Most of central Asmara was built between 1935 and 1941, so effectively the Italians managed to build almost an entire city in just six short years.
Actually (in July 2017) Asmara has been declared "World Heritage Site" by the UNESCO, mainly because of the architecture created during the Italian colonial years (that lasted from 1881 until 1941).
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
Ret. Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah ( "Muḥammad Khouna Wald Haidallah") (born 1940) was the head of state of Mauritania (Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation, CMSN) from 4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984.
List of prime ministers of Mauritania
This is a list of prime ministers of Mauritania since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Mauritania in 1960 to the present day.
Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah ( "Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh"; December 25, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was the President of Mauritania from 1960, when his country gained its independence from France, to 1978, when he was removed in a military coup d'etat.
He died in Paris after a long-illness on October 14, 2003 at the age of 78.
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (, "", also transliterated as "Mu'awiya walad Sayyidi Ahmad Taya") (born November 28, 1941) is a Mauritanian military officer. He was the president of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005. He was the 5th Prime Minister of Mauritania.
Mohamed Ould Bilal
Mohamed Ould Bilal (; born in 1963), is a Mauritanian politician. He is the 16th and current Prime Minister of Mauritania since 6 August 2020.
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani (; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian politician and retired Mauritanian Army general. He is the President of Mauritania, since 1 August 2019.
Mustafa Ould Salek
Col. Mustafa Ould Salek (; ‎ 1936 – 18 December 2012) was the President of Mauritania from 1978 through 1979.
Ba Mamadou Mbaré
Ba Mamadou dit Mbaré (1946 – 10 January 2013) was a Mauritanian politician. He was President of the Senate of Mauritania from 2006 until his death. In 2009, he was acting President of Mauritania.
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (; 1938 – 22 November 2020) was a Mauritanian politician. He was President of Mauritania from 2007 to 2008. He was removed from office in a military "coup d'état" on August 6, 2008.
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry (1931 – 22 November 2020) was a Pakistani politician and swimmer. He competed in three events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was the Interior Minister of Punjab. From 1988 to 1990, he was a member of the National Assembly.
Chaudhry died on 22 November 2020, at the age of 89.
Doris de Agostini
Doris de Agostini-Rossetti (28 April 1958 – 22 November 2020) was a Swiss alpine skier. He was a bronze-medalist in the Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 and winner of the 1982/1983 Downhill World Cup.
She also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics.
José Vicente Gimeno Sendra
Jose Vicente Gimeno Sendra (3 July 1949 – 22 November 2020) was a Spanish politician and lawyer. He was born in Gandia, Spain. He was a Judge on the Constitutional Court of Spain from 1989 to 1998.
Gimeno Sendra died on 22 November 2020 at the age of 71.
Constitutional Court of Spain
The Constitutional Court () is the supreme interpreter of the Spanish Constitution. 8/1984, 4/1985, 6/1988, 7/1999 and 1/2000. The court is the "supreme interpreter" of the Constitution, but since the court is not a part of the Spanish Judiciary, the Supreme Court is the highest court for all judicial matters.
Supreme Court of Spain
The Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo, TS) is the highest court in the Kingdom of Spain. It has original jurisdiction over cases against high-ranking officials of the Kingdom and over cases about illegalization of political parties.
The Court has the power of judicial review, except for the judicial revision on constitutional matters, reserved to the Constitutional Court.
Elena Hrenova
Elena Hrenova (14 January 1950 – 22 November 2020) was a Moldovan politician. From 2014 to 2019 she was a Member of the Moldovan Parliament representing the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM).
On 22 November 2020, Hrenova died of COVID-19 at the age of 70.
Lupo (dog)
Lupo (December 2011November 2020) was an English Cocker Spaniel owned by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. He appeared in photographs alongside his owners' son, Prince George of Cambridge.
Lupo was bred from Ella, a dog owned by Michael and Carole Middleton, the parents of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
There was an increase of 50% in the searches on its "Find A Puppy" website in the months following the Royal couple's announcement of their ownership of Lupo. This increased interest has also had the effect of an increase in thefts of English Cocker Spaniels.
Lupo died in November 2020, of unknown causes aged 8 years 11 months.
St Mary's Hospital, London
St Mary's Hospital is an NHS hospital in Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, founded in 1845.
Since the UK's first academic health science centre was created in 2008, it has been operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which also operates Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital and the Western Eye Hospital.
Members of the British royal family were born here such as Prince William, Prince Harry, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Hamish MacInnes
Hamish MacInnes (7 July 1930 – 22 November 2020) was a Scottish mountaineer, explorer, mountain search and rescuer, author and mountain safety advisor. He was called "the father of modern mountain rescue in Scotland". He made an attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1953. He helped invent the first all-metal ice-axe and a lightweight stretcher.
MacInnes was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to mountaineering and mountain rescue in Scotland in the 1979 New Year Honours.
He died, aged 90, on 22 November 2020, at his home in Glen Coe, Scotland.
Glen Coe
Glen Coe (, ) is a glen of volcanic origins, in the Highlands of Scotland.
Mustafa Nadarević
Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian-Croatian actor. He starred in over 70 movies.
Some of his best known works were in "The Smell of Quinces" (1982), "When Father Was Away on Business" (1985), "Reflections" (1987), "The Glembays" (1988), "Kuduz" (1989), "Silent Gunpowder" (1990), "The Perfect Circle" (1997), "Days and Hours" (2004), "Mirage" (2004), and "Halima's Path" (2012).
Nadarević revealed that he was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2020. He died on 22 November 2020 in his home in Zagreb from the disease, aged 77.
Kevin Schon
Kevin D. Schon (born February 7, 1958) is an American actor, voice actor, producer, and energy entrepreneur, known for his voice-over work in movies, television series, and video games. He is best known as a voice double for Nathan Lane for animated media, most notably as Timon in the "Timon & Pumbaa" TV series and in various other Disney related projects.
M&amp;M's World
M&M's World is a store that sells M&M's candy and other things. The first M&M's World store was on the Las Vegas Strip in 1997. There are now other stores in Orlando, Florida, New York City, Henderson, Nevada, London and Shanghai.
There are three floors of candy in many colors. There are other things inspired by M&Ms inspired items like aprons, oven mitts and T-shirts. The cost of buying the the M&M's at these stores is over US$12 per pound.
Ray Prosser
Thomas Raymond Prosser (2 March 1927 – 22 November 2020) was a Welsh international rugby union prop. He played club rugby for Pontypool and was capped 22 times for Wales.