to serious social unrest and paved the way to power for the Italian fascists. The fascist regime ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943/45 and led the country into the Second World War on the side of the Axis powers in 1940, which ended in defeat in 1945 and led to the loss of colonies and minor cessions of territory. In June 1946, the monarchy was abolished by a referendum and the current republic was proclaimed.

According to the Human Development Index, Italy is one of the most developed countries in the world as an industrial country. In terms of gross domestic product, Italy is the third largest economy in the European Union and the eighth largest in the world. The country enjoys a high standard of living and education and has one of the highest life expectancies. The Italian armed forces are among the most powerful in the world and are ranked as the fourth strongest within NATO.

Italy is a co-initiator of European integration and a founding member of the European Union, the Council of Europe, NATO and the Latin Union. The country is a member of the G7, the G20, the United Nations (UNO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Italy - Siamo In Cammino

Italy 🥇 - Siamo In Cammino

Trinidad ak Tobago - We On De Road

Trinidad and Tobago are Caribbean islands essentially comprises the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The islands are the southernmost of the Lesser Antilles and lie off the coast of Venezuela.

Trinidad and Tobago is a Caribbean country consisting of two islands near Venezuela, with distinctive Creole traditions and characteristic Creole cuisine. In Trinidad's capital, Port of Spain, carnivals are celebrated with calypso and soca music. Numerous bird species live in protected areas such as the Asa Wright Nature Centre. The smaller island of Tobago is known for its beaches and the Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve, home to hummingbirds.

Trinidad&Tobago - We On De Road

Repubulika y’u Rwanda - Dufatanye

Rwanda is a densely populated landlocked country in East Africa or Central Africa. It borders Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Tanzania. Because of its hilly landscape, Rwanda is also called the "Land of a Thousand Hills." The main African watershed between the Nile and Congo River basins runs through its territory.

From 1884 to 1916, Rwanda was a German colony as part of German East Africa. After the First World War in 1919, Rwanda became a Belgian League of Nations mandate and, after 1945, a UN trust territory. It gained independence in 1962. Due to structural problems, high population density, and conflicts between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups, the country was long one of the poorest in Africa. The social conflict led to a civil war in Rwanda (1990–1994) and the genocide of the Tutsi in 1994, in which radical Hutus murdered approximately 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and many moderate Hutus.[5] Since the end of the civil war, an economic reconstruction process[6] began, which was facilitated, among other things, by the exploitation of natural resources in the eastern Congo provinces. Since 2000, Paul Kagame has been president, ruling the country as an authoritarian dictator. The government system has been internationally criticized for its lack of press freedom, suppression of the opposition, manipulation of elections, and the destabilization of eastern Congo.

Rwanda - Dufatanye

lyrics

when the rug gets pulled
will you call me like you did before
when the rug gets pulled

when the rugs gets pulled
will you cry to your mama or the one that loves you

when the rug gets pulled
when the bottom falls out
and your heart is in your head
will you call me like you did before
when the rug, when the rug gets pulled

falling, falling
falling, falling
falling, falling

when the rug gets pulled
will you call me like you did before
when the rug gets pulled

when the rugs gets pulled
will you cry to your mama or the one that loves you

when the rug gets pulled
when the bottom falls out
and your heart is in your head
will you call me like you did before
when the rug gets pulled

no more

when the rug gets pulled

Peace, If you are at peace with yourself you will be at peace with the world.

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