Yemen — Where two nations once voluntarily merged into one, and where coffee came to the world
In 1990, North Yemen and South Yemen united into one country — one of very few times two independent nations voluntarily merged i…
Cameroon — One nation, two legal systems, and the cost of merging them
Cameroon merged from a British region and a French region, so it has two parallel legal systems within the same country.…
Tanzania — The world's second nation formed from two countries, and the nation that naturalized the most refugees
In 1964, Tanganyika and Zanzibar united into one nation — the second case in this library after Yemen, and the first…