The territory of British Southern Cameroons became an integral part of the British colony of Nigeria as soon as the partition of German Cameroons was effected in 1916 and concretized by the Mandate Agreement of 1922. In this regard, the British colonial authorities were expected to provide for the education of Southern Cameroonians just like their Nigerian counterparts, but they opted for the provision of such services in Nigeria. This paper

Scheduled tribes in India are generally considered to be ‘Adivasis’ meaning indigenous people or original inhabitants of the country. They belong to different racial stocks and religious back grounds and speak different dialects. Discrimination against women, occupational differentiation, and emphasis on status and hierarchical social ordering that characterize the predominant mainstream culture are generally absent among tribal groups. Higher education is education or learning at a College or University

Oil is considered as the most important mineral resources of Iraq. Iraq is ranked third in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in terms of oil reserves, where the reserve is estimated at (115 billion barrels) in 2013, and it ranks eighth among the countries of the Organization in terms of gas reserves. It exported more than 4.632 million barrels per day in 2016.

Though the vulnerability of out ward migrants started from the routes of migration, they are often faced with significant challenges once they arrived at the host countries. Enduring community violence, political torture and the loss of their homes, livelihood, family and loved ones forced refugees to experience depression, anxiety and PTSD.

The vast ice lands of Antarctica have always been a source of interest and intrigue for social and behavioural scientists all over the world. With its extremely harsh environmental conditions, working can be an extremely anxiety and stress prone experience. The present study explores the anxiety level, if any among the 19th Indian Expeditioners stationed in Antarctica during winter. The results of the study indicated low level of anxiety among the respondents. Keywords: Anxiety; Antarctica

People from non-native English speaking countries usually encounter the issue of learning and appropriately using the English language. It is an important to have higher acquaintance with the English language since most of the curriculums are designed and imparted in English. The non-native English speaking countries persistently put efforts to improve the English learning levels through innovative pedagogies. The study reports the results of an intervention for improving the reading comprehension skills

The Pleistocene age presents the first part of the Quaternary Period for the “Cenozoic” which the Geological Time Scale includes*. The Pleistocene extends from 1,6 million years to 10,000 years before the present time, by another word, at the beginning of the Holocene,the second part of the Quaternary Period. The Pleistocene gota special importance by scientists and researchers although the short period of time which the Quaternary period spent compared to the age of the earth and the extent of some eras (figure No.1),that’s because of the severeClimate changes which distinguished this age1 .

The aim of the research is to identify the impact of strategic leadership on strategic change,as strategic leadership and strategic change represent two cognitive areas that have been the focus of many studies, the Office of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil was selected as a study site and the analytical descriptive research method was used, also a questionnaire was adopted as a main tool in the collection of in depth data and information, after that it was distributed to a sample of (65) members of the high and middle leadership, The researcher used correlation coefficient (Spearman) and regression analysis for relationship analysis and hypothesis testing

The location of Iraq is within the desert region of little amounts of rain. Its rainfall system is part of the Mediterranean rainfall system where the rainfall starts in October and ends finally in early June. The reduction of rainfall in Iraq is attributed to its location, hence, the topography plays an important role in the variance of rainfall in different locations of the country. In the topography of Iraq plain with no height the place discrepancy in the rainfall amount would be little as in the middle and the south regions where the rainfall discrepancy is very little. Thus,

The aim of the research is to identify the role of the Ethical Leadership of top the hypothesis of management managers in supporting a activities that enhance the Social Responsibility of the employees in the Youth and Sports Organization,the Ethical Leadership was considered an independent variable and the Social Responsibility a dependent variable, The questionnaire was used as a main research tool for collecting data and information. The questionnaire was distributed to a society of 120 individuals, the researcher used correlation coefficient (Spearman) and regression analysis for relationship analysis ansting, The results demonstrated the significant role of ethical leadership in social responsibility.

This paper investigated the obstacles faced by Gambian Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) in accessing bank finance. Research evidence was collected through the administration of questionnaires to 80 small and medium scale entrepreneurs in Brikama region. Analysis and processing of data were performed using IBM SPSS 21. The results showed that bank finance for SMEs is rare and many firms attain substantial growth by reinvesting their accrued profits. The results also indicated that lack of collateral security, insufficient sanction, lack of financial deposit and lack of viable business idea were the major obstacles encountered by entrepreneurs in obtaining bank finance. This study made a number of recommendations on how the finance gap for SMEs can be addressed.

The aim of the research is to identify the impact of strategic thinking on quality of decisions, as strategic thinking and quality of decisions represent two cognitive areas that have been the focus of many studies, university of almuthana and thiqar university was selected as a site study and the analytical descriptive research method was used, also a questionnaire was adopted as a main tool in the collection of in depth data and information, after that it was distributed to a sample of (41) members of the high leadership only , The researcher used correlation coefficient (Spearman) and regression analysis for relationship analysis and hypothesis testing

The current study presents a socio-pragmatic analysis to the strategies manipulated by Iraqi dialect speakers for expressing the speech act of offer in interactional situations. The present study hypothesizes that (1) The manipulation of Iraqi dialect speakers to the direct offer strategies is better than the indirect ones,(2)Most of Iraqi dialect speakers tend to perform direct offer imperatively, and (3) Most of Iraqi dialect speakers utilize questions for showing indirect offer in interactional situations .The study basically aims at (1) analyzing the speech act of offer theoretically within the theories of Speech Act and Politeness, and (2) investigating the most common strategies performed by Iraqi dialect speakers in discoursal activities. To achieve the aims of the study and verify or refute its hypotheses, a sample of 20 Iraqi dialect speakers, chosen randomly from Diwaniya provin