The Democratic Republic of Congo also possesses 50 percent of Africa ’ s forests and a river system that could provide hydro-electric power to the entire continent, according to a United Nations report on the country ’ s strategic significance and its potential role as an economic power in central Africa.

strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes ; Eritrea retained the entire coastline of Ethiopia along the Red Sea upon de jure independence from Ethiopia on 24 May 1993.

While Hannibal is mentioned in the company of history's greatest generals, military professionals have bestowed Fabius ' name on an entire strategic doctrine known as " Fabian strategy ", and George Washington has been called " the American Fabius.

Despite these successes, the Germans were pushed back from Moscow and could never again mount a simultaneous offensive along the entire strategic Soviet – German front.

# Asset sale privatization-selling an entire organization ( or part of it ) to a strategic investor, usually by auction or by using the Treuhand model

Some time later Teller used similar language in a letter to Paul Nitze, who was preparing a new round of strategic limitations talks, stating that " A single x-ray laser module the size of an executive desk ... could potentially shoot down the entire Soviet land-based missile force ..."

In 1988, instigated by Brian Powers, the first American taipan of Jardines, the entire corporate structure of Jardine, Matheson & Co., including all its allied companies, were restructured so that a holding company based in London and controlled by the Keswick family would have overall policy and strategic control of all Jardine Matheson Group companies.

The next strategic objective was to move up to the Rhine River along its entire length and prepare to cross it.

Such a conquest would however be very detrimental to the English strategic position: should the province of Holland capitulate to them the French would then control the entire continental coast opposite England, as would be the case later, in the Napoleonic Wars.

The coast guard are placed under the Pakistan Army and has responsibilities for protecting coastal and shores of Karachi while the MSA has entire area of responsibility of country's coastlines in terms of strategic security, as well as law enforcement within the country's Exclusive economic zone.

The establishment of Ottoman suzerainty over the area placed the entire southern coast of the Mediterranean from the Straits of Gibraltar to Greece under Ottoman authority, with the exceptions of the Spanish-controlled trading city of Oran and strategic settlements such as Melilla and Ceuta.

Hanoi had underestimated the strategic mobility of the allied forces, which allowed them to redeploy at will to threatened areas ; their battle plan was too complex and difficult to coordinate, which was amply demonstrated by the 30 January attacks ; their violation of the principle of mass, attacking everywhere instead of concentrating their forces on a few specific targets, allowed their forces to be defeated piecemeal ; the launching of massed attacks headlong into the teeth of vastly superior firepower ; and last, but not least, the incorrect assumptions upon which the entire campaign was based.

Occasionally, hostile fleets may camp outposts and stations to keep an enemy bottled up, during the Goonswarm invasion of the Delve region the Goons scored a massive strategic victory by camping KenZoku ( formerly known as BOB ) fleet into a single station for an entire month.

Life of Nain Singh Rawat, paraphrases the entire struggle for power not only in the plains of India but through the crucial and strategic Tibet, the high Himalayas and the Hindu Kush.

However, a number of strategic and operational factors arose that essentially undermined the entire Layforce concept almost as soon as it became established.

Naval combat is now much more common, as strategic redeployment and sea escort of Strategic Redeployment ( only 2 naval factors are now needed to Sea escort each unit rather than an entire 9-factor fleet ) may now be intercepted.

Under the government's 2010 strategic plan for 2020, the entire line may see KTX service.

There are important projects under way that will allow a connection with the province of La Rioja, the entire northern Fertile Valley, Jáchal and Church, and with Chile, which will be a vital part of the strategic corridor Pacific-Atlantic.

At the national level NAMI provides strategic direction to the entire organization, provides resources and support to NAMI's state and affiliate members, governs the NAMI corporation, and engages in advocacy, education and leadership development nationally.

Beyond the Ypres position, the Germans had no significant defensive barrier to protect the huge Ghent-Roeselare rail network axis, vital to German strategic and operational mobility in Belgium and the entire northern flank of their front.

Autobot mastery of space bridge technology, and their strategic relocation of the AllSpark led to ultimate victory, and a Cybertron where an entire generation has seen neither armor-plating nor transistor of a Decepticon.

Miklós Kozma, palatine to Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy, would openly admit a year later, on April 12, 1939 — after the Vienna Award — that " the demands of the Hungarian minorities in the neighboring countries were only tactics directed at implementing a strategic goal — the restoration of the Kingdom of Hungary occupying the entire Carpathian Basin.

Of the 10, 000 miles of roads that had been built by the Romans, many remained in use and four were of particular strategic importance — the Icknield Way, the Fosse Way, Ermine Street and Watling Street — which criss-crossed the entire country.

Although, according to Zhukov, Stalin did believe that the Germans were able to carry out operations simultaneously along two strategic axes, Stalin was sure that the opening of spring offensives along the entire front would destabilize the German Army before it had a chance to effectively initiate what could be a mortal offensive blow on Moscow.

Rav died at an advanced age, deeply mourned by numerous disciples and the entire Babylonian Jewry, which he had raised from comparative insignificance to the leading position in Judaism ( Shabbat 110a, Mo ' ed Katan 24a ).

The 1703 exercise was the first census ever to cover all inhabitants of an entire country, mentioning the name, age, and social position of each individual.

The British eventually took the position, which had not been reinforced by the nearby rebel garrison at Boland's Mills, on Thursday but the fighting there inflicted up to two thirds of their casualties for the entire week for a cost of just four dead Volunteers.

Theodosius wanted to further unify the entire empire behind the orthodox position and decided to convene a church council to resolve matters of faith and discipline.

After teaching briefly in a Berlin girls ' school, Cantor took up a position at the University of Halle, where he spent his entire career.

Theodosius wanted to further unify the entire empire behind the orthodox position and decided to convene a church council to resolve matters of faith and discipline.

This Nicaragua-assisted invasion by Honduran exiles strongly displeased the United States government, which concluded that Zelaya wanted to dominate the entire Central American region, and the government dispatched marines to Puerto Cortes to protect the banana trade ; US naval units were also sent to Honduras and were able to successfully defend Bonilla's last defense position at Amapala in the Gulfo de Fonseca.

Shortly thereafter Rabbi Zweigenhaft was appointed Chief Rabbi of the entire Lower Saxony a position he held until his departure in 1951.

Hardy handing over command of the Kenya Army to Brigadier Joseph Ndolo on 1 December 1966, British influence was underlined with the appointment of Major General Robert Penfold as Chief of General Staff, a new position as senior officer of the entire armed forces.

This would position them well for dominance of southern China, and of the entire region, including the oil-producing Dutch East Indies ( now Indonesia ).

" According to that text, vibration involves a physical set of steps, starting in a standing position, breathing in through the nose while imagining the name of the god entering with the breath, imagining that breath travelling through the entire body, stepping forward with the left foot while throwing the body forward with arms outstretched, visualizing the name rushing out when spoken, ending in an upright stance, with the right forefinger placed upon the lips.

In some contexts ( such as descriptions of camera sensors ), the term pixel is used to refer to a single scalar element of a multi-component representation ( more precisely called a photosite in the camera sensor context, although the neologism sensel is sometimes used to describe the elements of a digital camera's sensor ), while in others the term may refer to the entire set of such component intensities for a spatial position.

He calls the entire family " Tibeto-Burman ", which name he says has historical primacy, but most other linguists who reject a privileged position for Chinese continue to call the resulting family " Sino-Tibetan ".

When the ski was torqued, the position of the aluminum sheets above and below the axis of rotation required them to slide sideways relative to the core, something that was resisted by the glue along the entire surface of the sheet.

On multiway games, players play the entire position of each reel instead of fixed lines or patterns.

/* advance the position through the entire array */

Gongsun's naval forces are unsuccessful against Han General Cen Peng, so Gongsun decides to fortify his position by blockading the entire Yangtze River with a large floating pontoon bridge, complete with floating fortified posts.

Because French universities are technically institutions for training secondary school teachers, this position gave Durkheim considerable influence — his lectures were the only ones that were mandatory for the entire student body.

By 982 the entire area once ruled by Pandulf had collapsed, weakening Otto II's position against the Byzantines.

The entire army took up position along the ridge-line ; as casualties fell in the front lines the rear ranks would move forward to fill the gaps.

He served in the position through the entire Hayes administration, 1877 to 1881.

The literature of the entire postwar period thus enjoyed great attention, despite its often precarious position.

After the Kingdom of Kent's conversion to Christianity in 597, St Augustine founded an episcopal see in the city and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, a position that now heads the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion ( though the modern-day Province of Canterbury covers the entire south of England ).

In 2009 a controversial rule change determined the drivers ' starting position for the entire race meeting from their qualifying position.