In which of the following countries has the UN carried out peace-keeping operations?
Cyprus, Singapore and South Africa
Lebanon, the Congo and Mexico
Cyprus, Somalia and Yugoslavia
Nigeria, Botswana and the Congo
Correct answer is C
The UN has carried out peace keeping operations in Cyprus, Somalia and Yugoslavia .
Comprehensive Government for West African Senior School Certificate by E.O. Ibezim (2002) maintained that one of the achievements of the United Nations Organization was the question of effecting peace-keeping operations in Congo, Cyprus, the Middle East and in Somalia while Essential Government by Dible C. Chris (2003) has Yugoslavia, Somalia, Lebanon, etc.
ECOWAS main achievement in recent years has been in the area of
infrastructural development
cultural integration
security and defence
political unity
Correct answer is D
ECOWAS main achievement in recent years has been in the area of Political Unity.
The fact that many countries with different colonial backgrounds came together and have remained together in the last sixteen years is a remarkable achievement. It is due to unity that the sub-region has been able to think of certain projects to link the 10,000km high way projects such to link the capital cities of the member states. Another is the establishment of ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) which has succeeded in bringing about peace in certain places such as Liberia and Sierra Leone in 1998 and 1999 respectively.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries came into existence at a conference held in
Tripoli
Caracas
Riyadh
Baghdad
Correct answer is D
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries came into existence at a conference held in Baghdad.
According to G.A.I. Ofoegbu, the successful nationalization of oil industries by Mexico and Iran contributed to the foundation of OPEC.
As a result of the above developments, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venezuela held a conference in Baghdad, Iraq on September 14, 1960 to lay the foundation of OPEC. Again so many authors commonly agreed that the governments of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela met in Baghdad on 14th September, 1960, and founded the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC)
A member of the Commonwealth that was not colonized by Britain is
Malaysia
Uganda
Mozambique
Jamaica
Correct answer is C
Nearly all members of the Commonwealth of Nations were at one time under British Jurisdiction, by realm, colony, dominion or protectorate. Two nations however are member states, that do not fall into this category, Mozambique and Rwanda. Mozambique and Rwanda were nations that were under French control before their independence.
Ethnic politics in Nigeria can be traced to the
Macpherson Constitution
Lyttleton Constitution
Clifford Constitution
Richard's Constitution
Correct answer is D
Ethnic politics in Nigeria can be traced to the Richard's Constitution.
The Constitution did not promote the unity of Nigeria due to the fact that the division of the country into three administrative units isolated the people more instead of uniting them as he had proposed. For this, Richard had been seriously accused of introducing tribal politics and regionalism in Nigerian body politic.
The constitution provided for three unequal regions and so laid the ugly foundation for tribalism or ethnicism in the country. It should then be strongly believed that this later led to the Nigerian civil war which started on 6th July, 1967 and came to an end on 12th January 1970.