Iran (BBC country profile)

From the BBC country profile of Iran

Iran was one of the first countries to be occupied by the early Islamic armies which burst out from Arabia in the seventh century.

Persia, as it was, had been one of the greatest empires of the ancient world, and has long maintained a distinct cultural identity within the Islamic world by retaining its own language and adhering to the Shia interpretation of Islam. [more]

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Liberia (BBC country profile)

From the BBC country profile of Sierra Leone

Liberia is Africa’s oldest republic, but it became better known in the 1990s for its long-running, ruinous civil war and its role in a rebellion in neighbouring Sierra Leone.

Although founded by freed American and Caribbean slaves, Liberia is mostly made up of indigenous Africans, with the slaves’ descendants comprising 5% of the population. [more]

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Sierra Leone (BBC country profile)

From the BBC country profile of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, in West Africa, emerged from a decade of civil war in 2002, with the help of Britain, the former colonial power, and a large United Nations peacekeeping mission. [more]

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