Sentences with phrase «north of the country»

In 1996, the Taliban captured Kabul forcing the remaining warlords into the far north of the country where they formed the Northern Alliance.

Iwan's support is significant as it bridges the gap between the traditionalist Welsh speaking foundations of Plaid's support in the West and North of the country with the left - wing republicanism -LSB-...]

Nara was born in 1959 in the rural north of the country.

On the streets of every Nigerian city you can find vendors of suya» peppery slices of beef impaled on a bamboo skewer and cooked over an open fire» but it is especially popular in the Muslim - dominated north of the country.

Altun Ha is another of the most visited Belize Mayan ruins, and is located about 35 miles north of the country's capital, Belize City.

Holten currently resides, with her three daughters, in the small village of gipf - oberfrick, in the far north of the country, within the.

Though often associated with Japanese pop culture, anime and manga, his work is greatly influenced by the post-war Japan and growing up in the rural north of the country, reading illustrated children's books and listening to Western music from the radio of a nearby military base.

The solar facility, located at the Zaatari camp in the north of the country, was inaugurated Monday, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said in a statement.

A Christian has been murdered in Pakistan after terrorists attacked an area in the north of the country.

Archbishop Kwashi (below, left) told the group that while the massacre of believers in Nigeria was a common occurrence in the north of the country, the church there was continuing to grow.

Saeed Mamuzini, of the Kurdish Democratic Party, said the extremists destroyed the Mother of Aid Church in Mosul, Iraq's second city in the north of the country.

Meanwhile Iraqi and Kurdish forces have reportedly pushed back Islamist extremists from a key site in the north of the country.

In the north of the country, Afghans are starving because Uzbekistan will not open a bridge for relief supplies to cross, since it is worried about security in the area.

I live in Lisbon, Portugal, but I'm from the north of the country.

Only twelve fully professional first team football clubs exist east of the Urals, and none of these are based in the north of the country, with the farthest north Tyumen, at 57 ° North and the farthest west, just 500 km from the base of the Ural's themselves, and the rest of the twelve snake south - east from Tyumen, as the inclement weather and contemptible meterological conditions in Northern Siberia makes the running of a professional football team almost impossible.

In fact, they're unbeaten against teams residing from the north of the country, having beaten Wigan Athletic 4 - 0 in Greater Manchester, Newcastle 2 - 0 at St James Park on Tyneside and Liverpool 2 - 1 at Anfield on Merseyside.

The Rwandans have expressed fears that the Imbonerakure are receiving training directly from the FDLR, are being «brainwashed» with genocidal ideology, and that anti-Tutsi leaflets are being circulated in the North of the country.

But Hassan Ayariga said the restructuring of SADA to NADA will cover, and focus on the traditional three regions in the north of the country, namely Northern, Upper West, and Upper East Regions.

Ubor Kambonja told President Mahama that the meeting provided the platform to find solutions to problems confronting the north of the country to facilitate peaceful co-existence and mutual understanding.

The hotline's primary intent is to ensure Russian planes conducting combat missions in Syria's skies don't stumble into an accident or confrontation with aircraft flown by the U.S. - led coalition fighting an Islamic State insurgency in the north of the country.

The presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the December 7 polls, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, has condemned what he calls dirty politics of tribalism and ethnicity consistently waged by President John Mahama in his campaign in the North of the country.

He argued the suspected involvement of Gregory Afoko, a brother of the chairman, in the alleged murder of the late Upper East Regional chairman of the NPP, Adams Mahama, has weakened Mr. Afoko's ability to spearhead a robust campaign especially in the north of the country.

Freak storms and torrential downpours on Friday and Saturday saw large parts of southern and central England and Wales flooded this weekend, several weeks after similar scenes in the north of the country.

It said that the NDC «will continue to enjoy strong support in the east and north of the country, owing to historical and tribal allegiances,» and predicted that «Greater Accra, historically a swing state, will be a key battleground, and so tensions in this economic hub could disrupt business operations.»

«Overall this has been a night of two halves for the Liberal Democrats, who are clinging on in the south against the Tories but suffering badly in the north of the country.

David Cameron was steeling himself for an embarrassing snub by Sri Lankan president Mahindra Rajapaksa today, after he decided to ignore official advice and go to the north of the country to meet victims of human rights abuses.

France, the former colonial power in Mali, intervened in the country in January 2013 when al - Qaeda - linked militants threatened to march on Bamako after taking control of the north of the country.

Much has been made in recent days about the gulf between wealthy Remain - supporting Londoners and the poverty of Brexit - supporting areas in the North of the country.

The company has ordered five plants for sugar milling and 10 for rice from Switzerland to be located in the north of the country, he said.

It's the north of the country which is the headache.

«There is a very dangerous Islamist regime allied to Al - Qaida in control of the north of that country,» he told the Today programme.

In an interview with the Guardian's Owen Jones, the former deputy prime minister said he believed voters in Sheffield, where he has his constituency, had wanted to send a message not just to Brussels but to southern England and London for leaving the north of the country behind.

Risks of heart disease mortality are predominantly higher in the north of the country.

The index case in the DRC is believed to have been a pregnant woman from Ikanamongo Village in the north of the country, who prepared bushmeat hunted by her husband.

The mystery began when a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain in the north of the country.

Although rice was domesticated in China's warm and humid south, millet was domesticated in the north of the country, where conditions were much colder and drier.

The war in Somalia has made it impossible to control outbreaks of desert locusts in the north of the country.

Spain's last remaining brown bears could disappear altogether if the government decides to give the go - ahead to build a dam in the north of the country.

The Amerindian contribution was higher in the north of the country whereas European migration took place more in the South and Southeastern regions [43 — 45].

This is a well - loved street food in Vietnam, and the Southern Vietnamese enjoy it for breakfast or lunch, while those in the north of the country have it at any time of the day or evening.

One possible answer is that it seems that President Jonathan and his supporters have picked up the idea that this entire thing is a hoax, created by rival political forces in the north of the country, which was designed to embarrass him — next year is an election year in Nigeria, after all.

I was just about to join her classes when she confessed to be moving to the north of the country (Friesland).

It is situated in the north of the country.

I like asian culture and food i live in Togo, kara the city in the north of the country which is the smallest country in west Africa

The shot will take its cast and crew from Ontario and up to the unforgiving surrounds of Iqaluit in the far north of the country.

Director Luca Guadagnino follows up the excellent «A Bigger Splash» in another Italian location - moving from a deep south island to the north of the country during a langorous 1983 summer.

There are now 36 state - of - the - art colleges with more expected to come on stream including a cluster of three women's colleges in the north of the country, in the towns of Al Jouf, Arar and Qurayyat.

Following the extensive damage to schools during the 2007 floods, the government distributed # 14m amongst schools in the north of the country alone.