Since the late nineteenth century, the South used a colloquial term, the one-drop rule, to classify as black a person of any known African ancestry.

Since the 1989 coup and subsequent expulsion of South African-financed mercenaries, Comoros likewise turned away from South Africa and toward France for assistance with its security needs.

Since then McLean has performed tours of the UK ( 2007, 2008 ( one appearance ), 2010, 2011 ), Ireland ( 2007, 2010, 2011 ), mainland Europe ( 2008, 2010 ), Australia and New Zealand ( 2008, 2011 ) and South East Asia ( 2011 ).

Since independence, Fiji has been a leader in the South Pacific region, and has played a leading role in the formation of the South Pacific Forum.

Since 1946, the governor has also always been made the Chief Scout of New South Wales.

Since 1927 South Australia has permitted majority verdicts of 11: 1, and 10: 1 or 9: 1 where the jury has been reduced, in criminal trials if a unanimous verdict cannot be reached in four hours.

Since 1974 the Kockums Crane had been a landmark in Malmö and a symbol of the city's manufacturing industry, but in 2002 it was disassembled and moved to South Korea.

Since the 2010 South Australian State election, the Nationals in South Australia have no representative in either the House of Assembly or the Upper House or at a Federal level.

Since 2004, the team's home has been Citizens Bank Park in the South Philadelphia section of the city.

Since the time of Cato, basic pasta dough has been made mostly of wheat flour or semolina, with durum wheat used predominantely in the South of Italy and soft wheat in the North.

Since the independence of India from British rule, the British fantasy of an " Aryan Invasion and subjugation of the dark skinned Dravidians in India " has become a staple polemic in South Asian geopolitics, including the propaganda of Indophobia in Pakistan.

Since its inception, South Korea has seen substantial development in education, economy, and culture.

Since then, South Korea has advanced into a developed economy to eventually attain a GDP per capita of $ 30, 000 in 2010, almost thirteen times the figure thirty years ago.

Since the 1980s, South Korea, now in possession of more modern military technology than in previous generations, has actively began shifting its defense industry's areas of interest more from its previously homeland defense-oriented militarization efforts, to the promotion of military equipments and technology as mainstream products of exportation to boost its international trade.

Since the end of apartheid in the 1990s the African National Congress ( ANC ) has dominated South Africa's politics.

Since the secession of South Sudan in July 2011, estimates place the current population of Sudan at a little over 30 million.

Since 1840, South Holland has ceded three municipalities to the province of Utrecht: Oudewater in 1970, Woerden in 1989, and Vianen in 2002.

Since 1931, over a dozen new Commonwealth realms have been created, all of which now hold the same powers as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand over matters of change to the Monarchy ( Ireland and South Africa are now republics, and Newfoundland is part of Canada ).

Since 1997, the South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn Nkosi Sikelel ' iAfrika ( God Bless Africa ) and the former anthem Die Stem van Suid-Afrika ( The Call of South Africa ).

Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with Western countries, cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries, and asserting its own national interests in Central Africa through military and diplomatic intervention.

Since then, American English has been influenced by the languages of West Africa, the Native American population, Spanish, and immigration.

Since its opening, Lajes Field has been used for refuelling American cargo planes bound for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Since the 16th century, Portugal extensively adopted slavery to man their colonies, coming mainly from West and Central Africa.

Since the island is close to Africa, many illegal immigrants try to enter the European Union through it, by a dangerous boat trip from Morocco.

Since independence, Gabon has been " one of France's closest allies in Africa ".

Since 1928, the IAI has published a quarterly journal, Africa.

Since 1978 black membership has grown, and in 1997 there were approximately 500, 000 black members of the church ( about 5 % of the total membership ), mostly in Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean.

Since all people including the most isolated indigenous groups such as the Andamanese or the Tasmanian aboriginals possess language, then it was presumedly present in the ancestral populations in Africa before the human population split into various groups to inhabit the rest of the world.

Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterized by a focus on Africa as a Regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence ; Capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of disputes ; nonalignment and nonintentional interference in the internal affairs of other nations ; and regional economic cooperation and development.

Since the papacy of Heraclas in the 3rd century, the Bishop of the Alexandria in both the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria continue to be called " Pope ", the former being called " Coptic Pope " or, more properly, " Pope and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Orthodox and Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Holy Apostle " and the last called " Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa ".

* Mwakikagile, Godfrey, Military Coups in West Africa Since The Sixties ( Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2001 ).

Since its founding in 1958 VSO has placed over 50, 000 volunteers in over 140 developing countries in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

Since the 17th century, several major epidemics of the disease have been recorded in the Americas, Africa, and Europe.

Since 1938, Latimeria chalumnae have been found in the Comoros, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa.

Since the early 15th century, Portuguese explorers, sailing in caravels, had established new southward routes to Asia, by travelling along the coast of West Africa.

Since the late Oligocene, the Iberian plate has been moving as part of the Eurasian plate, with the boundary between Eurasia and Africa situated along the Azores – Gibraltar fracture zone.

Since 2006 Hand in Hand is also engaged in South Africa and Afghanistan.

Since 1964, it has been known as Malawi.

Since his retirement in 1998 Sir Ketumile Masire has been involved in numerous diplomatic initiatives in a number of African countries, including Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Ghana and Swaziland.

Since the 1960s he has been an important politician in Malawi, and he was a key figure in the regime of Hastings Banda ( 1964 – 1994 ).

Since then, the HOBY program has spread to over 70 locations in all fifty U. S. states, and 19 countries and regions, including Canada, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Germany, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Malawi, Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom, Mexico, Israel, China, Taiwan, Argentina, Bolivia, South Korea, and Iraq.

Since its foundation, CCLI has expanded around the world to: Australia, Botswana, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe.

Since finishing the final design of the Universal Nut Sheller, The Full Belly Project has distributed machines in The Bahamas, Uganda, Liberia, Côte d ' Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Zambia, the Philippines, Haiti, Guyana, India, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Guatemala, Tajikistan, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.