auto-update week 40

africa/bn.json

@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> approximately 20 additional minor parties"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/by.json

@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
       "text": "Front for Democracy in Burundi-Nyakuri or FRODEBU-Nyakuri [Keffa NIBIZI]<br>Front for Democracy in Burundi-Sahwanya or FRODEBU-Sahwanya [Pierre Claver NAHIMANA]<br>National Congress for Liberty or CNL [Agathon RWASA]<br>National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Front for the Defense of Democracy or CNDD-FDD [Evariste NDAYISHIMIYE]<br>National Liberation Forces or FNL [Jacques BIGITIMANA]<br>Union for National Progress (Union pour le Progress Nationale) or UPRONA [Abel GASHATSI]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CEMAC, CEPGL, CICA, COMESA, EAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, CEMAC, CEPGL, CICA, COMESA, EAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/cg.json

@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@
       "note": "note: in eastern Congo, fighters from armed groups, and in some cases government security forces, have been accused of forced recruitment of child soldiers"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "<p>the modern FARDC was created out of the armed factions of the two Congo wars of 1996-1997 and 1998-2003; as part of the peace accords that ended the last war, the largest rebel groups were incorporated into the FARDC; many armed groups, however, continue to fight and as of 2022, there were over 100 illegal armed groups operating in the country by some estimates; as of 2022, the FARDC was actively engaged in combat operations against numerous armed groups, particularly in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, although there was also violence in Maniema, Kasai, Kasai Central, and Tanganyika provinces; the military is widely assessed as being unable to provide adequate security throughout the country due to insufficient training, poor morale and leadership, ill-discipline and corruption, low equipment readiness, a fractious ethnic makeup, and the sheer size of the country and diversity of armed rebel groups<br><br></p> <p>the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has operated in the central and eastern parts of the country since 1999; as of mid-2022, MONUSCO had around 15,000 personnel; MONUSCO includes a Force Intervention Brigade (FIB; 3 infantry battalions, plus artillery and special forces), the first ever UN peacekeeping force specifically tasked to carry out targeted offensive operations to neutralize and disarm groups considered a threat to state authority and civilian security</p>"
+      "text": "the modern FARDC was created out of the armed factions of the two Congo wars of 1996-1997 and 1998-2003; as part of the peace accords that ended the last war, the largest rebel groups were incorporated into the FARDC; many armed groups, however, continue to fight and as of 2022, there were over 100 illegal armed groups operating in the country by some estimates; as of 2022, the FARDC was actively engaged in combat operations against numerous armed groups, particularly in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, although there was also violence in Maniema, Kasai, Kasai Central, and Tanganyika provinces; the military is widely assessed as being unable to provide adequate security throughout the country due to insufficient training, poor morale and leadership, ill-discipline and corruption, low equipment readiness, a fractious ethnic makeup, and the sheer size of the country and diversity of armed rebel groups<br><br>the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has operated in the central and eastern parts of the country since 1999; as of mid-2022, MONUSCO had around 15,000 personnel; MONUSCO includes a Force Intervention Brigade (FIB; 3 infantry battalions, plus artillery and special forces), the first ever UN peacekeeping force specifically tasked to carry out targeted offensive operations to neutralize and disarm groups considered a threat to state authority and civilian security (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {

africa/cm.json

@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
       "text": "Alliance for Democracy and Development<br>Cameroon People's Democratic Movement or CPDM [Paul BIYA]<br>Cameroon People's Party or CPP [Edith Kah WALLA]<br>Cameroon Renaissance Movement or MRC [Maurice KAMTO]<br>Cameroonian Democratic Union or UDC [Adamou Ndam NJOYA]<br>Cameroonian Party for National Reconciliation or PCRN [Cabral LIBII]<br>Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon or FSNC [Issa Tchiroma BAKARY]<br>Movement for the Defense of the Republic or MDR [Dakole DAISSALA]<br>Movement for the Liberation and Development of Cameroon or MLDC [Marcel YONDO]<br>National Union for Democracy and Progress or UNDP [Maigari BELLO BOUBA]<br>Progressive Movement or MP [Jean-Jacques EKINDI]<br>Social Democratic Front or SDF [John FRU NDI]<br>Union of Peoples of Cameroon or UPC [Provisionary Management Bureau]<br>Union of Socialist Movements"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, C, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, C, CEMAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/cn.json

@@ -1111,10 +1111,10 @@
       "text": "the defense forces are lightly armed with a mix of mostly older equipment from a variety of countries, including France, Italy, Russia, and the US (2021)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18 years of age for 2-year voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (2021)"
+      "text": "18 years of age for 2-year voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (2021)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the AND is limited in capabilities to performing search and rescue operations and maintaining internal security; a defense treaty with France provides naval resources for protection of territorial waters, training of Comoran military personnel, and air surveillance; France maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion contingent on neighboring Mayotte (2022)"
+      "text": "the security forces are limited in capabilities to performing search and rescue operations and maintaining internal security; a defense treaty with France provides naval resources for protection of territorial waters, training of Comoran military personnel, and air surveillance; France maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion contingent on neighboring Mayotte (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

africa/dj.json

@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
       "text": "Center for United Democrats or CDU [Ahmed Mohamed YOUSSOUF, chairman]<br>Democratic Renewal Party or PRD [Abdillahi HAMARITEH]<br>Djibouti Development Party or PDD [Mohamed Daoud CHEHEM]<br>Front for Restoration of Unity and Democracy (Front pour la Restauration de l'Unite Democratique) or FRUD [Ali Mohamed DAOUD]<br>Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development or MRD (previously Democratic Renewal Party or PRD) [Daher Ahmed FARAH]<br>National Democratic Party or PND [Aden Robleh AWALEH]<br>People's Rally for Progress or RPP [Ismail Omar GUELLEH] (governing party)<br>Peoples Social Democratic Party or PPSD [Hasna Moumin BAHDON]<br>Republican Alliance for Democracy or ARD [Aden Mohamed ABDOU]<br>Union for Democracy and Justice or UDJ [Ilya Ismail GUEDI Hared]<br>Union for the Presidential Majority coalition or UMP [collective leadership] (electoral coalition includes RPP, FRUD, PPSD, and UPR)<br>Union for National Salvation coalition or USN [collective leadership] (electoral coalition includes ARD, PRD, PDD, UDJ, and PND)<br>Union of Reform Partisans or UPR [Ibrahim Daoud CHEHEM]<br><br><strong>note:</strong> only parties with seats in the National Assembly included"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU (candidates), COMESA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, ATMIS, AU, CAEU (candidates), COMESA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
       "text": "the FAD is armed largely with older French and Soviet-era weapons systems; since 2010, it has received limited amounts of mostly second-hand equipment from a variety of countries, including China and the US (2021)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service (men and women); 16-25 years of age for voluntary military training; no conscription (2021)"
+      "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 16-25 years of age for voluntary military training; no conscription (2021)"
     },
     "Military deployments": {
       "text": "960 Somalia (ATMIS) (2022)"

africa/er.json

@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
       "text": "People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ [ISAIAS Afwerki] (the only party recognized by the government)"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS (observer), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS (observer), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS (observer), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS (observer), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/et.json

@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Ethiopia has over fifty national-level and regional-level political parties. The ruling party, the Prosperity Party, was created by Prime Minister ABIY in November 2019 from member parties of the former Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which included the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP), Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM), plus other EPRDF-allied parties such as the Afar National Democratic Party (ANDP), Benishangul Gumuz People’s Democratic Party (BGPDP), Gambella People’s Democratic Movement (GPDM), Somali People’s Democratic Party (SPDP), and the Harari National League (HNL). Once the Prosperity Party was created, the various ethnically-based parties that comprised or were affiliated with the EPRDF were subsequently disbanded; in January 2021, the Ethiopian electoral board de-registered the Tigray People’s Liberation Front or TPLF; national level parties are qualified to register candidates in multiple regions across Ethiopia; regional parties can register candidates for both national and regional parliaments, but only in one region of Ethiopia"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
       "text": "Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces, Ethiopian Air Force (Ye Ityopya Ayer Hayl, ETAF); Ministry of Peace: Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) (2022)",
-      "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in January 2020 the Ethiopian Government announced it had re-established a navy, which was disbanded in 1996; in March 2019, Ethiopia signed a defense cooperation agreement with France which stipulated that France would support the establishment of an Ethiopian navy, which would reportedly be based out of Djibouti<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>in 2018, Ethiopia established a Republican Guard military unit responsible to the Prime Minister for protecting senior officials<br><br>"
+      "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in January 2020 the Ethiopian Government announced it had re-established a navy, which was disbanded in 1996; in March 2019, Ethiopia signed a defense cooperation agreement with France which stipulated that France would support the establishment of an Ethiopian navy, which would reportedly be based out of Djibouti<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>in 2018, Ethiopia established a Republican Guard military unit responsible to the Prime Minister for protecting senior officials<br><br><strong>note 3: </strong>each of the states have regional and/or a \"special\" paramilitary security and police forces that report to regional civilian authorities and operate separately from federal forces; local militias operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with these regional security and police forces, the Ethiopian Federal Police, and the Ethiopian military<br><br>"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
       "Military Expenditures 2021": {
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@
       "text": "5-10,000 Somalia (4,500 for ATMIS; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with Somalia; note - bilateral figures are prior to the conflict with Tigray); 250 Sudan (UNISFA); 1,475 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2022)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "each of the states have regional and/or a \"special\" paramilitary security and police forces that report to regional civilian authorities and operate separately from federal forces; local militias operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with these regional security and police forces, the Ethiopian Federal Police, and the Ethiopian military<br><br>since November 2020, the Government of Ethiopia has been engaged in a protracted military conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the former governing party of the Tigray Region; the government deemed a TPLF attack on Ethiopia military forces as a domestic terrorism incident and launched a military offensive in response; the TPLF asserted that its actions were self-defense in the face of planned Ethiopian Government action to remove it from the provincial government; the Ethiopian Government sent large elements of the ENDF into Tigray to remove the TPLF and invited militia and paramilitary forces from the states of Afar and Amara, as well as the military forces of Eritrea, to assist; the fighting included heavy civilian and military casualties with widespread abuses reported; in March 2022, the Ethiopian Government declared a  truce to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid into the Tigray region; the TPLF reciprocated with a truce of its own; however, fighting between the TPLF and the Ethiopian Government resumed in August 2022<br><br>the military forces of the Tigray regional government are known as the Tigray Defense Force (TDF); the TDF is comprised of state paramilitary forces, local militia, and troops that defected from the ENDF; it was reported to have up to 250,000 fighters at the start of the conflict<br><br>in 2022, the ENDF was also engaged in counterinsurgency operations against anti-government militants in several other states; the largest was in Oromya (Oromia) against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA; aka Shene), an insurgent group that claimed to be fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group; the OLA was a member of a coalition of eight anti-government factions known as the United Front of Ethiopia and Confederalist Forces (UFEFCF); formed in 2021, the UFEFCF included the TPLF, as well as rebel groups of variable sizes from several regions of the country; the OLA has also clashed with ethnic militias (aka Fano) from the neighboring state of Amara<br><br>in July 2022, militants from the Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabaab launched an incursion into Ethiopia's Somali (Sumale) region, attacking villages and security forces; the Ethiopian Government claimed that regional security forces killed hundreds of Shabaab fighters and subsequently deployed additional ENDF troops into Somalia’s Gedo region to prevent further such incursions (2022)"
+      "text": "since November 2020, the Government of Ethiopia has been engaged in a protracted military conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the former governing party of the Tigray Region; the government deemed a TPLF attack on Ethiopia military forces as a domestic terrorism incident and launched a military offensive in response; the TPLF asserted that its actions were self-defense in the face of planned Ethiopian Government action to remove it from the provincial government; the Ethiopian Government sent large elements of the ENDF into Tigray to remove the TPLF and invited militia and paramilitary forces from the states of Afar and Amara, as well as the military forces of Eritrea, to assist; the fighting included heavy civilian and military casualties with widespread abuses reported; in March 2022, the Ethiopian Government declared a  truce to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid into the Tigray region; the TPLF reciprocated with a truce of its own; however, fighting between the TPLF and the Ethiopian Government resumed in August 2022<br><br>the military forces of the Tigray regional government are known as the Tigray Defense Force (TDF); the TDF is comprised of state paramilitary forces, local militia, and troops that defected from the ENDF; it was reported to have up to 250,000 fighters at the start of the conflict<br><br>in 2022, the ENDF was also engaged in counterinsurgency operations against anti-government militants in several other states; the largest was in Oromya (Oromia) against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA; aka Shene), an insurgent group that claimed to be fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group; the OLA was a member of a coalition of eight anti-government factions known as the United Front of Ethiopia and Confederalist Forces (UFEFCF); formed in 2021, the UFEFCF included the TPLF, as well as rebel groups of variable sizes from several regions of the country; the OLA has also clashed with ethnic militias (aka Fano) from the neighboring state of Amara<br><br>in July 2022, militants from the Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabaab launched an incursion into Ethiopia's Somali (Sumale) region, attacking villages and security forces; the Ethiopian Government claimed that regional security forces killed hundreds of Shabaab fighters and subsequently deployed additional ENDF troops into Somalia’s Gedo region to prevent further such incursions (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {

africa/ga.json

@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
       "text": "Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction or APRC [Fabakary JATTA]<br>Coalition 2016 [collective leadership] (electoral coalition includes UDP, PDOIS, NRP, GMC, GDC, PPP, and GPDP)<br>Gambia Democratic Congress or GDC [Mama KANDEH]<br>Gambia Moral Congress or GMC [Mai FATTY]<br>Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress or GPDP [Sarja JARJOU]<br>National Convention Party or NCP [Yaya  SANYANG and Majanko SAMUSA (both claiming leadership)]<br>National Democratic Action Movement or NDAM [Lamin Yaa JUARA]<br>National People's Party or NPP [Adama BARROW]<br>National Reconciliation Party or NRP [Hamat BAH]<br>People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism or PDOIS [Halifa SALLAH]<br>People's Progressive Party or PPP [Yaya CEESAY)]<br>United Democratic Party or UDP [Ousainou DARBOE]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/gb.json

@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
       "note": "Paul Mba Abessole"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/gh.json

@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Ghana has more than 20 registered parties; included are those which participated in the 2020 general election"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/gv.json

@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
         "text": "UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "according to tradition, the name derives from the fusion of the name \"Cona,\" a Baga wine and cheese producer who lived on Tombo Island (the original site of the present-day capital), and the word \"nakiri,\" which in Susu means \"the other bank\" or \"the other side\"; supposedly, Baga's palm grove produced the best wine on the island and people traveling to sample his vintage, would say: \"I am going to Cona, on the other bank (Cona-nakiri),\" which over time became Conakry"
+        "text": "according to tradition, the name derives from the fusion of the name <em>Cona</em>, a Baga wine and cheese producer who lived on Tombo Island (the original site of the present-day capital), and the word <em>nakiri</em>, which in Susu means \"the other bank\" or \"the other side\"; supposedly, Baga's palm grove produced the best wine on the island and people traveling to sample his vintage, would say: \"I am going to Cona, on the other bank (<em>Cona-nakiri</em>),\" which over time became Conakry"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -653,8 +653,8 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "African Congress for Democracy and Renewal or CADRE [Daniel KOLIE]<br>Alliance for National Renewal or ARN [Pepe Koulemou KOULEMOU]<br>Alliance for National Renewal or ARENA [Sekou Koureissy CONDE]<br>Bloc Liberal or BL [Faya MILLIMONO]<br>Citizen Generation or GECI [Mohamed SOUMAH]<br>Citizen Party for the Defense of Collective Interests or PCDIC [Hamidou BARRY]<br>Democratic Alliance for Renewal or ADR [Alpha Oumar Taran DIALLO]<br>Democratic National Movement or MND [Ousmane DORE]<br>Democratic Union for Renewal and Progress or UDRP [Edouard Zoutomou KPOGHOMOU]<br>Democratic Union of Guinea or UDG [Mamadou SYLLA]<br>Democratic People's Movement of Guinea or MPDG [Siaka BARRY]<br>Democratic Workers' Party of Guinea or PDTG [Talibi Dos CAMARA]<br>Front for the National Alliance or FAN [Makale CAMARA]<br>Generation for Reconciliation Union and Prosperity or GRUP [Papa Koly KOUROUMA]<br>Guinea for Democracy and Balance or GDE [Aboubacar SOUMAH]<br>Guinean Party for Peaceful Coexistence and Development or PGCD [Nene Moussa Maleya CAMARA]<br>Guinean Party for Solidarity and Democracy or PGSD [Elie KAMANO]<br>Guinean Union for Democracy and Development or UGDD [Francis HABA]<br>Guinean Rally for Development or RGD [Abdoul Kabele CAMARA]<br>Guinean Rally for Unity and Development or RGUD [Abraham BOURE]<br>Guinean Renaissance Party or PGR [Ibrahima Sory CONDE]<br>Modern Guinea [Thierno Yaya DIALLO]<br>Movement for Solidarity and Development or MSD [Abdoulaye DIALLO]<br>National Front for Development or FND [Alhousseine Makanera KAKE]<br>National Union for Prosperity or UNP [Alpha Mady SOUMAH]<br>National Party for Hope and Development or PEDN [Lansana KOUYATE]<br>New Democratic Forces or NFD [Mouctar DIALLO]<br>New Generation for the Republic or NGR [Abbe SYLLA]<br>New Guinea or NG [Mohamed CISSE]<br>New Political Generation or NGP [Badra KONE]<br>Party for Progress and Change or PPC [Aboubacar Biro SOUMAH]<br>Party of Citizen Action through Labor or PACT [Makale TRAORE]<br>Party of Democrats for Hope or PADES [Ousmane KABA]<br>Party of Freedom and Progress or PLP [Laye Souleymane DIALLO]<br>Party of Hope for National Development or PEDN [Lansana KOUYATE]<br>Rally for Renaissance and Development or RRD [Abdoulaye KOUROUMA]<br>Rally for the Guinean People or RPG [vacant]<br>Rally for the Integrated Development of Guinea or RDIG [Jean Marc TELIANO]<br>Rally for the Republic or RPR [Diabaty DORE]<br>Union for Progress and Renewal or UPR [Ousmane BAH]<br>Union for the Defense of Republican Interests or UDIR [Bouya KONATE]<br>Union for the Progress of Guinea or UPG [Jacques GBONIMY]<br>Union of Democratic Forces or UFD [Mamadou Baadiko BAH]<br>Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea or UFDG [Cellou Dalein DIALLO]<br>Union of Democrats for the Renaissance of Guinea or UDRG [Amadou Oury BAH]<br>Union of Republican Forces or UFR [Sidya TOURE]<br>Unity and Progress Party or PUP [Fode BANGOURA]",
-      "note": "<h3>Ruling party<br><br>Guinea is currently lead by the National Committee for Reconciliation and Development, the transition government <br>(<em>Comité national du rassemblement et du développement</em>, CNRD)</h3> <h3>\n<br>Opposition parties<br><br><br><br>\n</h3>"
+      "text": "African Congress for Democracy and Renewal or CADRE [Daniel KOLIE]<br>Alliance for National Renewal or ARN [Pepe Koulemou KOULEMOU]<br>Alliance for National Renewal or ARENA [Sekou Koureissy CONDE]<br>Bloc Liberal or BL [Faya MILLIMONO]<br>Citizen Generation or GECI [Mohamed SOUMAH]<br>Citizen Party for the Defense of Collective Interests or PCDIC [Hamidou BARRY]<br>Democratic Alliance for Renewal or ADR [Alpha Oumar Taran DIALLO]<br>Democratic National Movement or MND [Ousmane DORE]<br>Democratic Union for Renewal and Progress or UDRP [Edouard Zoutomou KPOGHOMOU]<br>Democratic Union of Guinea or UDG [Mamadou SYLLA]<br>Democratic People's Movement of Guinea or MPDG [Siaka BARRY]<br>Democratic Workers' Party of Guinea or PDTG [Talibi Dos CAMARA]<br>Front for the National Alliance or FAN [Makale CAMARA]<br>Generation for Reconciliation Union and Prosperity or GRUP [Papa Koly KOUROUMA]<br>Guinea for Democracy and Balance or GDE [Aboubacar SOUMAH]<br>Guinean Party for Peaceful Coexistence and Development or PGCD [Nene Moussa Maleya CAMARA]<br>Guinean Party for Solidarity and Democracy or PGSD [Elie KAMANO]<br>Guinean Union for Democracy and Development or UGDD [Francis HABA]<br>Guinean Rally for Development or RGD [Abdoul Kabele CAMARA]<br>Guinean Rally for Unity and Development or RGUD [Abraham BOURE]<br>Guinean Renaissance Party or PGR [Ibrahima Sory CONDE]<br>Modern Guinea [Thierno Yaya DIALLO]<br>Movement for Solidarity and Development or MSD [Abdoulaye DIALLO]<br>National Committee for Reconciliation and Development [Colonel Mamady DOUMBOUYA]<br>National Front for Development or FND [Alhousseine Makanera KAKE]<br>National Union for Prosperity or UNP [Alpha Mady SOUMAH]<br>National Party for Hope and Development or PEDN [Lansana KOUYATE]<br>New Democratic Forces or NFD [Mouctar DIALLO]<br>New Generation for the Republic or NGR [Abbe SYLLA]<br>New Guinea or NG [Mohamed CISSE]<br>New Political Generation or NGP [Badra KONE]<br>Party for Progress and Change or PPC [Aboubacar Biro SOUMAH]<br>Party of Citizen Action through Labor or PACT [Makale TRAORE]<br>Party of Democrats for Hope or PADES [Ousmane KABA]<br>Party of Freedom and Progress or PLP [Laye Souleymane DIALLO]<br>Party of Hope for National Development or PEDN [Lansana KOUYATE]<br>Rally for Renaissance and Development or RRD [Abdoulaye KOUROUMA]<br>Rally for the Guinean People or RPG [vacant]<br>Rally for the Integrated Development of Guinea or RDIG [Jean Marc TELIANO]<br>Rally for the Republic or RPR [Diabaty DORE]<br>Union for Progress and Renewal or UPR [Ousmane BAH]<br>Union for the Defense of Republican Interests or UDIR [Bouya KONATE]<br>Union for the Progress of Guinea or UPG [Jacques GBONIMY]<br>Union of Democratic Forces or UFD [Mamadou Baadiko BAH]<br>Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea or UFDG [Cellou Dalein DIALLO]<br>Union of Democrats for the Renaissance of Guinea or UDRG [Amadou Oury BAH]<br>Union of Republican Forces or UFR [Sidya TOURE]<br>Unity and Progress Party or PUP [Fode BANGOURA]",
+      "note": "<h3>\n<br><br>\n</h3>"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

africa/iv.json

@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
       "text": "African Peoples' Party-Cote d'Ivoire or PPA-CI [Laurent GBAGBO]<br>Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire or PDCI [Henri Konan BEDIE]<br>Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Pascal Affi N'GUESSAN]<br>Liberty and Democracy for the Republic or LIDER [Mamadou KOULIBALY]<br>Movement of the Future Forces or MFA [Innocent Augustin ANAKY KOBENA]<br>Pan-African Congress for People's Justice and Equality or COJEP [Charles BLE GOUDE]<br>Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace or RHDP [Alassane Dramane OUATTARA] <br>Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Henriette DIABATE]<br>Together for Democracy and Sovereignty or EDS [Georges Armand OUEGNIN]<br>Together to Build (UDPCI, FPI,and allies) [Toikeuse MABRI]<br>Union for Cote d'Ivoire or UPCI [Gnamien KONAN]<br>Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire or UDPCI [Albert Toikeusse MABRI]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/ke.json

@@ -655,10 +655,10 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "<p>Azimio La Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party [Raila ODINGA] (includes DAP-K, JP, KANU, KUP, MCC, MDG, ODM, PAA, UDM, UDP, UPA, UPIA, and WDM-K)<br>Amani National Congress or ANC [Musalia MUDAVADI]<br>Chama Cha Kazi or CCK [Moses KURIA]<br>Democratic Action Party or DAP-K [Wafula WAMUNYINYI]<br>Democratic Party or DP [Joseph MUNYAO, Chairman]<br>Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya or FORD-Kenya  [Moses WETANGULA]<br>Grand Dream Development Party or GDDP [Fabian KYULE]           <br>Independents  <br>Jubilee Party or JP [Uhuru KENYATTA]<br>Kenya African National Union or KANU [Gideon MOI]<br>Kenya Kwanza coalition [William RUTO] (includes ANC, CCK, DP, FORD-Kenya, TSP, and UDA)<br>Kenya Union Party or KUP [John LONYANGAPUO]<br>Maendeleo Chap Chap Party or MCC [Alfred MUTUA]<br>Movement for Democracy and Growth or MDG [David OCHIENG]<br>National Agenda Party or NAP-K [Alfayo AGUFANA]                        <br>National Ordinary People Empowerment Union or NOPEU [Rodgers MPURU, Secretary General}<br>Orange Democratic Movement or ODM [Raila ODINGA]<br>Pamoja African Alliance or PAA [Amason KINGI]<br>The Service Party or TSP [Mwangi KIUNJURI]<br>United Democratic Alliance or UDA [William RUTO]<br>United Democratic Movement or UDM [Philip MURGOR]<br>United Democratic Party or UDP [Cyrus Jirongo]                                                <br>United Party of Independent Alliance or UPIA [Ukur YATANI]                                      <br>United Progressive Alliance or UPA [Kenneth NYAMWAMU]                                        <br>Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya or WDM-K [Kalonzo MUSYOKA]   <br><br><strong>note:</strong> only parties with seats in the National Assembly and Senate included             </p>"
+      "text": "<p>Azimio La Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party [Raila ODINGA] (includes DAP-K, JP, KANU, KUP, MCC, MDG, ODM, PAA, UDM, UDP, UPA, UPIA, and WDM-K)<br>Amani National Congress or ANC [Musalia MUDAVADI]<br>Chama Cha Kazi or CCK [Moses KURIA]<br>Democratic Action Party or DAP-K [Wafula WAMUNYINYI]<br>Democratic Party or DP [Joseph MUNYAO, Chairman]<br>Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya or FORD-Kenya  [Moses WETANGULA]<br>Grand Dream Development Party or GDDP [Fabian KYULE]           <br>Independents  <br>Jubilee Party or JP [Uhuru KENYATTA]<br>Kenya African National Union or KANU [Gideon MOI]<br>Kenya Kwanza coalition [William RUTO] (includes ANC, CCK, DP, FORD-Kenya, TSP, and UDA)<br>Kenya Union Party or KUP [John LONYANGAPUO]<br>Maendeleo Chap Chap Party or MCC [Alfred MUTUA]<br>Movement for Democracy and Growth or MDG [David OCHIENG]<br>National Agenda Party or NAP-K [Alfayo AGUFANA]                        <br>National Ordinary People Empowerment Union or NOPEU [Rodgers MPURU, Secretary General}<br>Orange Democratic Movement or ODM [Raila ODINGA]<br>Pamoja African Alliance or PAA [Amason KINGI]<br>The Service Party or TSP [Mwangi KIUNJURI]<br>United Democratic Alliance or UDA [William RUTO]<br>United Democratic Movement or UDM [Philip MURGOR]<br>United Democratic Party or UDP [Cyrus Jirongo]<br>United Party of Independent Alliance or UPIA [Ukur YATANI]                                      <br>United Progressive Alliance or UPA [Kenneth NYAMWAMU]                                        <br>Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya or WDM-K [Kalonzo MUSYOKA]   <br><br><strong>note:</strong> only parties with seats in the National Assembly and Senate included             </p>"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCT, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCT, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1302,13 +1302,13 @@
       "text": "the KDF's inventory traditionally carried mostly older or second-hand Western weapons systems, particularly from France, the UK, and the US; however, since the 2000s it has sought to modernize and diversify its imports, and suppliers have included more than a dozen countries including China, Italy, Jordan, and the US (2022)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "no conscription; 18-26 years of age for male and female voluntary service (under 18 with parental consent; upper limit 30 years of age for specialists, tradesmen, or women with a diploma; 39 years of age for chaplains/imams), with a 9-year obligation (7 years for Kenyan Navy) and subsequent 3-year re-enlistments; applicants must be Kenyan citizens (2022)"
+      "text": "no conscription; 18-26 years of age for male and female voluntary service (under 18 with parental consent; upper limit 30 years of age for specialists, tradesmen, or women with a diploma; 39 years of age for chaplains/imams); 9-year service obligation (7 years for Kenyan Navy) and subsequent 3-year re-enlistments; applicants must be Kenyan citizens (2022)"
     },
     "Military deployments": {
       "text": "260 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 3,650 Somalia (ATMIS) (2022)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "Kenyan military forces intervened in Somalia in October 2011 to combat the al Qaida-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist group, which had conducted numerous cross-border attacks into Kenya; in November 2011, the UN and the African Union invited Kenya to incorporate its forces into the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM); Kenyan forces were formally integrated into AMISOM in February 2012; as of 2022, they consisted of approximately 3,600 troops and were responsible for AMISOM’s Sector 2 comprising Lower and Middle Jubba (see Appendix T for additional details on al-Shabaab; note - as of May 2022, AMISOM was renamed the AU Transition Mission in Somalia or ATMIS) (2022)"
+      "text": "Kenyan military forces intervened in Somalia in October 2011 to combat the al Qaida-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist group, which had conducted numerous cross-border attacks into Kenya; in November 2011, the UN and the African Union invited Kenya to incorporate its forces into the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM); Kenyan forces were formally integrated into AMISOM in February 2012; as of 2022, they consisted of approximately 3,600 troops and were responsible for AMISOM’s Sector 2 comprising Lower and Middle Jubba (see Appendix T for additional details on al-Shabaab; note - as of May 2022, AMISOM was renamed the AU Transition Mission in Somalia or ATMIS)<br><br>the Kenya Military Forces were created following independence in 1963; the current Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) were established, and its composition laid out, in the 2010 constitution; the KDF is governed by the Kenya Defense Forces Act of 2012; the Kenya Army traces its origins back to the Kings African Rifles (KAR); the KAR was a British colonial regiment raised from Britain's various possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s; it conducted both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside the territories during the World Wars (2022)"
     },
     "Maritime threats": {
       "text": "the International Maritime Bureau reports that shipping in territorial and offshore waters in the Indian Ocean remain at risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships"

africa/li.json

@@ -628,8 +628,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "All Liberian Party or ALP [Benoi UREY]<br>Alliance for Peace and Democracy or APD [Marcus S. G. DAHN]<br>Alternative National Congress or ANC [Orishil GOULD]<br>Coalition for Democratic Change [George WEAH] (includes CDC, NPP, and LPDP) Congress for Democratic Change or CDC [Mulbah MORLU]<br>Liberia Destiny Party or LDP [Nathaniel BARNES]<br>Liberia National Union or LINU [Nathaniel BLAMA]<br>Liberia Transformation Party or LTP [Julius SUKU]<br>Liberian People Democratic Party or LPDP [Alex J. TYLER]<br>Liberian People's Party or LPP [Yanqui ZAZA] <br>Liberty Party or LP [Musa Hassan BILITY]<br>Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction or MDR [Prince Y. JOHNSON]<br>Movement for Economic Empowerment [Dr. J. Mill JONES]<br>Movement for Progressive Change or MPC [Simeon FREEMAN]<br>National Democratic Coalition or NDC [Dew MAYSON]<br>National Democratic Party of Liberia or NDPL [D. Nyandeh SIEH]<br>National Patriotic Party or NPP [Jewel HOWARD TAYLOR]<br>National Reformist Party or NRP [Maximillian T. W. DIABE]<br>National Union for Democratic Progress or NUDP [Victor BARNEY]<br>People's Unification Party or PUP [Isobe GBORKORKOLLIE]<br>Unity Party or UP [Rev. J. Luther TARPEH]<br>United People's Party [MacDonald WENTO]<br>Victory for Change Party or VCP [Marcus R. JONES]",
-      "note": "Musa Hassan Bility"
+      "text": "All Liberian Party or ALP [Benoi UREY]<br>Alliance for Peace and Democracy or APD [Marcus S. G. DAHN]<br>Alternative National Congress or ANC [Orishil GOULD]<br>Coalition for Democratic Change [George WEAH] (includes CDC, NPP, and LPDP) Congress for Democratic Change or CDC [Mulbah MORLU]<br>Liberia Destiny Party or LDP [Nathaniel BARNES]<br>Liberia National Union or LINU [Nathaniel BLAMA]<br>Liberia Transformation Party or LTP [Julius SUKU]<br>Liberian People Democratic Party or LPDP [Alex J. TYLER]<br>Liberian People's Party or LPP [Yanqui ZAZA] <br>Liberty Party or LP [Musa Hassan BILITY]<br>Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction or MDR [Prince Y. JOHNSON]<br>Movement for Economic Empowerment [Dr. J. Mill JONES]<br>Movement for Progressive Change or MPC [Simeon FREEMAN]<br>National Democratic Coalition or NDC [Dew MAYSON]<br>National Democratic Party of Liberia or NDPL [D. Nyandeh SIEH]<br>National Patriotic Party or NPP [Jewel HOWARD TAYLOR]<br>National Reformist Party or NRP [Maximillian T. W. DIABE]<br>National Union for Democratic Progress or NUDP [Victor BARNEY]<br>People's Unification Party or PUP [Isobe GBORKORKOLLIE]<br>Unity Party or UP [Rev. J. Luther TARPEH]<br>United People's Party [MacDonald WENTO]<br>Victory for Change Party or VCP [Marcus R. JONES]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
@@ -1221,11 +1220,11 @@
       "text": "approximately 2,000 active personnel (2022)"
     },
     "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
-      "text": "the AFL is poorly armed; it has received limited quantities of equipment since 2010, including donations, from countries such as China and the US (2021)"
+      "text": "the military has a limited inventory; since 2010, it has received small quantities of equipment, including donations, from countries such as China and the US (2021)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18-35 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2021)",
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2020, women made up about .4% of the active military"
+      "text": "18-35 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; no conscription (2022)",
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2020, women made up less than 1% of the active military"
     },
     "Military deployments": {
       "text": "160 Mali (MINUSMA) (May 2022)"

africa/lt.json

@@ -1196,13 +1196,13 @@
       "text": "approximately 2,000 personnel (2022)"
     },
     "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
-      "text": "the LDF has a small inventory of older equipment from a variety of countries; since 2010, it has received only small quantities of second-hand equipment from France (2021)"
+      "text": "the LDF has a small inventory of older and second-hand equipment from a variety of countries (2021)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18-24 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; women can serve as commissioned officers (2021)"
+      "text": "20-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2022)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "Lesotho's declared policy for its military is the maintenance of the country's sovereignty and the preservation of internal security; in practice, external security is guaranteed by South Africa (2022)"
+      "text": "Lesotho's declared policy for its military is the maintenance of the country's sovereignty and the preservation of internal security; in practice, external security is guaranteed by South Africa<br><br>the LDF began in 1964 as the Police Mobile Unit (PMU); the PMU was designated as the Lesotho Paramilitary Force in 1980 and became the Royal Lesotho Defense Force in 1986; it was subsequently renamed the Lesotho Defense Force in 1993 (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

africa/ly.json

@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "originally founded by the Phoenicians as Oea in the 7th century B.C., the city changed rulers many times over the successive centuries; by the beginning of the 3rd century A.D. the region around the city was referred to as Regio Tripolitana by the Romans, meaning \"region of the three cities\" - namely Oea (i.e., modern Tripoli), Sabratha (to the west), and Leptis Magna (to the east); over time, the shortened name of \"Tripoli\" came to refer to just Oea, which derives from the Greek words \"tria\" and \"polis\" meaning \"three cities\""
+        "text": "originally founded by the Phoenicians as Oea in the 7th century B.C., the city changed rulers many times over the successive centuries; by the beginning of the 3rd century A.D. the region around the city was referred to as Regio Tripolitana by the Romans, meaning \"region of the three cities\" - namely Oea (i.e., modern Tripoli), Sabratha (to the west), and Leptis Magna (to the east); over time, the shortened name of \"Tripoli\" came to refer to just Oea, which derives from the Greek words <em>tria </em>and <em>polis</em> meaning \"three cities\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
       "text": "NA<br>"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BDEAC, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, LCBC, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNSMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
+      "text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BDEAC, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, LCBC, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNSMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/ma.json

@@ -1223,8 +1223,8 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Madagascar People's Armed Forces (PAF): Army, Navy, Air Force; National Gendarmerie (operates under the Ministry of Defense); Ministry of Public Security: National Police (2022)",
-      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Gendarmerie is responsible for maintaining law and order in rural areas at the village level, protecting government facilities, and operating a maritime police contingent; the National Police is responsible for maintaining law and order in urban areas"
+      "text": "Madagascar People's Armed Forces (PAF): Army, Navy, Air Force; Ministry of Defense: National Gendarmerie; Ministry of Public Security: National Police (2022)",
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Gendarmerie is separate from the PAF and is responsible for maintaining law and order in rural areas at the village level, protecting government facilities, and operating a maritime police contingent; the National Police is responsible for maintaining law and order in urban areas"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
       "Military Expenditures 2021": {
@@ -1247,10 +1247,10 @@
       "text": "approximately 13,000 personnel (12,000 Army; 500 Navy; 500 Air Force); estimated 10,000 Gendarmerie (2022)"
     },
     "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
-      "text": "the PAF's inventory consists mostly of aging Soviet-era equipment; since 2010, it has received limited amounts of second-hand equipment from France, South Africa, and UAE (2022)"
+      "text": "the PAF's inventory consists mostly of aging Soviet-era equipment; since 2010, it has received limited amounts of second-hand equipment from France, South Africa, and the UAE (2022)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18-25 years of age for males; service obligation 18 months; no conscription; women are permitted to serve in all branches (2022)"
+      "text": "18-25 years of age for men and women; service obligation 18 months; no conscription; women are permitted to serve in all branches (2022)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
       "text": "one of the military&rsquo;s duties is assisting the gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, particularly in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling (cattle thieves are known as dahalo), and criminal groups (2022)"

africa/mi.json

@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@
       "text": "Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [Peter MUTHARIKA]<br>Malawi Congress Party or MCP [Lazarus CHAKWERA]<br>People's Party or PP [Joyce BANDA]<br>United Democratic Front or UDF<br>United Transformation Movement or UTM [Saulos CHILIMA]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1251,19 +1251,19 @@
       }
     },
     "Military and security service personnel strengths": {
-      "text": "information varies; approximately 8,000 personnel (including about 200 air and 200 marine forces) (2022)"
+      "text": "information varies; approximately 8,000 active duty troops (including about 500 air and marine forces personnel) (2022)"
     },
     "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
-      "text": "the MDF's inventory is comprised of mostly obsolescent or second-hand equipment from Europe and South Africa; since 2010, it has received limited amounts of mostly second-hand equipment from China, South Africa, and the UK, as well as non-lethal equipment donated by the US (2021)"
+      "text": "the MDF's inventory is comprised of mostly obsolescent or second-hand equipment from China, a few European countries, and South Africa (2021)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; high school equivalent required for enlisted recruits and college equivalent for officer recruits; initial engagement is 7 years for enlisted personnel and 10 years for officers (2021)"
+      "text": "18 years of age for men and women for voluntary military service; high school equivalent required for enlisted recruits and college equivalent for officer recruits; initial engagement is 7 years for enlisted personnel and 10 years for officers (2022)"
     },
     "Military deployments": {
       "text": "750 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (May 2022)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the MDF&rsquo;s primary responsibility is external security; it is also tasked as necessary with carrying out policing or other domestic activities, such as disaster relief; Malawi contributes regularly to African Union and UN peace support operations (2022)"
+      "text": "the MDF’s primary responsibility is external security; it is also tasked as necessary with carrying out policing or other domestic activities, such as disaster relief; Malawi contributes regularly to African Union and UN peace support operations<br><br>the MDF was established in 1964 from elements of the Kings African Rifles (KAR), a British colonial regiment raised from Great Britain's various possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s; the KAR conducted both military and internal security functions within the colonial territories, and served outside the territories during the World Wars (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

africa/mp.json

@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Alliance Morisien (Mauritian Alliance 2019; coalition includes MSM, ML, Patriotic Movement, and Militant Platform) [Pravind JUGNAUTH] <br>Mauritian Militant Movement (Mouvement Militant Mauricien) or MMM [Paul BERENGER]<br>Mauritian People's Union (Linion Pep Morisien) [Bruneau LAURETTE and Dev SUNNASY]<br>Mauritian Rally (Rassemblement Mauricien) [Nando BODHA]<br>Mauritian Social Democratic Party (Parti Mauricien Social Democrate) or PMSD [Xavier Luc DUVAL]<br>Mauritius Labor Party (Parti Travailliste) or PTR or MLP [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM]<br>Militant Platform (Plateforme Militante) [Steven OBEEGADOO]<br>Militant Socialist Movement (Mouvement Socialist Mauricien) or MSM [Pravind JUGNAUTH]<br>Muvman Liberater or ML [Ivan COLLENDAVELLOO]<br>Patriotic Movement (Mouvement Patriotic) [Alan GANOO]<br>Rodrigues Peoples Organization (Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais) or OPR [Serge CLAIR]"
+      "text": "Alliance Morisien (Mauritian Alliance 2019; coalition includes PM, MSM, ML, and MAG) [Pravind JUGNAUTH] <br>Mauritian Militant Movement (Mouvement Militant Mauricien) or MMM [Paul BERENGER]<br>Mauritian Social Democratic Party (Parti Mauricien Social Democrate) or PMSD [Xavier Luc DUVAL]<br>Mauritius Labor Party (Parti Travailliste) or PTR or MLP [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM]<br>Militant Platform or PM (Plateforme Militante) [Steven OBEEGADOO]<br>Militant Socialist Movement (Mouvement Socialist Mauricien) or MSM [Pravind JUGNAUTH]<br>Muvman Liberater or ML [Ivan COLLENDAVELLOO]<br>National Alliance (coalition includes PTR and PMSD) [Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM]<br>Patriotic Movement (Mouvement Patriotique) or MAG [Alan GANOO]<br>Rodrigues Peoples Organization (Organisation du Peuple Rodriguais) or OPR [Serge CLAIR]<br><br><strong>note</strong>: only parties with seats in the National Assembly listed"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

africa/mr.json

@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@
       "text": "Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal or AJD/MR [Ibrahima Moctar SARR]<br>Burst of Youth for the Nation or Sursaut or PSJN [Lalla Mint CHERIF]<br>El Insaf or Equity Party [Mohamed Melainine Ould EYIH]<br>El Islah Party [Mohamed Ould TALEBNA]<br>El Karama Party [Cheikhna Ould Mohamed Ould HAJBOU]<br>Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement or IRA [Biram Dah ABEID]<br>National Democratic Alliance or AND [Yacoub Ould MOINE]<br>National Rally for Reform and Development or RNRD or TAWASSOUL [Mohamed Mahmoud Ould SEYIDI]<br>Party for Conciliation and Prosperity or HIWAR [Valle Mint Mini]<br>Popular (or People's) Progressive Alliance or APP [Messaoud Ould BOULKHEIR]<br>Rally (or Assembly) of Democratic Forces or RFD [Ahmed Ould DADDAH]<br>Sawab Party [Ahmed Salem Ould HORMA]<br>Union for Democracy and Progress or UDP [Naha Mint MOUKNASS]<br>Union of the Forces of Progress or UFP [Mohamed Ould MAOULOUD]<br>"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, CAEU, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MIUSMA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, CAEU, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MIUSMA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/mz.json

@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Democratic Movement of Mozambique (Movimento Democratico de Mocambique) or MDM [Lutero SIMANGO]<br>Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frente de Liberatacao de Mocambique) or FRELIMO [Filipe NYUSI]<br>Mozambican National Resistance (Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana) or RENAMO [Ossufo MOMADE]<br>Optimistic Party for the Development of Mozambique or Podemos [Helder MENDONCA]"
+      "text": "Democratic Movement of Mozambique (Movimento Democratico de Mocambique) or MDM [Lutero SIMANGO]<br>Liberation Front of Mozambique (Frente de Liberatacao de Mocambique) or FRELIMO [Filipe NYUSI]<br>Mozambican National Resistance (Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana) or RENAMO [Ossufo MOMADE]<br><br><strong>note:</strong> only parties with seats in the legislature listed"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, CPLP, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OIF (observer), OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

africa/ng.json

@@ -661,8 +661,8 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "<p>Alliance for Democracy and the Republic<br>Alliance for Democratic Renewal or ARD-Adaltchi-Mutuntchi [Laouan MAGAGI] <br>Alliance of Movements for the Emergence of Niger or AMEN AMIN [Omar Hamidou TCHIANA]<br>Congress for the Republic or CPR-Inganci [Maradi Kassoum MOCTAR]<br>Democratic Alternation for Equity in Niger<br>Democratic and Republican Renewal-RDR-Tchanji [Mahamane OUSMANE]<br>Democratic Movement for the Emergence of Niger<br>National Movement for the Development of Society-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara [Seini OUMAROU]<br>Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moussa Hassane BARAZE]<br>Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation or MODEN/FA Lumana [Hama AMADOU]<br>Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [Mahamadou ISSOUFOU]<br>Nigerien Patriotic Movement or MPN-Kishin Kassa [Ibrahim YACOUBA]<br>Nigerien Rally for Democracy and Peace<br>Patriotic Movement for the Republic or MPR-Jamhuriya [Albade ABOUBA]<br>Peace, Justice, Progress–Generation Doubara<br>Rally for Democracy and Progress-Jama'a or RDP-Jama'a [Hamid ALGABID]<br>Rally for Peace and Progress<br>Social Democratic Rally or RSD-Gaskiyya [Amadou CHEIFFOU]<br>Social Democratic Party or PSD-Bassira [Sanoussi MAREINI]<br><br><strong>note:</strong> only parties with seats in the National Assembly included</p>",
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the SPLM and SPLM-DC are banned political parties"
+      "text": "<p>Alliance for Democracy and the Republic<br>Alliance for Democratic Renewal or ARD-Adaltchi-Mutuntchi [Laouan MAGAGI] <br>Alliance of Movements for the Emergence of Niger or AMEN AMIN [Omar Hamidou TCHIANA]<br>Congress for the Republic or CPR-Inganci [Maradi Kassoum MOCTAR]<br>Democratic Alternation for Equity in Niger<br>Democratic and Republican Renewal-RDR-Tchanji [Mahamane OUSMANE]<br>Democratic Movement for the Emergence of Niger<br>National Movement for the Development of Society-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara [Seini OUMAROU]<br>Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moussa Hassane BARAZE]<br>Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation or MODEN/FA Lumana [Hama AMADOU]<br>Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [Mahamadou ISSOUFOU]<br>Nigerien Patriotic Movement or MPN-Kishin Kassa [Ibrahim YACOUBA]<br>Nigerien Rally for Democracy and Peace<br>Patriotic Movement for the Republic or MPR-Jamhuriya [Albade ABOUBA]<br>Peace, Justice, Progress–Generation Doubara<br>Rally for Democracy and Progress-Jama'a or RDP-Jama'a [Hamid ALGABID]<br>Rally for Peace and Progress<br>Social Democratic Rally or RSD-Gaskiyya [Amadou CHEIFFOU]<br>Social Democratic Party or PSD-Bassira [Sanoussi MAREINI]</p>",
+      "note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>only parties with seats in the National Assembly are listed<br><strong><br>note 2:</strong> the SPLM and SPLM-DC are banned political parties"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MINUSMA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> Niger is part of a four (formerly five)-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 (now G4) Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali (withdrew in 2022), and Mauritania; it has committed 1,100 troops and 200 gendarmes to the force; as of 2022, defense forces from each of the participating states were allowed to pursue terrorist fighters up to 100 km into neighboring countries; the force is backed by France, the UN, and the US<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>Niger also has about 1,000 troops committed to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "as of 2022, the FAN was conducting counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations against Islamic militants on two fronts; in the Diffa region, the Nigeria-based Boko Haram terrorist group has conducted dozens of attacks on security forces, army bases, and civilians; on Niger&rsquo;s western border with Mali, the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-West Africa (ISIS-WA) has conducted numerous attacks on security personnel; a series of ISIS-WA attacks on FAN forces near the Malian border in December of 2019 and January of 2020 resulted in the deaths of more than 170 soldiers; terrorist attacks continued into 2022 (2022)"
+      "text": "as of 2022, the FAN was conducting counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations against Islamic militants on at least two fronts; in the Diffa region, the Nigeria-based Boko Haram terrorist group has conducted dozens of attacks on security forces, army bases, and civilians; on Niger&rsquo;s western border with Mali, the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-West Africa (ISIS-WA) has conducted numerous attacks on security personnel; a series of ISIS-WA attacks on FAN forces near the Malian border in December of 2019 and January of 2020 resulted in the deaths of more than 170 soldiers; terrorist attacks continued into 2022 (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {

africa/ni.json

@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
       "text": "Accord Party or ACC [Mohammad Lawal MALADO]<br>Africa Democratic Congress or ADC [Ralph Okey NWOSU] <br>All Progressives Congress or APC [<u>Abdullahi ADAMU</u>]<br>All Progressives Grand Alliance or APGA [Victor Ike OYE]<br>Labor Party or LP [Julius ABURE]<br>Peoples Democratic Party or PDP [Iyourchia AYU]<br>Young Progressive Party or YPP [Bishop AMAKIRI]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, D-8, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, CD, D-8, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LCBC, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MNJTF, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/rw.json

@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the city takes its name from nearby Mount Kigali; the name \"Kigali\" is composed of the Bantu prefix \"ki\" and the Rwandan \"gali\" meaning \"broad\" and likely refers to the broad, sprawling hill that has been dignified with the title of \"mount\""
+        "text": "the city takes its name from nearby Mount Kigali; the name \"Kigali\" is composed of the Bantu prefix <em>ki</em> and the Rwandan <em>gali</em> meaning \"broad\" and likely refers to the broad, sprawling hill that has been dignified with the title of \"mount\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

africa/se.json

@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Linyon Sanzman or LS [Martin AGLAE]<br>One Seychelles [Peter SINON]<br>Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy or SPSJD [Vesna RAKIC]<br>Seychellois Democratic Alliance (Linyon Demokratik Seselwa) or LDS [Roger MANCIENNE] (includes SPSJD)<br>United Seychelles or US [Patrick HERMINIE] (formerly People's Party (Parti Lepep) or PL) "
+      "text": "Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy or SPSJD [Vesna RAKIC]<br>Seychellois Democratic Alliance or LDS (Linyon Demokratik Seselwa/Union Démocratique Seychelloise) (coalition includes SNP and SPSJD) [Roger MANCIENNE]<br>Seychelles National Party or SNP [Wavel RAMKALAWAN]<br>United Seychelles or US [Patrick HERMINIE]<br><br><strong>note</strong>: only parties with seats in the National Assembly listed"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, CD, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

africa/sf.json

@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "Pretoria is named in honor of Andries PRETORIUS, the father of voortrekker (pioneer) leader Marthinus PRETORIUS; Cape Town reflects its location on the Cape of Good Hope; Bloemfontein is a combination of the Dutch words \"bloem\" (flower) and \"fontein\" (fountain) meaning \"fountain of flowers\""
+        "text": "Pretoria is named in honor of Andries PRETORIUS, the father of voortrekker (pioneer) leader Marthinus PRETORIUS; Cape Town reflects its location on the Cape of Good Hope; Bloemfontein is a combination of the Dutch words <em>bloem</em> (flower) and <em>fontein</em> (fountain) meaning \"fountain of flowers\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "African Christian Democratic Party or ACDP [Kenneth MESHOE]<br>African Independent Congress or AIC [Mandla GALO]<br>African National Congress or ANC [Cyril RAMAPHOSA]<br>African People's Convention or APC [Themba GODI] <br>Agang SA [Mike TSHISHONGA]<br>Congress of the People or COPE [Mosiuoa LEKOTA]<br>Democratic Alliance or DA [John STEENHUISEN]<br>Economic Freedom Fighters or EFF [Julius Sello MALEMA]<br>Freedom Front Plus or FF+ [Pieter GROENEWALD]<br>GOOD [Patricia de LILLE]<br>Inkatha Freedom Party or IFP [Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI]<br>National Freedom Party or NFP [Zanele kaMAGWAZA-MSIBI]<br>Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania or PAC [Luthanado MBINDA]<br>United Christian Democratic Party or UCDP [Isaac Sipho MFUNDISI]<br>United Democratic Movement or UDM [Bantu HOLOMISA]"
+      "text": "African Christian Democratic Party or ACDP [Kenneth MESHOE]<br>African Independent Congress or AIC [Mandla GALO]<br>African National Congress or ANC [Cyril RAMAPHOSA]<br>African People's Convention or APC [Themba GODI] <br>Agang SA [Andries TLOUAMMA]<br>Congress of the People or COPE [Mosiuoa LEKOTA]<br>Democratic Alliance or DA [John STEENHUISEN]<br>Economic Freedom Fighters or EFF [Julius Sello MALEMA]<br>Freedom Front Plus or FF+ [Pieter GROENEWALD]<br>GOOD [Patricia de LILLE]<br>Inkatha Freedom Party or IFP [Velenkosini HLABISA]<br>National Freedom Party or NFP [vacant]<br>Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania or PAC [Mzwanele NYHONTSO]<br>United Christian Democratic Party or UCDP [Modiri Desmond SEHUME]<br>United Democratic Movement or UDM [Bantu HOLOMISA]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, BIS, BRICS, C, CD, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-24, G-5, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, NSG, OECD (enhanced engagement), OPCW, Paris Club (associate), PCA, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"

africa/sg.json

@@ -666,10 +666,10 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Alliance for Citizenship and Labor or ACT [Abdoul MBAYE]<br>Alliance for the Republic-Yakaar or APR [Macky SALL]<br>Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP [Moustapha NIASSE]<br>And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS [Mamadou DIOP Decriox]<br>Benno Bokk Yakaar or BBY (United in Hope) [Macky SALL] (coalition includes AFP, APR, BGC, LD-MPT, PIT, PS, and UNP)<br>Bokk Gis Gis coalition [Pape DIOP]<br>Citizen Movement for National Reform or MCRN-Bes Du Nakk [Mansour Sy DJAMIL]<br>Dare the Future movement [Aissata Tall SALL]<br>Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Abdoulaye BATHILY]<br>Democratic Renaissance Congress<br>Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ [Cheikh Abdoulaye Bamba DIEYE]<br>Gainde Centrist Bloc or BCG [Jean-Paul DIAS Mendes]<br>General Alliance for the Interests of the Republic or AGIR [Thierno BOCOUM]<br>Grand Party or GP [Malick GAKOU]<br>Independence and Labor Party or PIT [Maguette THIAM]<br>Jotna Coalition<br>Liberate the People (Yewwi Askan Wi) or YAW [Barthelemy DIAS, Ousmane SONKO, Khalifa SALL]<br>Madicke 2019 coalition [Madicke NIANG]<br>National Union for the People or UNP [Souleymane Ndene NDIAYE]<br>Only Senegal Movement [Pierre Goudiaby ATEPA]<br>Party for Truth and Development or PVD [Cheikh Ahmadou Kara MBAKE]<br>Party of Unity and Rally or PUR [Cheikh Mouhamadou Moustapha SY]<br>Patriotic Convergence Kaddu Askan Wi or CP-Kaddu Askan Wi [Abdoulaye BALDE]<br>Patriots of Senegal for Ethics, Work and Fraternity or PASTEF [Ousmane SONKO]<br>Rewmi Party [Idrissa SECK]<br>Save Senegal (Wallu Senegal Grand Coalition) or WS [Abdoulaye WADE] (coalition includes PDS, Jotna Coalition, Democratic Renaissance Congress)<br>Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE]<br>Socialist Party or PS [vacant]<br>Tekki Movement [Mamadou Lamine DIALLO]"
+      "text": "Alliance for Citizenship and Work or ACT [Abdoul MBAYE]<br>Alliance for the Republic-Yakaar or APR [Macky SALL]<br>Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP [Moustapha NIASSE]<br>And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS [Landing SAVANE]<br>Benno Bokk Yakaar or BBY (United in Hope) [Mahammed DIONNE] (coalition includes AFP, APR, BGC, LD-MPT, PIT, PS, and UNP)<br>Bokk Gis Gis coalition [Pape DIOP]<br>Citizen Movement for National Reform or MCRN-Bes Du Nakk [Mansour Sy DJAMIL]<br>Dare the Future movement [Aissata Tall SALL]<br>Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Mamadou NDOYE]<br>Democratic Renaissance Congress [NA]<br>Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ [Cheikh Abdoulaye Bamba DIEYE]<br>Gainde Centrist Bloc or BCG [Jean-Paul DIAS Mendes]<br>General Alliance for the Interests of the Republic or AGIR [Thierno BOCOUM]<br>Grand Party or GP [Malick GAKOU]<br>Independence and Labor Party or PIT [Maguette THIAM]<br>Jotna Coalition [Dr Abdoulaye Niane]<br>Liberate the People (Yewwi Askan Wi) or YAW [Barthelemy DIAS, Ousmane SONKO, Khalifa SALL]<br>Madicke 2019 coalition [Madicke NIANG]<br>National Union for the People or UNP [Abdoul MBAYE]<br>Only Senegal Movement [Pierre Goudiaby ATEPA]<br>Party for Truth and Development or PVD [Cheikh Ahmadou Kara MBAKE]<br>Party of Unity and Rally or PUR [Cheikh Mouhamadou Moustapha SY]<br>Patriotic Convergence Kaddu Askan Wi or CP-Kaddu Askan Wi [Abdoulaye BALDE]<br>Patriots of Senegal for Ethics, Work and Fraternity or PASTEF [Ousmane SONKO]<br>Rewmi Party [Idrissa SECK]<br>Save Senegal (Wallu Senegal Grand Coalition) or WS [Abdoulaye WADE] (coalition includes PDS, Jotna Coalition, Democratic Renaissance Congress)<br>Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE]<br>Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG]<br>Tekki Movement [Mamadou Lamine DIALLO]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, EITI (candidate country), FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, EITI (candidate country), FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/sl.json

@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
       "text": "All People's Congress or APC [Ernest Bai KOROMA]<br>Coalition for Change or C4C [Tamba R. SANDY]<br>National Grand Coalition or NGC [Dr. Dennis BRIGHT]<br>Sierra Leone People's Party or SLPP [Dr. Prince HARDING]<br>numerous other parties"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/so.json

@@ -583,12 +583,12 @@
         "text": "bicameral Federal Parliament to consist of:<br>Senate (54 seats; senators indirectly elected by state assemblies to serve 4-year terms)<br>House of the People (275 seats; members indirectly elected by electoral colleges, each consisting of 51 delegates selected by the 136 Traditional Elders in consultation with sub-clan elders; members serve 4-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "Senate - first held on 10 October 2016; last held 27 July - 13 November 2021 (next to be held in 2025)<br>House of the People - first held 23 October - 10 November 2016 (next to be held September - October 2021 but postponed to November 2021 and extended numerous times to April 2022; next to be held in 2026)"
+        "text": "Senate - first held on 10 October 2016; last held 27 July - 13 November 2021 (next to be held in 2024)<br>House of the People - first held 23 October - 10 November 2016 (next scheduled for September - October 2021 but postponed to November 2021 and then extended numerous times until April 2022; next to be held in 2024)"
       },
       "election results": {
         "text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 40, women 14, percent of women 25.9%<br>House of the People - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 225, women 50, percent of women 22.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 19.5%"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the inaugural House of the People was appointed in September 2012 by clan elders; in 2016 and 2017, the Federal Parliament became bicameral with elections scheduled for 10 October 2016 for the Upper House - renamed 'Senate' and 23 October to 10 November 2016 for the House of the People; while the elections were delayed, they were eventually held in most regions despite voting irregularities; on 27 December 2016, 41 Upper House senators and 242 House of the People Members of Parliament (MP) were sworn in"
+      "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> the inaugural House of the People was appointed in September 2012 by clan elders; in 2016 and 2017, the Federal Parliament became bicameral with indirect elections scheduled for 10 October 2016 for the Upper House - renamed 'Senate' and 23 October to 10 November 2016 for the House of the People; while the elections were delayed, they were eventually held in most regions despite voting irregularities; on 27 December 2016, 41 Upper House senators and 242 House of the People Members of Parliament (MP) were sworn in<br><strong><br>note 2: </strong>despite the formation of political parties in 2020, the 2021 parliamentary elections maintained a primarily clan-based system of appointments; seats in the legislature were apportioned to Somali member states and not by party representation <br><br><br><br><br>"
     },
     "Judicial branch": {
       "highest courts": {
@@ -602,10 +602,11 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Cosmopolitan Democratic Party [Yarow Sharef ADEN]<br>Daljir Party or DP [Hassan MOALIM]<br>Democratic Green Party of Somalia or DGPS [Abdullahi Y. MAHAMOUD]<br>Democratic Party of Somalia or DPS [Maslah Mohamed SIAD]<br>Green Leaf for Democracy or GLED<br>Hiil Qaran<br>Justice and Communist Party [Mohamed NUR]<br>Justice and Development of Democracy and Self-Respectfulness Party or CAHDI [Abdirahman Abdigani IBRAHIM Bile]<br>Justice Party [SAKARIYE Haji]<br>Liberal Party of Somalia<br>National Democratic Party [Abdirashid ALI]<br>National Unity Party (Xisbiga MIdnimo-Quaran) [Abdurahman BAADIYOW]<br>Somali Green Party (local chapter of Federation of Green Parties of Africa)<br>Somali National Party or SNP [Mohammed Ameen Saeed AHMED]<br>Somali People's Party [Salad JEELE]<br>Somali Society Unity Party [Yasin MAALIM]<br>Tayo or TPP [Mohamed Abdullahi MOHAMED]<br>Tiir Party [Fadhil Sheik MOHAMUD]<br>Union for Peace and Development Party or PDP [HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud]<br>United and Democratic Party [FAUZIA Haji]<br>United Somali Parliamentarians<br>United Somali Republican Party [Ali TIMA-JLIC]"
+      "text": "<p>select National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) approved parties (as of 2020):</p> <p>Cosmopolitan Democratic Party [Yarow Sharef ADEN]<br>Green Party [Ahmed HAJI]<br>Himilo Qaran Party [Sharif SHEIKH AHMED]<br>Ilays Party [Abdulkadir OSOBLE]<br>Justice and Reconciliation Party<br>National Progressive Party<br>Peace and Unity Party [Asha ABDALLA]<br>Qaransoor Party [Abdijabaar SHEIKH AHMED]<br>Qiimo Qaran Party<br>Security and Justice Party<br>Social Justice Party [Mohamed NUR, chairman]<br>Somali Labour Party[Ali Mohamed APOLLO, chairman]<br>Somali Republic Party [Abdinur Ahmed DARMAN, chairman]<br>Somali Social Unity Party or SSUP [Yaasiin Maaxi MACALIN]<br>Union for Peace and Development Party or PDP [HASSAN SHEIKH Mohamud]<br>Wadajir Party [Abdirahman Abdishakur WARSAME]</p> <p><br><br><br></p>",
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2017 an independent electoral commission (the NIEC) was inaugurated with a mandate to oversee the process of registration of political parties in the country; as of 2021, the NIEC had registered a total of 110 parties"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU (candidate), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, LAS, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU (candidate), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, LAS, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OPCW (signatory), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1145,7 +1146,7 @@
       "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscription is authorized but not currently utilized (2021)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "as of 2022, the Somali National Army (SNA) and supporting security and militia forces were actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group (see Appendix T); al-Shabaab controlled large parts of southern and central Somalia <br><br>as of 2022, a significant portion of the SNA was comprised of militia forces that were assessed to lack the discipline, structure, weapons, and overall capabilities for effective military operations; of the SNA’s approximately 13 brigades, the most effective were assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; as of 2022, the Danab Brigade numbered about 1,500 troops with an eventual projected strength of 3,000, while the Gorgor Division was estimated to have 4,500-5,000 trained troops<br><br>the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operated in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its peacekeeping mission included assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission is to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; ATMIS is projected to gradually reduce staffing from its 2022 level of about 20,000 personnel (civilians, military, and police) to zero by the end of 2024 <br><br>UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM; established 2013) is mandated by the Security Council to work with the FGS to support national reconciliation, provide advice on peace-building and state-building, monitor the human rights situation, and help coordinate the efforts of the international community; the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS; established 2015) is responsible for providing logistical field support to ATMIS, UNSOM, and the Somali security forces on joint operations with ATMIS<br><br>the European Union Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM-S) has operated in the country since 2010; the EUTM provides advice and training to the Somali military; the US, UK, and Turkey maintain separate military training missions in Somalia (the US has also supported the SNA with air strikes); the UAE maintains a military presence in Somaliland (2022)"
+      "text": "as of 2022, the Somali National Army (SNA) and supporting security and militia forces were actively conducting operations against the al-Shabaab terrorist group (see Appendix T); al-Shabaab controlled large parts of southern and central Somalia <br><br>as of 2022, a significant portion of the SNA was comprised of militia forces that were assessed to lack the discipline, structure, weapons, and overall capabilities for effective military operations; of the SNA’s approximately 13 brigades, the most effective were assessed to be the US-trained Danab (\"Lightning\") Advanced Infantry Brigade and those of the Turkish-trained Gorgor (\"Eagle\") Special Division; as of 2022, the Danab Brigade numbered about 1,500 troops with an eventual projected strength of 3,000, while the Gorgor Division was estimated to up to 5,000 trained troops<br><br>the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) operated in the country with the approval of the UN from 2007-2022; its peacekeeping mission included assisting Somali forces in providing security for a stable political process, enabling the gradual handing over of security responsibilities from AMISOM to the Somali security forces, and reducing the threat posed by al-Shabaab and other armed opposition groups; in April 2022, AMISOM was reconfigured and replaced with the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS); the ATMIS mission is to support the Somalia Federal Government (FGS) in implementing the security objectives of the FGS's security transition plan, a comprehensive strategy developed by the FGS and its international partners in 2018 and updated in 2021 to gradually transfer security responsibilities from ATMIS to Somali security forces; ATMIS is projected to gradually reduce staffing from its 2022 level of about 20,000 personnel (civilians, military, and police) to zero by the end of 2024 <br><br>UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM; established 2013) is mandated by the Security Council to work with the FGS to support national reconciliation, provide advice on peace-building and state-building, monitor the human rights situation, and help coordinate the efforts of the international community; the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS; established 2015) is responsible for providing logistical field support to ATMIS, UNSOM, and the Somali security forces on joint operations with ATMIS<br><br>the European Union Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM-S) has operated in the country since 2010; the EUTM provides advice and training to the Somali military; the US, UK, and Turkey maintain separate military training missions in Somalia (the US has also supported the SNA with air strikes); the UAE maintains a military presence in Somaliland (2022)"
     },
     "Maritime threats": {
       "text": "<p>the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center (PRC) received one incident of piracy and armed robbery in 2021 for the Horn of Africa; while there were no recorded incidents, the IMB PRC warns that Somalia pirates continue to possess the capacity to carry out attacks in the Somali basin and wider Indian Ocean; in particular, the report warns that, \"Masters and crew must remain vigilant and cautious when transiting these waters.\"; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators, including the use of on-board armed security teams, contributed to the drop in incidents; the EU naval mission, Operation ATALANTA, continues its operations in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean through 2022; naval units from China, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, the US, and other countries also operate in conjunction with EU forces; China has established a logistical base in Djibouti to support its deployed naval units in the Horn of Africa</p>"

africa/su.json

@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
       "text": "<p>Major Parties with seats in the last National Assembly election (13-15 April 2015):<br><br>Collective Leadership Umma Party           <br>Democratic Unionist Party or DUP [Jalal al-DIGAIR]<br>Democratic Unionist Party–Original [Muhammad Uthman al-MIRGHANI]<br>Federal Umma Party [Fadl al-Sayed SHUAIB]                    <br>Freedom and Justice Party<br>National Freedom and Justice Party        <br>National Congress Party or NCP [Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR]           <br>National Umma Party or UP [Sadiq al-MAHDI]                    <br>Umma Reform and Development Party<br>United Umma Party<br><br>Major Parties as of April 2019: <br>Democratic Unionist Party [Muhammad Uthman al-MIRGHANI]<br>Democratic Unionist Party or DUP [Babika BABIKER]<br>Federal Umma Party [Dr. Ahmed Babikir NAHAR]<br>Muslim Brotherhood or MB [Sadig Abdalla ABDELMAJID and Dr. Yousif Al-Hibir Nor-ELDAYIM]<br>National Congress Party or NCP [Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR]<br>National Umma Party or NUP [Fadlallah Baramah NASSER]<br>Popular Congress Party or PCP [Nawal Al-KHIDIR]<br>Reform Movement Now [Dr. Ghazi Salahuddin al-ATABANI]<br>Sudan National Front [Ali Mahmud HASANAYN]<br>Sudanese Communist Party or SCP [Mohammed Moktar Al-KHATEEB]<br>Sudanese Congress Party or SCoP [Omar El DIGAIR]<br>Umma Party for Reform and Development [Mubarak Al-Fadul Al-MAHDI]<br>Unionist Movement Party or UMP [led by DUP Chair Mohammed Osama Al-MERGHANI]</p> <strong>note: </strong>the National Assembly was dissolved in April 2019 to be replaced some time in 2023 with a Transitional Legislative Council with as yet undetermined party affiliations; in November 2019, the transitional government banned the National Congress Party"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
+      "text": "ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/to.json

@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Action Committee for Renewal or CAR [Yaovi AGBOYIBO]<br>Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development or ADDI [Tchaboure GOGUE]<br>Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA [Brigitte ADJAMAGBO-JOHNSON]<br>Democratic Forces for the Republic or FDR [Dodji APEVON]<br>National Alliance for Change or ANC [Jean-Pierre FABRE]<br>New Togolese Commitment [Gerry TAAMA]<br>Pan-African National Party or PNP [Tikpi ATCHADAM]<br>Pan-African Patriotic Convergence or CPP [Edem KODJO]<br>Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development or MPDD [Agbeyome KODJO] <br>Socialist Pact for Renewal or PSR [Abi TCHESSA]<br>The Togolese Party [Nathaniel OLYMPIO]<br>Union of Forces for Change or UFC [Gilchrist OLYMPIO]<br>Union for the Republic or UNIR [Faure GNASSINGBE]"
+      "text": "Action Committee for Renewal or CAR [Dodji APEVON]<br>Alliance of Democrats for Integral Development or ADDI [Tchaboure GOGUE]<br>Democratic Convention of African Peoples or CDPA [Léopold GNININVI]<br>Democratic Forces for the Republic or FDR [Dodji APEVON]<br>National Alliance for Change or ANC [Jean-Pierre FABRE]<br>New Togolese Commitment [Gerry TAAMA]<br>Pan-African National Party or PNP [Tikpi ATCHADAM]<br>Pan-African Patriotic Convergence or CPP [Edem KODJO]<br>Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development or MPDD [Agbeyome KODJO] <br>Socialist Pact for Renewal or PSR [Abi TCHESSA]<br>The Togolese Party [Nathaniel OLYMPIO]<br>Union of Forces for Change or UFC [NA]<br>Union for the Republic or UNIR [Faure GNASSINGBE]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

africa/ug.json

@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
       "text": "Activist Party [Stephen BAMPIGGA]<br>Alliance for National Transformation or ANT [Alice ALASO, acting national coordinator]<br>Conservative Party [Walyemera Daniel MASUMBA]<br>Democratic Party or DP [Norbert MAO]<br>Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Patrick Oboi AMURIAT]<br>Justice Forum or JEEMA [Asuman BASALIRWA]<br>National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]<br>National Unity Platform [Nkonge KIBALAMA]<br>Uganda People's Congress or UPC [James AKENA]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNOCI, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNOCI, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/uv.json

@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
     },
     "Executive branch": {
       "chief of state": {
-        "text": "transitional President Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo DAMIBA (since 2 February 2022); note - on 24 January 2022, a military junta led by DAMIBA, leader of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration, took power and ousted President Roch Marc Christian KABORE"
+        "text": "transitional President Capt Ibrahim TRAORE (since 30 September 2022); note - on 30 September 2022, a military junta led by TRAORE, took power and ousted President Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo and took over as head of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration.<br>"
       },
       "head of government": {
         "text": "Prime Minister Albert OUEDRAOGO (since 3 March 2022); note - transitional President Lt. Col. DAMIBA appointed OUEDRAOGO Prime Minister on 3 March 2022; the position had been vacant since 24 January 2022 when the military ousted former Prime Minister Lassina ZERBO"
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Burkina Faso is part of a four (formerly five)-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G4 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Chad, Mali (withdrew in 2022), Mauritania, and Niger; it has committed 550 troops and 100 gendarmes to the force; as of 2020, defense forces from each of the participating states were allowed to pursue terrorist fighters up to 100 km into neighboring countries; the force is backed by France, the UN, and the US"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "including the most recent in January 2022, the military has conducted seven coups since 1960; as of 2022, the military was also actively engaged in combat operations with terrorist groups linked to al-Qa'ida and ISIS, particularly in the northern and eastern regions; in the north, the terrorist group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups, has exploited ethnic tensions and perceptions of state neglect, as well as grievances over corruption, patronage politics, social stratification, and land disputes; in 2022, JNIM conducted attacks in 10 of the country's 13 provinces; the east is considered a stronghold of the Islamic State-Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) terrorist group (2022)"
+      "text": "including the most recent in October 2022, the military has conducted eight coups since 1960; as of 2022, the military was also actively engaged in combat operations with terrorist groups linked to al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), particularly in the northern and eastern regions; in the north, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a coalition of al-Qa'ida linked militant groups, has exploited ethnic tensions and perceptions of state neglect, as well as grievances over corruption, patronage politics, social stratification, and land disputes; in 2022, JNIM conducted attacks in 10 of the country's 13 provinces; most of the attacks were assessed to be by the Macina Liberation Front (FLM) of the JNIM coalition; the ISIS-Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) terrorist group operated in the eastern part of the country (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Terrorism": {

africa/wa.json

@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
       "text": "All People's Party or APP [Vacant]<br>Christian Democratic Voice or CDV [Gothard KANDUME]<br>Landless People's Movement or LPM [Bernadus SWARTBOOI]<br>National Unity Democratic Organization or NUDO [Estes MUINJANGUE]<br>Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters or NEFF [Epafras MUKWIILONGO]<br>Popular Democratic Movement or PDM [McHenry VENAANI] (formerly Democratic Turnhalle Alliance or DTA) <br>Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Mike KAVEKOTORA]<br>Republican Party or RP [Henk MUDGE]<br>South West Africa National Union or SWANU [Charles KATJIVIRUE]<br>South West Africa People's Organization or SWAPO [Hage GEINGOB]<br>United Democratic Front or UDF [Apius AUCHAB]<br>United People's Movement or UPM [Jan J. VAN WYK]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, CPLP (associate observer), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, CPLP (associate observer), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

africa/za.json

@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Alliance for Democracy and Development or ADD [Charles MILUPI]<br>Forum for Democracy and Development or FDD [Edith NAWAKWI]<br>Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Felix MUTATI]<br>National Democratic Congress or NDC [Chishimba KAMBWILI]<br>Party of National Unity and Progress or PNUP [Highvie HAMUDUDU]<br>Patriotic Front or PF [Edgar LUNGU]<br>United Party for National Development or UPND [Hakainde HICHILEMA]"
+      "text": "Alliance for Democracy and Development or ADD [Charles MILUPI]<br>Forum for Democracy and Development or FDD [Edith NAWAKWI]<br>Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Dr. Nevers MUMBA]<br>Party of National Unity and Progress or PNUP [Highvie HAMUDUDU]<br>Patriotic Front or PF [Edgar LUNGU]<br>United Party for National Development or UPND [Hakainde HICHILEMA]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

africa/zi.json

@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "named after a village of Harare at the site of the present capital; the village name derived from a Shona chieftain, Ne-harawa, whose name meant \"he who does not sleep\""
+        "text": "named after a village of Harare at the site of the present capital; the village name derived from a Shona chieftain, NE-HARAWA, whose name meant \"he who does not sleep\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -651,10 +651,10 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "MDC Alliance [Nelson CHAMISA] <br>Movement for Democratic Change - MDC-T [Douglas MWONZORA]<br>National People's Party or NPP [Joyce MUJURU] (formerly Zimbabwe People First or ZimPF)<br>Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Emmerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA]<br>Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Sibangalizwe NKOMO]"
+      "text": "Citizens Coalition for Change [Nelson CHAMISA] <br>Movement for Democratic Change - MDC-T [Douglas MWONZORA]<br>National People's Party or NPP [Conrad SANGMA] (formerly Zimbabwe People First or ZimPF)<br>Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Emmerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA]<br>Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Michael NKOMO]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, AfDB, ATMIS, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

australia-oceania/as.json

@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
       "text": "Australian Greens Party or The Greens [Adam BANDT]<br>Australian Labor Party or ALP [Anthony ALBANESE]<br>Liberal Party of Australia [Peter DUTTON]<br>The Nationals [David LITTLEPROUD]<br>Pauline Hanson’s One Nation or PHON or ONP [Pauline HANSON]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, ANZUS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CD, CP, EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-20, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NEA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF, SAARC (observer), SICA (observer), Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMISS, UNMIT, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB, ANZUS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CD, CP, EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-20, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NEA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF, SAARC (observer), Quad, SICA (observer), Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMISS, UNMIT, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

australia-oceania/bp.json

@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Democratic Alliance Party or DAP [Steve ABANA]<br>Kadere Party of Solomon Islands or KPSI [Peter BOYERS]<br>People's Alliance Party or PAP [Nathaniel WAENA]<br>Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement or SIPRA [Manasseh MAELANGA]<br>Solomon Islands People First Party or SIPFP [Dr. Jimmie RODGERS]<br>United Democratic Party or UDP [Sir Thomas Ko CHAN]",
+      "text": "Democratic Alliance Party or DAP [Steve ABANA]<br>Kadere Party of Solomon Islands or KPSI [Peter BOYERS]<br>People's Alliance Party or PAP [Sir Nathaniel WAENA]<br>Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement or SIPRA [Manasseh MAELANGA]<br>Solomon Islands People First Party or SIPFP [Dr. Jimmie RODGERS]<br>United Democratic Party or UDP [Sir Thomas Ko CHAN]",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> in general, Solomon Islands politics is characterized by fluid coalitions"
     },
     "International organization participation": {

australia-oceania/cq.json

@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the entire island of Saipan is organized as a single municipality and serves as the capital; according to legend, when the first native voyagers arrived in their outrigger canoes they found an uninhabited island; to them it was like an empty voyage, so they named the island \"saay\" meaning \"a voyage,\" and \"peel\" meaning \"empty\"; over time Saaypeel - \"island of the empty voyage\" - became Saipan"
+        "text": "the entire island of Saipan is organized as a single municipality and serves as the capital; according to legend, when the first native voyagers arrived in their outrigger canoes they found an uninhabited island; to them it was like an empty voyage, so they named the island <em>saay</em> meaning \"a voyage,\" and <em>peel</em> meaning \"empty\"; over time <em>Saaypeel</em> - \"island of the empty voyage\" - became Saipan"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

australia-oceania/nr.json

@@ -503,19 +503,19 @@
     },
     "Executive branch": {
       "chief of state": {
-        "text": "President Lionel AINGIMEA (since 27 August 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
+        "text": "President Russ KUN (since 28 September 2022); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
       },
       "head of government": {
-        "text": "President Lionel AINGIMEA (since 27 August 2019)"
+        "text": "President Russ KUN (since 28 September 2022)"
       },
       "cabinet": {
         "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president from among members of Parliament"
       },
       "elections/appointments": {
-        "text": "president indirectly elected by Parliament (eligible for a second term); election last held on 27 August 2019 (next to be held in 2022)"
+        "text": "president indirectly elected by Parliament (eligible for a second term); election last held on 28 September 2022 (next to be held in 2025)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "Lionel AINGIMEA elected president; Parliament vote - Lionel AINGIMEA (independent) 12, David ADEANG (Nauru First) 6"
+        "text": "<p>Russ KUN elected president unopposed</p>"
       }
     },
     "Legislative branch": {
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
         "text": "unicameral parliament (19 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by majority vote using the \"Dowdall\" counting system by which voters rank candidates on their ballots; members serve 3-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "last held on 24 August 2019 (next to be held in September 2022)"
+        "text": "last held on 24 September 2022 (next to be held in September 2025)"
       },
       "election results": {
         "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 19; composition - men 17, women 2, percent of women 10.5%"

australia-oceania/rm.json

@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
       "text": "traditionally there have been no formally organized political parties; what has existed more closely resembles factions or interest groups because they do not have party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO"
+      "text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, WHO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

australia-oceania/tn.json

@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins first Sunday in November; ends second Sunday in January"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "composed of the words \"nuku,\" meaning \"residence or abode,\" and \"alofa,\" meaning \"love,\" to signify \"abode of love\""
+        "text": "composed of the words <em>nuku</em>, meaning \"residence or abode,\" and <em>alof</em>a, meaning \"love,\" to signify \"abode of love\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json

@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
       "text": "Cuban Communist Party or PCC [Miguel DIAZ-CANEL Bermudez]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ACP, ALBA, AOSIS, CELAC, EAEU (observer), FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, PIF (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ACP, ALBA, AOSIS, CELAC, EAEU (observer), FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, PIF (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json

@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
       "text": "Anti-Corruption Party or PAC [Marlene ALVARENGA] <br>Christian Democratic Party or DC [Carlos PORTILLO] <br>Democratic Liberation of Honduras or Liderh [Lempira VIANA]<br>Democratic Unification Party or UD [Alfonso DIAZ Narvaez] <br>The Front or El Frente [Kelin PEREZ]<br>Honduran Patriotic Alliance or AP [Romeo VASQUEZ Velasquez] <br>Innovation and Unity Party or PINU [Guillermo VALLE]<br>Liberal Party or PL [Yani Benjamin ROSENTHAL Hidalgo] <br>Liberty and Refoundation Party or LIBRE [Jose Manuel ZELAYA Rosales]<br>National Party of Honduras or PNH [Juan Nasry ASFURA] <br>New Route or NR [Esdras Amado LOPEZ] <br>Opposition Alliance against the Dictatorship or Alianza de Oposicion contra la Dictadura [Salvador NASRALLA] (electoral coalition)<br>Savior Party of Honduras or PSH [Salvador Alejandro Cesar NASRALLA Salum]<br>Vamos or Let’s Go [Jose COTO]<br>We Are All Honduras (Todos Somos Honduras) or TSH [Marlon Oniel ESCOTO Valerio]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC (suspended), IOM, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO (suspended), WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC (suspended), IOM, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNHRC, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO (suspended), WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json

@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
       "text": "Jamaica Defense Force (JDF): Jamaica Regiment (Ground Forces), Maritime-Air-Cyber Command (includes Coast Guard, Air Wing, Military Intelligence Unit, Special Activities Regiment, and Military Cyber Corps), Support Brigade (logistics, engineers, health service, and military police); Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC); Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) (2022)",
-      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>the JNSC is a third category of service that military recruits can join as a preparatory phase for future careers; JNSC soldiers receive basic military, vocational, and life skills training; upon completion of 1-year of service, soldiers can continue on with the JDF or the JDF reserves or seek  opportunities in other public sector entities such as the JCF, the Department of Correctional Services, the Jamaica Fire Brigade, the Jamaica Customs Agency, or the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency, as well as other public and private sector agencies"
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>the JNSC is a third category of service that military recruits can join as a preparatory phase for future careers; JNSC soldiers receive basic military, vocational, and life skills training; upon completion of 12 months of service, soldiers can continue on with the JDF or the JDF reserves or seek  opportunities in other public sector entities such as the JCF, the Department of Correctional Services, the Jamaica Fire Brigade, the Jamaica Customs Agency, or the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
       "Military Expenditures 2021": {
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@
       "text": "the JDF is lightly armed with a limited inventory featuring equipment mostly from Europe and the US (2022)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "no conscription; 18-23 for voluntary military service (17 with parental consent); 18-28 for the reserves; since 2017, the JDF's standard mode of recruitment is to enroll recruits ages 18-23 through the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC); in the JNSC, soldiers receive basic military, vocational, and life skills training; upon completion of 1-year of service, soldiers can continue on with the JDF or seek other opportunities with law enforcement (2022)"
+      "text": "no conscription; 18-23 for voluntary military service (17 with parental consent); 18-28 for the reserves; since 2017, the JDF's standard mode of recruitment is to enroll recruits ages 18-23 through the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC); in the JNSC, soldiers receive basic military, vocational, and life skills training; upon completion of 12 months of service, soldiers can continue on with the JDF or seek other opportunities with other government agencies (2022)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
       "text": "as of 2022, the JDF&rsquo;s primary missions were maritime/border and internal security, including support to police operations in combating crime and violence"

central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "National Alliance or NA [<u>Silveria JACOBS</u>]<br>Party for Progress or PFP [Melissa GUMBS]<br>Sint Maarten Christian Party or SMCP [<u>Garica ARRINDELL</u>]<br>United Democrats Party or UD [<u>Sarah WESCOT-WILLIAMS</u>]<br>United Peoples Party or UP [<u>Theodore HEYLIGER</u>]<br>United Sint Maarten Party or US Party [Frans RICHARDSON]"
+      "text": "National Alliance or NA [Silveria JACOBS]<br>Party for Progress or PFP [Melissa GUMBS]<br>Sint Maarten Christian Party or SMCP [Garcia ARRINDELL]<br>United Democrats Party or UD [Sarah WESCOT-WILLIAMS]<br>United People's Party or UP [Theodore HEYLIGER]<br>United Sint Maarten Party or US Party [Frans RICHARDSON]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "<p>Caricom (observer), ILO, Interpol, UNESCO (associate), UPU, WMO</p>"

central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json

@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
         "text": "UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "according to tradition, the name derives from a former fishing area near the present capital - an indigenous village and its adjacent beach - that were called \"Panama\" meaning \"an abundance of fish\""
+        "text": "according to tradition, the name derives from a former fishing area near the present capital - an indigenous village and its adjacent beach - that were called \"panama\" meaning \"an abundance of fish\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json

@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
         "text": "UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "name refers to the nautical term \"roadstead\" or \"roads,\" a body of water less sheltered than a harbor but where where ships can lie reasonably safely at anchor sheltered from rip currents, spring tides, or ocean swells"
+        "text": "name refers to the nautical term \"roadstead\" or \"roads,\" a body of water less sheltered than a harbor but where ships can lie reasonably safely at anchor sheltered from rip currents, spring tides, or ocean swells"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

central-asia/kz.json

@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
       "text": "Adal [Serik SULTANGALI] (formerly Birlik (Unity) Party)<br>Ak Zhol (Bright Path) Party or Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol [Azat PERUASHEV]<br>Amanat [Erlan QOSANOV] (formerly Nur Otan (Radiant Fatherland))<br>National Social Democratic Party or NSDP [Ashat Nurmagambetuly RAHYMJANOV]<br>People's Democratic (Patriotic) Party or Auyl or AHDPP [Ali BEKTAYEV]<br>People's Party of Kazakhstan or QHP [Eruhamet ERTISBAEV]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEU, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EITI (compliant country), FAO, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB, CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEU, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EITI (compliant country), FAO, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

central-asia/rs.json

@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "daylight saving time": {
-        "text": "does not observe daylight savings time"
+        "text": "does not observe daylight savings time (DST)"
       },
       "time zone note": {
         "text": "Russia has 11 time zones, the largest number of contiguous time zones of any country in the world; in 2014, two time zones were added and DST dropped"
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@
       "text": "the Russian Federation's military and paramilitary services are equipped with domestically-produced weapons systems, although since 2010 Russia has imported limited amounts of military hardware from several countries, including Czechia, France, Israel, Italy, Turkey, and Ukraine; the Russian defense industry is capable of designing, developing, and producing a full range of advanced air, land, missile, and naval systems; Russia is the world's second largest exporter of military hardware (2021)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory service for men; 18-40 for voluntary/contractual service; women and non-Russian citizens (18-30) may volunteer; men are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; 12 month service obligation (Russia offers the option of serving on a 24-month contract instead of completing a 12 month conscription period); reserve obligation for non-officers to age 50; enrollment in military schools from the age of 16 (2022)",
+      "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory service for men; 18-40 for voluntary/contractual service; women and non-Russian citizens (18-30) may volunteer; men are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; 12- month service obligation (Russia offers the option of serving on a 24-month contract instead of completing a 12-month conscription period); reserve obligation for non-officers to age 50; enrollment in military schools from the age of 16 (2022)",
       "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in May 2022, Russia's parliament approved a law removing the upper age limit for contractual service in the military<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the Russian military takes on about 260,000 conscripts each year in two semi-annual drafts (Spring and Fall); as of 2021, conscripts comprised an estimated 30% of the Russian military's active duty personnel and most reserve personnel were former conscripts; in April of 2019, the Russian Government pledged its intent to end conscription as part of a decade-long effort to shift from a large, conscript-based military to a smaller, more professional force; an existing law allows for a 21-month alternative civil service for conscripts in hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities for those who view military duty as incompatible with their beliefs, but military conscription offices reportedly often broadly ignore requests for such service<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> as of 2020, women made up about 5% of the active duty military"
     },
     "Military deployments": {

central-asia/ti.json

@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "today's city was originally at the crossroads where a large bazaar occurred on Mondays, hence the name Dushanbe, which in Persian means Monday, i.e., the second day (du) after Saturday (shambe)"
+        "text": "today's city was originally at the crossroads where a large bazaar occurred on Mondays, hence the name Dushanbe, which in Persian means Monday, i.e., the second day (<em>du</em>) after Saturday (<em>shambe</em>)"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

central-asia/tx.json

@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "derived from the Persian words \"eshq\" meaning \"love\" and \"abad\" meaning \"inhabited place\" or \"city,\" and so loosely translates as \"the city of love\""
+        "text": "derived from the Persian words <em>esh</em>q meaning \"love\" and <em>abad</em> meaning \"inhabited place\" or \"city,\" and so loosely translates as \"the city of love\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

central-asia/uz.json

@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "\"tash\" means \"stone\" and \"kent\" means \"city\" in Turkic languages, so the name simply denotes \"stone city\""
+        "text": "<em>tash</em> means \"stone\" and <em>kent</em> means \"city\" in Turkic languages, so the name simply denotes \"stone city\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
       "text": "Ecological Party of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Ekologik Partivasi) [Narzullo OBLOMURODOV]<br>Justice (Adolat) Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan [Bahrom ABDUHALIMOV]<br>Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Liberal-Demokratik Partiyasi) or LDPU [Aktam HAITOV]<br>National Revival Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Milliy Tiklanish Demokratik Partiyasi) [Alisher QODIROV]<br>People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (Xalq Demokratik Partiyas) or PDP [Ulugbek Ilyosovich INOYATOV] (formerly Communist Party)"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, CICA, CIS, EAEU (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EEU (observer), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
+      "text": "ADB, CICA, CIS, EAEU (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EEU (observer), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json

@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@
         "text": "<em>2018</em>: WIN MYINT elected president in an indirect by-election held on 28 March 2018 after the resignation of HTIN KYAW; Assembly of the Union vote - WIN MYINT (NLD) 403, MYINT SWE (USDP) 211, HENRY VAN THIO (NLD) 18, 4 votes canceled (636 votes cast); note - WIN MYINT and other key leaders of the ruling NLD party were placed under arrest following the military takeover on 1 February 2021<br><br><em>2016</em>: Assembly of the Union vote - HTIN KYAW elected president; HTIN KYAW (NLD) 360, MYINT SWE (USDP) 213, HENRY VAN THIO (NLD) 79 (652 votes cast)"
       },
       "state counsellor": {
-        "text": "State Counselor AUNG SAN SUU KYI (since 6 April 2016); note - under arrest since 1 February 2021 (has been sentenced to 20 years in prison as of August 2022); formerly served as minister of foreign affairs and minister for the office of the president"
+        "text": "State Counselor AUNG SAN SUU KYI (since 6 April 2016); note - under arrest since 1 February 2021 (has been sentenced to 23 years in prison as of September 2022); formerly served as minister of foreign affairs and minister for the office of the president"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> a parliamentary bill creating the position of \"state counsellor\" was signed into law by former President HTIN KYAW on 6 April 2016; a state counsellor serves the equivalent term of the president and is similar to a prime minister in that the holder acts as a link between the parliament and the executive branch"
     },

east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json

@@ -639,8 +639,8 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Cambodian People's Party or CPP [HUN SEN]<br>National United Front for Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia or FUNCINPEC [Prince NORODOM CHAKRAVUTH]<br>League for Democracy Party or LDP [KHEM Veasna]<br>Khmer Will Party [KONG MONIKA]<br>Khmer National Unity Party or KNUP (an offshoot of FUNCINPEC) [NHEK BUN CHHAY]<br>Candlelight Party or CP (the latest incarnation of the Sam <u>Rainsy</u> Party or SRP and the former Human Rights Party or HRP, which joined to form the Cambodia National Rescue Party or CNRP in 2012; the CNRP was dissolved in 2017) <br><br>Other minor parties that registered for the 2022 commune-level elections included: Cambodia National Love Party, Cambodia Nationality Party, Cambodian Youth Party, Cambodia Reform Party, Kampucheaniyum Party, Grassroots Democratic Party, Khmer United Party, Beehive Social Democratic Party, Cambodia Indigenous People's Democracy Party, Ekpheap Cheat Khmer Party, Reaksmey Khemara Party, Khmer Economic Development Party (2022)",
-      "note": "<strong>note(s):</strong> following the 2017 commune election, the CPP-led government arrested the CNRP president Kem SOKHA for treason, dissolved the party on similar grounds, and forced most of its senior leadership into exile, where the party’s former president, Sam RAINSY, had been living since late 2015; as of March 2022, a total of 17 political parties had registered to run in the June 2022 commune-level elections, and opposition parties, particularly the Candlelight Party, continued to report, intimidation, harassment, and arrests by the Cambodian Government"
+      "text": "Candlelight Party or CP (the latest incarnation of the Sam <u>Rainsy</u> Party or SRP and the former Human Rights Party or HRP, which joined to form the Cambodia National Rescue Party or CNRP in 2012; the CNRP was dissolved in 2017)<br>Cambodian People's Party or CPP [HUN SEN]<br>Khmer Will Party [KONG MONIKA]<br>Khmer National Unity Party or KNUP (an offshoot of FUNCINPEC) [NHEK BUN CHHAY]<br>League for Democracy Party or LDP [KHEM Veasna]<br>National United Front for Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia or FUNCINPEC [Prince NORODOM CHAKRAVUTH]<br><br>note - other minor parties that registered for the 2022 commune-level elections included: Cambodia National Love Party, Cambodia Nationality Party, Cambodian Youth Party, Cambodia Reform Party, Kampucheaniyum Party, Grassroots Democratic Party, Khmer United Party, Beehive Social Democratic Party, Cambodia Indigenous People's Democracy Party, Ekpheap Cheat Khmer Party, Reaksmey Khemara Party, Khmer Economic Development Party (2022)",
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> following the 2017 commune election, the CPP-led government arrested the CNRP president Kem SOKHA for treason, dissolved the party on similar grounds, and forced most of its senior leadership into exile, where the party’s former president, Sam RAINSY, had been living since late 2015; as of March 2022, a total of 17 political parties had registered to run in the June 2022 commune-level elections, and opposition parties, particularly the Candlelight Party, continued to report, intimidation, harassment, and arrests by the Cambodian Government"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ADB, ARF, ASEAN, CICA, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MINUSMA, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json

@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> China has 8 nominally independent small parties controlled by the CCP"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS, BRICS, CDB, CICA, EAS, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-24 (observer), G-5, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SCO, SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UN Security Council (permanent), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS, BRICS, CDB, CICA, EAS, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-24 (observer), G-5, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SCO, SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UN Security Council (permanent), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json

@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "<strong>parties:<br></strong>Bauhinia Party or BP [WONG Chau-chi and LI Shan]<br>Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong or BPA [LO Wai-kwok]<br>Civic Party [vacant]<br>Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong or DAB [Starry LEE Wai-king]<br>Democratic Party [LO Kin-hei]<br>Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood of ADPL [Bruce LIU]<br>Labor Party [Steven KWOK Wing-kin; arrested in 2020]<br>League of Social Democrats or LSD [CHAN Po-ying]<br>Liberal Party or LP [led by Tommy CHEUNG; chaired by Peter SHIU]<br>Neighborhood and Workers Service Center or NWSC [LEUNG Yui-chung]<br>New People's Party or NPP [Regina IP]<br>People Power or PP [LEUNG Ka-shing]<br>Third Side [TIK Chi-yeun]<br><br><strong>other:<br></strong>Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions or HKFTU [labor and political group presided over by NG Chau-pei and chaired by WONG Kwok]<br>Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers or HKFEW [WONG Kwan-yu]<br>Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions or HKFLU [represented by POON Siu-Ping]<br>Roundtable [Michael TIEN Puk-sun] <br>Professional Power [Christine FONG Kwok Shan] <br>Kowloon West New Dynamic or KWND [Priscilla LEUNG]<br>New Prospect for Hong Kong [Gary ZHANG Xinyu]<br>New Century Forum [MA Fung-kwak]<br>Path of Democracy [Ronny TONG] (think tank) (2022)",
+      "text": "<strong>parties:<br></strong>Bauhinia Party or BP [WONG Chau-chi and LI Shan]<br>Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong or BPA [LO Wai-kwok]<br>Civic Party [vacant]<br>Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong or DAB [Starry LEE Wai-king]<br>Democratic Party [LO Kin-hei]<br>Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood of ADPL [Bruce LIU]<br>Labor Party [Steven KWOK Wing-kin; arrested in 2020]<br>League of Social Democrats or LSD [CHAN Po-ying]<br>Liberal Party or LP [led by Tommy CHEUNG; chaired by Peter SHIU]<br>Neighborhood and Workers Service Center or NWSC [LEUNG Yui-chung]<br>New People's Party or NPP [Regina IP]<br>People Power or PP [LEUNG Ka-shing]<br>Third Side [TIK Chi-yeun]<br><br><strong>other:<br></strong>Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions or HKFTU [labor and political group presided over by NG Chau-pei and chaired by WONG Kwok]<br>Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers or HKFEW [WONG Kwan-yu]<br>Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions or HKFLU [represented by POON Siu-Ping]<br>Roundtable [Michael TIEN Puk-sun] <br>Professional Power [Christine FONG Kwok Shan] <br>Kowloon West New Dynamic or KWND [Priscilla LEUNG]<br>New Prospect for Hong Kong [Gary ZHANG Xinyu]<br>New Century Forum [MA Fung-kwak]<br>Path of Democracy [Ronny TONG] (think tank)",
       "note": "<strong>note(s) -</strong> pro-democracy - Civic Party, Democratic Party, Labor Party, LSD, PP, Professional Commons; pro-Beijing - DAB, FTU, Liberal Party, NPP, BPA, BP; non-establishment - Third Side, Path of Democracy; there is no political party ordinance, so there are no registered political parties; politically active groups register as societies or companies<br><br>by the end of 2021, the leading pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong had been effectively removed from the political arena under the provisions of Beijing's 2021 electoral changes or via charges under the 2020 national security law; in addition, dozens of pro-democracy organizations, including political parties, unions, churches, civil rights groups, and media organizations have disbanded or closed"
     },
     "International organization participation": {

east-n-southeast-asia/id.json

@@ -654,10 +654,10 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Berkarya Party [Muchdi PURWOPRANJONO]<br>Crescent Star Party or PBB [Yusril Ihza MAHENDRA]<br>Democrat Party or PD [Agus Harimurti YUDHOYONO]<br>Functional Groups Party or GOLKAR [Airlangga HARTARTO]<br>Great Indonesia Movement Party or GERINDRA [PRABOWO Subianto Djojohadikusumo]<br>Garuda Party or Change Indonesia Movement Party [Ahmad Ridha SABANA]<br>Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle or PDI-P [MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri]<br>Indonesian Justice and Unity Party or PKPI [Yussuf SOLICHIEN]<br>Indonesian Solidarity Party or PSI [GIRING GANESHA]<br>National Awakening Party or PKB [Muhaiman ISKANDAR]<br>National Democratic Party or NasDem [Surya PALOH]<br>National Mandate Party or PAN [Zulkifli HASAN]<br>People's Conscience Party or Hanura [Oesman Sapta ODANG]<br>Perindo Party [Hary TANOESOEDIBJO]<br>Prosperous Justice Party or PKS [Ahmad SYAIKHU]<br>United Development Party or PPP [Suharso MONOARFA] (2021)"
+      "text": "Berkarya Party [Muchdi PURWOPRANJONO]<br>Crescent Star Party or PBB [Yusril Ihza MAHENDRA]<br>Democrat Party or PD [Agus Harimurti YUDHOYONO]<br>Functional Groups Party or GOLKAR [Airlangga HARTARTO]<br>Great Indonesia Movement Party or GERINDRA [PRABOWO Subianto Djojohadikusumo]<br>Garuda Party or Change Indonesia Movement Party [Ahmad Ridha SABANA]<br>Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle or PDI-P [MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri]<br>Indonesian Justice and Unity Party or PKPI [Yussuf SOLICHIEN]<br>Indonesian Solidarity Party or PSI [GIRING GANESHA]<br>National Awakening Party or PKB [Muhaiman ISKANDAR]<br>National Democratic Party or NasDem [Surya PALOH]<br>National Mandate Party or PAN [Zulkifli HASAN]<br>People's Conscience Party or Hanura [Oesman Sapta ODANG]<br>Perindo Party [Hary TANOESOEDIBJO]<br>Prosperous Justice Party or PKS [Ahmad SYAIKHU]<br>United Development Party or PPP [Muhamad MARDIONO]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, CD, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, EAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-11, G-15, G-20, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IORA, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, MSG (associate member), NAM, OECD (enhanced engagement), OIC, OPCW, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, CD, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, EAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-11, G-15, G-20, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IORA, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, MSG (associate member), NAM, OECD (enhanced engagement), OIC, OPCW, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json

@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
       "text": "Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan or CDP [Kenta IZUMI]<br>Democratic Party for the People Japan or DPFP [Yuichiro TAMAKI]<br>Group of Reformists [Sakihito OZAWA]<br>Japan Communist Party or JCP [Kazuo SHII]<br>Japan Innovation Party or Nippon Ishin no kai or Ishin [Ichiro MATSUI]<br>Komeito [Natsuo YAMAGUCHI]<br>Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Fumio KISHIDA]<br>Liberal Party [Ichiro OZAWA] (formerly People's Life Party &amp; Taro Yamamoto and Friends or PLPTYF)<br>Party of Hope or Kibo no To [Nariaki NAKAYAMA]<br>Reiwa Shinsengumi [Taro YAMAMOTO]<br>Social Democratic Party or SDP [Mizuho FUKUSHIMA]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE (observer), CERN (observer), CICA (observer), CP, CPLP (associate), EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CE (observer), CERN (observer), CICA (observer), CP, CPLP (associate), EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Quad, SAARC (observer), SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@
       "text": "the JSDF is equipped with a mix of imported and domestically-produced equipment; Japan has a robust defense industry and is capable of producing a wide range of air, ground, and naval weapons systems; the majority of its weapons imports are from the US and some domestically-produced weapons are US-origin and manufactured under license (2022)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (maximum enlistment age 32); no conscription (2021)",
+      "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women (maximum enlistment age 32); no conscription (2022)",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2020, women made up about 7% of the military's full-time personnel"
     },
     "Military deployments": {

east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json

@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "<strong>major parties:</strong><br>Korean Workers' Party or KWP [KIM Jong Un, general secretary]<br>General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) [HO Chong Man]<br><strong>minor parties:</strong> <br>Chondoist Chongu Party [RI Myong Chol] (under KWP control)<br>Social Democratic Party or KSDP [PAK Yong Il] (under KWP control) (2021)"
+      "text": "<strong>major parties:</strong><br>Korean Workers' Party or KWP [KIM Jong Un, general secretary]<br>General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) [HO Chong Man]<br><strong>minor parties:</strong> <br>Chondoist Chongu Party [RI Myong Chol] (under KWP control)<br>Social Democratic Party or KSDP [PAK Yong Il] (under KWP control)"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ARF, FAO, G-77, ICAO, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, IMO, IMSO, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO"

east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json

@@ -611,11 +611,11 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Basic Income Party [SHIN Ji-hye] (formed in January 2020)<br>Democratic Party or DP [LEE Jae-myung] (renamed from Minjoo Party of Korea or MPK in October 2016; formerly New Politics Alliance for Democracy or NPAD, which was a merger of the Democratic Party or DP (formerly DUP) [KIM Han-gil] and the New Political Vision Party or NPVP [AHN Cheol-soo] in March 2014; includes the former Open Democratic Party [CHOI Kong-wook], which merged with the DP in January 2022; also includes the Together Citizens' Party or Platform Party [WOO Hee-jong, CHOI Bae-geun], which merged with the DP in May 2022)<br>Justice Party or JP [YEO Young-kug]<br>People Power Party or PPP [LEE Jun-seok] (renamed from United Future Party in September 2020, formerly Liberty Korea Party)<br>People's Party or PP [AHN Cheol-soo] (formed in February 2020)<br>Transition Korea [CHO Jung-hun] (formed in February 2020) (2022)<br><br>note - the Democratic (Minjoo) Party is South Korea’s largest party and its main progressive party; the People Power Party (PPP) is a conservative grouping and is South Korea’s second-largest party; the PPP and its predecessor parties have controlled the National Assembly for all but nine of the 33 years since the 1987 Constitution went into effect",
-      "note": "note - the Democratic (Minjoo) Party is South Korea&rsquo;s largest party and its main progressive party; the People Power Party (PPP) is a conservative grouping and is South Korea&rsquo;s second-largest party; the PPP and its predecessor parties have controlled the National Assembly for all but nine of the 33 years since the 1987 Constitution went into effect"
+      "text": "Basic Income Party [SHIN Ji-hye] <br>Democratic Party or DP [LEE Jae-myung] (renamed from Minjoo Party of Korea or MPK in October 2016; formerly New Politics Alliance for Democracy or NPAD, which was a merger of the Democratic Party or DP (formerly DUP) [KIM Han-gil] and the New Political Vision Party or NPVP [AHN Cheol-soo] in March 2014; includes the former Open Democratic Party [CHOI Kong-wook], which merged with the DP in January 2022; also includes the Together Citizens' Party or Platform Party [WOO Hee-jong, CHOI Bae-geun], which merged with the DP in May 2022)<br>Justice Party or JP [YEO Young-kug]<br>People Power Party or PPP [LEE Jun-seok] (renamed from United Future Party in September 2020, formerly Liberty Korea Party)<br>People's Party or PP [AHN Cheol-soo] <br>Transition Korea [CHO Jung-hun] ",
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Democratic (Minjoo) Party is South Korea’s largest party and its main progressive party; the People Power Party (PPP) is a conservative grouping and is South Korea’s second-largest party; the PPP and its predecessor parties have controlled the National Assembly for all but nine of the 33 years since the 1987 Constitution went into effect"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CICA, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, CD, CICA, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club (associate), PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

east-n-southeast-asia/la.json

@@ -1234,13 +1234,13 @@
       "text": "information is limited and estimates vary; approximately 30,000 active duty troops (26,000 Army; 4,000 Air Force) (2022)"
     },
     "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
-      "text": "the LPAF is armed largely with weapons from the former Soviet Union; since 2010, China and Russia have been the leading suppliers of military equipment to Laos (2021)"
+      "text": "the LPAF is armed largely with Soviet-era weapons acquired from the former Soviet Union, Russia, and Vietnam; since 2010, China and Russia have been the leading suppliers of military equipment to Laos (2022)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - minimum 18 months (2021)"
+      "text": "18 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - minimum 18 months (2022)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "the LPAF’s primary missions are border and internal security, including counterinsurgency and counterterrorism (2022)"
+      "text": "the LPAF’s primary missions are border and internal security, including counterinsurgency and counterterrorism<br><br>Vietnam is the Laotian military's primary security partner, although in recent years, Laos has expanded defense ties with China (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json

@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Alliance for Change or APM [Melinda CHAN Mei-yi]<br>Alliance for a Happy Home or ABL [WONG Kit-cheng] (an electoral list of UPP)<br>Macau Civic Power [Agnes LAM Iok-fong]<br>Macau-Guangdong Union or UMG [MAK Soi-kun]<br>Macau Citizens' Development Association or ACDM [Becky SONG Pek-kei] <br>New Democratic Macau Association or ANMD [AU Kam-san]<br>New Hope or NE [Jose Maria Pereira COUTINHO]<br>New Macau Association (New Macau Progressives) or AMN or ANPM [Sulu SOU Ka-hou]<br>New Union for Macau's Development or NUDM [Angela LEONG On-kei]<br>Progress Promotion Union<br>Prosperous Democratic Macau Association or APMD (an electoral list of AMN)<br>Union for Development or UPD [HO Sut Hen]<br>Union for Promoting Progress or UPP [HO Ion-sang]<br>United Citizens Association of Macau or ACUM [CHAN Meng-kam]",
+      "text": "Alliance for Change or APM [Melinda CHAN Mei-yi]<br>Alliance for a Happy Home or ABL [WONG Kit-cheng] (an electoral list of UPP)<br>Macau Civic Power [Agnes LAM Iok-fong]<br>Macau-Guangdong Union or UMG [MAK Soi-kun]<br>Macau Citizens' Development Association or ACDM [Becky SONG Pek-kei] <br>New Democratic Macau Association or ANMD [AU Kam-san]<br>New Hope or NE [Jose Maria Pereira COUTINHO]<br>New Macau Association (New Macau Progressives) or AMN or ANPM [Sulu SOU Ka-hou]<br>New Union for Macau's Development or NUDM [Angela LEONG On-kei]<br>Progress Promotion Union<br>Prosperous Democratic Macau Association or APMD (an electoral list of AMN)<br>Union for Development or UPD [HO Sut Heng]<br>Union for Promoting Progress or UPP [HO Ion-sang]<br>United Citizens Association of Macau or ACUM [CHAN Meng-kam]",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> there is no political party ordinance, so there are no registered political parties; politically active groups register as societies or companies"
     },
     "International organization participation": {

east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json

@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
       "text": "Civil Will-Green Party or CWGP [Tserendorj GANKHUYAG] <br>Democratic Party or DP [Tsogtgerel ODON]<br>Justice Party [Batbayar NASANBILEG]<br>Mongolian National Democratic Party or MNDP [Bayanjargal TSOGTGEREL]<br>Mongolian People's Party or MPP [Luvsannamsrai OYUN-ERDENE]<br>Mongolian Social Democratic Party or MSDP [Adiya GANBAATAR]<br>Mongolian Traditionally United Party or MTUP [Batdelgeriin BATBOLD]<br>National Labor Party or HUN [Togmid Dorhkhand]<br>Our Coalition (coalition of the MPRP, Civil Will-Green Party, and Mongolian Traditionally United Party formed for the 2020 election)<br>Right Person Electorate Coalition of ZKEE (coalition of the National Labor Party, Mongolian Social  [Badrakhyn NAIDALAA]",
-      "note": "note - there were 35 total registered parties as of December 2021"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> there were 35 total registered parties as of December 2021"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ADB, ARF, CD, CICA, CP, EBRD, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, OSCE, SCO (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

east-n-southeast-asia/my.json

@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the Malay word for \"river junction or estuary\" is \"kuala\" and \"lumpur\" means \"mud\"; together the words render the meaning of \"muddy confluence\""
+        "text": "the Malay word for \"river junction or estuary\" is <em>kuala</em> and <em>lumpur</em> means \"mud\"; together the words render the meaning of \"muddy confluence\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -624,10 +624,10 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "<strong>National Front (Barisan Nasional) or BN:<br></strong><br>Malaysian Chinese Association (Persatuan Cina Malaysia) or MCA [Wee Ka SIONG]<br>Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Malaysia) or MIC [Vigneswaran SANASEE]<br>United Malays National Organization (Pertubuhan Kebansaan Melayu Bersatu) or UNMO [Ahmad Zahid HAMIDI]<br>United Sabah People's Party (Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah) or PBRS [Joseph KURUP]<br><br><strong>Coalition of Hope (Pakatan Harapan) or PH:</strong><br>Democratic Action Party (Parti Tindakan Demokratik) or DAP [LIM Guan Eng]<br>Kadazan Dusun Bersatu) or UPKO [Wilfred Madius TANGAU]<br>National Trust Party (Parti Amanah Negara) or AMANAH [Mohamad SABU]<br>People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) or PKR [ANWAR Ibrahim]<br>United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organization (Pertubuhan Pasko Momogun <br><br><strong>Coalition Perikatan Nasional (National Alliance) or PN</strong><br>Homeland Solidarity Party (Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku) or STAR [Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan]<br>Malaysian People's Movement Party (Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia) or GERAKAN or PGRM [Dominic Lau Hoe CHAI]<br>Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia) or PPBM or BERSATU [Tan Sri MUHYIDDIN Yassin]<br>Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Parti Islam se Malaysia) or PAS [Abdul HADI Awang]<br>Sabah Progressive Party or SAPP [Yong Teck LEE]<br>United Sabah Party (Parti Bersatu Sabah) or PBS [Maximus ONGKILI]<br> <p><strong>Sarawak Parties Alliance (Gabungan Parti Sarawak) or GPS [ABANG JOHARI Openg] </strong><br><br>Progressive Democratic Party or PDP [TIONG King Sing]<br>Sarawak People's Party (Parti Rakyat Sarawak) or PRS [James MASING]<br>Sarawak United People's Party (Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sarawak) or SUPP [Dr. SIM Kui Hian]<br>United Traditional Bumiputera Party (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersata) or PBB [Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg or \"Abang Jo\"]<br><strong><br>Other:<br></strong>Fighters of the Nation Party (Parti Pejuang Tanah Air) or PEJUANG [Mukhris MAHATIR]<br>Malaysian Nation Party or PBM [Larry Sng Wei SHIEN] (formerly Sarawak Workers Party)<br>Malaysian United Democratic Alliance or MUDA [Syed SADDIQ bin Syed Abdul Rahman]<br>Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia) or PPBM [Tan Sri MUHYIDDIN Yassin]<br>Sabah Heritage Party (Parti Warisan Sabah) or WARISAN [SHAFIE Apdal]<br>United Sabah Alliance or USA (Gabungan Sabah) (dissolved 13 June 2018)<br>United Sarawak Party (Parti Sarawak Bersatu) or PSB [WONG Soon Koh]</p>"
+      "text": "<strong>National Front (Barisan Nasional) or BN:<br></strong>includes: Malaysian Chinese Association (Persatuan Cina Malaysia) or MCA [Wee Ka SIONG]<br>Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Malaysia) or MIC [Vigneswaran SANASEE]<br>United Malays National Organization (Pertubuhan Kebansaan Melayu Bersatu) or UNMO [Ahmad Zahid HAMIDI]<br>United Sabah People's Party (Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah) or PBRS [Joseph KURUP]<br><br><strong>Coalition of Hope (Pakatan Harapan) or PH:</strong><br>includes: Democratic Action Party (Parti Tindakan Demokratik) or DAP [LIM Guan Eng]<br>Kadazan Dusun Bersatu) or UPKO [Wilfred Madius TANGAU]<br>National Trust Party (Parti Amanah Negara) or AMANAH [Mohamad SABU]<br>People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) or PKR [ANWAR Ibrahim]<br>United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organization (Pertubuhan Pasko Momogun <br><br><strong>Coalition Perikatan Nasional (National Alliance) or PN</strong><br>includes: Homeland Solidarity Party (Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku) or STAR [Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan]<br>Malaysian People's Movement Party (Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia) or GERAKAN or PGRM [Dominic Lau Hoe CHAI]<br>Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia) or PPBM or BERSATU [Tan Sri MUHYIDDIN Yassin]<br>Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Parti Islam se Malaysia) or PAS [Abdul HADI Awang]<br>Sabah Progressive Party or SAPP [Yong Teck LEE]<br>United Sabah Party (Parti Bersatu Sabah) or PBS [Maximus ONGKILI]<br> <p><strong>Sarawak Parties Alliance (Gabungan Parti Sarawak) or GPS [ABANG JOHARI Openg] </strong><br>includes: Progressive Democratic Party or PDP [TIONG King Sing]<br>Sarawak People's Party (Parti Rakyat Sarawak) or PRS [James MASING]<br>Sarawak United People's Party (Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sarawak) or SUPP [Dr. SIM Kui Hian]<br>United Traditional Bumiputera Party (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersata) or PBB [Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg or \"Abang Jo\"]<br><strong><br>Other:<br></strong>Fighters of the Nation Party (Parti Pejuang Tanah Air) or PEJUANG [Mukhris MAHATIR]<br>Malaysian Nation Party or PBM [Larry Sng Wei SHIEN] (formerly Sarawak Workers Party)<br>Malaysian United Democratic Alliance or MUDA [Syed SADDIQ bin Syed Abdul Rahman]<br>Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia) or PPBM [Tan Sri MUHYIDDIN Yassin]<br>Sabah Heritage Party (Parti Warisan Sabah) or WARISAN [SHAFIE Apdal]<br>United Sarawak Party (Parti Sarawak Bersatu) or PSB [WONG Soon Koh]</p>"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, C, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, EAS, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, C, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, EAS, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1247,8 +1247,8 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM): Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM); Ministry of Home Affairs: Royal Malaysian Police (PRMD, includes the General Operations Force, a paramilitary force with a variety of roles, including patrolling borders, counter-terrorism, maritime security, and counterinsurgency) (2022)",
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Malaysia created a National Special Operations Force in 2016 for combating terrorism threats; the force is comprised of personnel from the Armed Forces, the Royal Malaysian Police, and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Malaysian Coast Guard)"
+      "text": "Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM): Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM); Ministry of Home Affairs: Royal Malaysian Police (PRMD), Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA; aka Malaysian Coast Guard) (2022)",
+      "note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>the PRMD includes the General Operations Force, a paramilitary force with a variety of roles, including patrolling borders, counter-terrorism, maritime security, and counterinsurgency<br><strong><br>note 2:</strong> Malaysia created a National Special Operations Force in 2016 for combating terrorism threats; the force is comprised of personnel from the Armed Forces, the Royal Malaysian Police, and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency "
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
       "Military Expenditures 2021": {
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@
       "text": "approximately 115,000 active duty troops (80,000 Army; 18,000 Navy; 17,000 Air Force) (2022)"
     },
     "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
-      "text": "the Malaysian Armed Forces field a diverse mix of mostly older imported weapons systems; since 2010, it has imported military equipment from approximately 20 countries, with Germany and Spain being the leading suppliers (2021)"
+      "text": "the military fields a diverse mix of mostly older imported weapons systems; since 2010, it has received military equipment from approximately 20 countries, with Germany and Spain being the leading suppliers (2021)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
       "text": "17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service for men and women (younger with parental consent and proof of age); mandatory retirement age 60; no conscription (2021)",

east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json

@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "name derives from the Sanskrit words \"simha\" (lion) and \"pura\" (city), thus creating the city's epithet \"lion city\""
+        "text": "name derives from the Sanskrit words <em>simha</em> (lion) and <em>pura</em> (city), thus creating the city's epithet \"lion city\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -592,8 +592,8 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [Mohamad Hamim BIN ALIYA]<br>National Solidarity Party or NSP [Spencer NG]<br>People's Action Party or PAP [LEE Hsien Loong]<br>People's Power Party or (PPP) [Goh Meng SENG]<br>People's Voice or PV [Lim TEAN]<br>Progress Singapore Party or PSP [Francis YUENT]<br>Red Dot United or RDU [Ravi PHILEMON]<br>Reform Party or RP [Kenneth JEYARETNAM]<br>Singapore Democratic Alliance or SDA [Desmond LIM]<br>Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [Dr. CHEE Soon Juan]<br>Singapore Malay National Organisation or PKMS [Muhammad Hairullah AHMAD]<br>Singapore People's Party or SPP [Steve Chia]<br>Singapore United Party or SUP [Andy ZHU]<br>Workers' Party or WP [Pritam SINGH] (2022)",
-      "note": "note - the PAP has won every general election since the end of the British colonial era in 1959"
+      "text": "Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [Mohamad Hamim BIN ALIYA]<br>National Solidarity Party or NSP [Spencer NG]<br>People's Action Party or PAP [LEE Hsien Loong]<br>People's Power Party or PPP [Goh Meng SENG]<br>People's Voice or PV [Lim TEAN]<br>Progress Singapore Party or PSP [Francis YUEN]<br>Red Dot United or RDU [Ravi PHILEMON]<br>Reform Party or RP [Kenneth JEYARETNAM]<br>Singapore Democratic Alliance or SDA [Desmond LIM]<br>Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [Dr. CHEE Soon Juan]<br>Singapore Malay National Organisation or PKMS [Muhammad Hairullah AHMAD]<br>Singapore People's Party or SPP [Steve CHIA]<br>Singapore United Party or SUP [Andy ZHU]<br>Workers' Party or WP [Pritam SINGH]",
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>the PAP has won every general election since the end of the British colonial era in 1959"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ADB, AOSIS, APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, EAS, FAO, FATF, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

east-n-southeast-asia/th.json

@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "Bangkok was likely originally a colloquial name, but one that was widely adopted by foreign visitors; the name may derive from \"bang ko,\" where \"bang\" is the Thai word for \"village on a stream\" and \"ko\" means \"island,\" both referencing the area's landscape, which was carved by rivers and canals; alternatively, the name may come from \"bang makok,\" where \"makok\" is the name of the Java plum, a plant bearing olive-like fruit; this possibility is supported by the former name of Wat Arun, a historic temple in the area, that used to be called Wat Makok; <br><br>Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, the city's Thai name, means \"City of Angels, Great City\" or simply \"Great City of Angels\" and is a shortening of the full ceremonial name: Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit; translated the meaning is: \"City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Vishvakarman at Indra's behest\"; it holds the world's record as the longest place name (169 letters); Krung Thep is used colloquially"
+        "text": "Bangkok was likely originally a colloquial name, but one that was widely adopted by foreign visitors; the name may derive from <em>bang ko</em>, where <em>bang</em> is the Thai word for \"village on a stream\" and <em>ko</em> means \"island,\" both referencing the area's landscape, which was carved by rivers and canals; alternatively, the name may come from <em>bang makok</em>, where <em>makok</em> is the name of the Java plum, a plant bearing olive-like fruit; this possibility is supported by the former name of Wat Arun, a historic temple in the area, that used to be called Wat Makok; <br><br>Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, the city's Thai name, means \"City of Angels, Great City\" or simply \"Great City of Angels\" and is a shortening of the full ceremonial name: Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit; translated the meaning is: \"City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Vishvakarman at Indra's behest\"; it holds the world's record as the longest place name (169 letters); Krung Thep is used colloquially"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -615,10 +615,10 @@
     },
     "Executive branch": {
       "chief of state": {
-        "text": "King WACHIRALONGKON, also spelled Vajiralongkorn, (since 1 December 2016)"
+        "text": "King WACHIRALONGKON, also spelled Vajiralongkorn (since 1 December 2016)"
       },
       "head of government": {
-        "text": "Acting Prime Minister PRAWIT Wongsuwan (since August 2022); in August 2022, the Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister PRAYUT Chan-ocha pending a review on his legally mandated eight-year term limit&nbsp;"
+        "text": "Prime Minister PRAYUT Chan-ocha (since July 2019)"
       },
       "cabinet": {
         "text": "Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the king; a Privy Council advises the king"
@@ -651,8 +651,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Action Coalition of Thailand Party or ACT [ANEK Laothamatas]<br>Bhumjaithai Party or BJT [ANUTIN Charnvirakul]<br>Chat Phatthana Party (National Development Party) [THEWAN Liptaphanlop]<br>Chat Thai Phatthana Party (Thai Nation Development Party) or CTP [KANCHANA Sinlapa-acha]<br>New Economics Party or NEP [MINGKHWAN Sangsuwan]<br>Move Forward Party or MFP (formed in 2020 from the disbanded Future Forward Party, FPP) [PHITHA Limcharoenrat]<br>Palang Pracharat Party or PPRP (a pro-military party formed in 2018 by members of the military junta’s cabinet) [PRAWIT Wongsuwan]<br>Phumchai Thai Party (Thai Pride Party) or PJT [ANUTHIN Chanwirakun]<br>Prachachat Party of PCC [WAN Muhamad NOOR Matha]<br>Prachathipat Party (Democrat Party) or DP [JURIN Laksanawisit] <br>Puea Chat Party (For Nation Party) or PCP [SARUNWUT Sarunket]<br>Puea Thai Party (For Thais Party) or PTP [CHONLANON Sikaew]<br>Puea Tham Party (For Dharma Party) [NALINI Thawisin]<br>Seri Ruam Thai Party (Thai Liberal Party) or TLP [SERIPHISUT Temiyawet]<br>Thai Civilized Party or TCL [MONGKOLKIT Suksintharanon]<br>Thai Forest Conservation Party or TFCP [DAMRONG Phidet]<br>Thai Liberal Party or TLP [SERIPISUT TEMIYAVET]<br>Thai Local Power Party or TLP [CHATCHAWAI Kong-udom]<br>Thai People Power Party or TLPT [NIKHOM Bunwiset]<br>Thai Raksa Chat Party (Thai National Preservation Party) [PRICHAPHON Phongpanit]",
-      "note": "note - as of 5 April 2018, 98 new parties applied to be registered with the Election Commission in accordance with the provisions of the new organic law on political parties"
+      "text": "Action Coalition of Thailand Party or ACT [ANEK Laothamatas]<br>Bhumjaithai Party or BJT [ANUTIN Charnvirakul]<br>Chat Phatthana Party (National Development Party) [THEWAN Liptaphanlop]<br>Chat Thai Phatthana Party (Thai Nation Development Party) or CTP [KANCHANA Sinlapa-acha]<br>New Economics Party or NEP [MINGKHWAN Sangsuwan]<br>Move Forward Party or MFP (formed in 2020 from the disbanded Future Forward Party, FPP) [PHITHA Limcharoenrat]<br>Palang Pracharat Party or PPRP [PRAWIT Wongsuwan] (a pro-military party formed in 2018 by members of the military junta’s cabinet) <br>Phumchai Thai Party (Thai Pride Party) or PJT [ANUTHIN Chanwirakun]<br>Prachachat Party of PCC [WAN Muhamad NOOR Matha]<br>Prachathipat Party (Democrat Party) or DP [JURIN Laksanawisit] <br>Puea Chat Party (For Nation Party) or PCP [SARUNWUT Sarunket]<br>Puea Thai Party (For Thais Party) or PTP [CHONLANON Sikaew]<br>Puea Tham Party (For Dharma Party) [NALINI Thawisin]<br>Seri Ruam Thai Party (Thai Liberal Party) or TLP [SERIPHISUT Temiyawet]<br>Thai Civilized Party or TCL [MONGKOLKIT Suksintharanon]<br>Thai Forest Conservation Party or TFCP [DAMRONG Phidet]<br>Thai Liberal Party or TLP [SERIPISUT TEMIYAVET]<br>Thai Local Power Party or TLP [CHATCHAWAI Kong-udom]<br>Thai People Power Party or TLPT [NIKHOM Bunwiset]<br>Thai Raksa Chat Party (Thai National Preservation Party) [PRICHAPHON Phongpanit]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, BIS, CD, CICA, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE (partner), PCA, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"

east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json

@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the UN Justice System Programme, launched in 2003 and being rolled out in 4 phases through 2018, is helping strengthen the country's justice system; the Programme is aligned with the country's long-range Justice Sector Strategic Plan, which includes legal reforms"
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Alliance for Change and Progress or AMP [Xanana GUSMAO] (collapsed in 2020; alliance included CNRT, KHUNTO, PLP)<br>Democratic Development Forum or DDF<br>Democratic Party or PD [Mariano Assanami SABINO]<br>Frenti-Mudanca (Front for National Reconstruction of Timor-Leste - Change) or FM [Jose Luis GUTERRES]<br>Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan or KHUNTO [Armanda BERTA DOS SANTOS]<br>National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction or CNRT [Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO]<br>People's Liberation Party or PLP [Taur Matan RUAK]<br>Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste or FRETILIN [Mari ALKATIRI]<br>Timorese Democratic Union or UDT [Gilman SANTOS]"
+      "text": "Alliance for Change and Progress or AMP [Xanana GUSMAO] (collapsed in 2020; alliance included CNRT, KHUNTO, PLP)<br>Democratic Party or PD [Mariano Assanami SABINO]<br>Frenti-Mudanca (Front for National Reconstruction of Timor-Leste - Change) or FM [Jose Luis GUTERRES]<br>Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan or KHUNTO [Armanda BERTA DOS SANTOS]<br>National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction or CNRT [Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO]<br>People's Liberation Party or PLP [Taur Matan RUAK]<br>Revolutionary Front of Independent Timor-Leste or FRETILIN [Mari ALKATIRI]<br>Timorese Democratic Union or UDT [Gilman SANTOS]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, ARF, ASEAN (observer), CPLP, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PIF (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WMO"

east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json

@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [TSAI Ing-wen]<br>Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [CHU Chi-luan, aka Eric CHU]<br>Taiwan People's Party or TPP [KO Wen-je]<br>New Power Party or NPP [KAO Yu-ting]<br>Taiwan Statebuilding Party or TSP [CHEN Yi-chi]<br>People First Party or PFP [James SOONG] (2021)",
-      "note": "note - the DPP and the KMT are the two major political parties; there are hundreds of registered minor parties"
+      "text": "Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [TSAI Ing-wen]<br>Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [CHU Chi-luan, aka Eric CHU]<br>New Power Party or NPP [KAO Yu-ting]<br>People First Party or PFP [James SOONG]<br>Taiwan People's Party or TPP [KO Wen-je]<br>Taiwan Statebuilding Party or TSP [CHEN Yi-chi]",
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the DPP and the KMT are the two major political parties; there are hundreds of registered minor parties"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ADB (Taipei, China), APEC (Chinese Taipei), BCIE, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), SICA (observer), WTO (Taipei, China);",
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note: </strong>Taiwan trains about 120,000 reservists annually, but in 2022 announced intentions to increase that figure to 260,000"
     },
     "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
-      "text": "the Taiwan military is armed mostly with second-hand weapons and equipment provided by the US; since 2010, the US continued to be the largest provider of arms; Taiwan also has a domestic defense industry capable of building and upgrading a range of weapons systems, including surface naval craft and submarines (2022)"
+      "text": "the Taiwan military is armed mostly with second-hand weapons and equipment provided by the US; since 2010, the US continued to be the largest provider of arms; Taiwan also has a domestic defense industry capable of building and upgrading a range of weapons systems, including surface ships and submarines (2022)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
       "text": "starting with those born in 1994, men 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (5 weeks of basic training followed by 11 weeks of specialized training with field units); civil service can be substituted for military service in some cases; men born before December 1993 are required to complete compulsory service for 12 months (military or civil); men are subject to training recalls up to four times for periods not to exceed 20 days for 8 years after discharge; women may enlist but are restricted to noncombat roles in most cases; as part of its transition to an all-volunteer military, the last cohort of 12-month military conscripts completed their service obligations in December 2018 (2022)",

east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json

@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Communist Party of Vietnam or CPV [CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu TRONG]",
+      "text": "Communist Party of Vietnam or CPV [General Secretary Nguyen Phu TRONG]",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> other parties proscribed"
     },
     "International organization participation": {

europe/au.json

@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the origin of the name is disputed but may derive from early Celtic settlements of the area; a possible reconstructed Celtic name from several centuries B.C. is *Vedunia (meaning \"forest stream\"); under Roman settlement, beginning around 15 B.C., the name became Vindobona (likely from the Celtic \"windo,\" meaning \"white, fair, or bright\" and \"bona\" meaning \"base, fortification, or settlement\" to give a connotation of \"white settlement\" or \"white fort\"); archeological remains of the latter survive at many sites in the center of Vienna"
+        "text": "the origin of the name is disputed but may derive from early Celtic settlements of the area; a possible reconstructed Celtic name from several centuries B.C. is *Vedunia (meaning \"forest stream\"); under Roman settlement, beginning around 15 B.C., the name became Vindobona (likely from the Celtic <em>windo</em>, meaning \"white, fair, or bright\" and <em>bona</em> meaning \"base, fortification, or settlement\" to give a connotation of \"white settlement\" or \"white fort\"); archeological remains of the latter survive at many sites in the center of Vienna"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "57,887 (Syria), 41,037 (Afghanistan), 9,661 (Iraq), 8,212 (Somalia), 7,046 (Iran), 7,003 (Russia) (mid-year 2021); 81,850 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
+        "text": "57,887 (Syria), 41,037 (Afghanistan), 9,661 (Iraq), 8,212 (Somalia), 7,046 (Iran), 7,003 (Russia) (mid-year 2021); 82,446 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "3,229 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/be.json

@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "may derive from the Old Dutch \"bruoc/broek,\" meaning \"marsh\" and \"sella/zele/sel\" signifying \"home\" to express the meaning \"home in the marsh\""
+        "text": "may derive from the Old Dutch <em>bruoc/broek</em>, meaning \"marsh\" and <em>sella/zele/sel</em> signifying \"home\" to express the meaning \"home in the marsh\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "18,493 (Syria), 5,094 (Iraq) (2020); 56,013 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
+        "text": "18,493 (Syria), 5,094 (Iraq) (2020); 56,464 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "1,159 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/bk.json

@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the name derives from the Turkish noun \"saray,\" meaning \"palace\" or \"mansion,\" and the term \"ova,\" signifying \"plain(s),\" to give a meaning of \"palace plains\" or \"the plains about the palace\""
+        "text": "the name derives from the Turkish noun <em>saray</em>, meaning \"palace\" or \"mansion,\" and the term <em>ova</em>, signifying \"plain(s),\" to give a meaning of \"palace plains\" or \"the plains about the palace\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -661,9 +661,9 @@
         "text": "\"Drzavna himna Bosne i Hercegovine\" (The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina)"
       },
       "lyrics/music": {
-        "text": "none officially; Dusan SESTIC and Benjamin ISOVIC/Dusan SESTIC"
+        "text": "none officially/Dusan SESTIC"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> music adopted 1999; lyrics proposed in 2009 and others in 2016 were not approved; a parliamentary committee launched a new initiative for lyrics in February 2018"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> music adopted 1999; lyrics proposed in 2008 and others in 2016 were not approved"
     },
     "National heritage": {
       "total World Heritage Sites": {
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "149 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>100,046 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>100,895 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
     },
     "Trafficking in persons": {
       "current situation": {

europe/bo.json

@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "13,803 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
+        "text": "14,219 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "6,104 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/bu.json

@@ -595,10 +595,10 @@
         "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "last held on 14 November 2021 (next election to be held on 2 October 2022)"
+        "text": "last held on 2 October 2022 (next election to be held in 2026)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - PP 25.3%, GERB-SDS 22.4%, DPS 12.8%, BSP for Bulgaria 10.1%, ITN 9.4%, DB 6.3%, Revival 4.8%, other 8.9%; seats by party/coalition - PP 67, GERB-SDS 59, DPS 34, BSP for Bulgaria 26, ITN 25, DB 16, Revival 13; composition as of March 2022 - men 186, women 54, percent of women 22.5%"
+        "text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - GERB-SDS 24.5%, PP 19.5%, DPS 13.3%, Revival 9.8%, BSP for Bulgaria 9%, DB 7.2%, BV 4.5%, other 12.2%; seats by party/coalition GERB-SDS 67, PP 53, DPS 36, Revival 27, BSP for Bulgaria 25, DB 20, BV 12; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA%"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Agrarian People's Union or ZNS [Roumen YONCHEV]<br>Bulgaria of the Citizens or DBG [Dimitar DELCHEV]<br>Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union or BZNS [Nikolay NENCHEV]<br>Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Korneliya NINOVA] (alliance of BSP, PKT, New Dawn, Ecoglasnost)<br>Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB [Boyko BORISOV] (alliance with SDS) <br>Democratic Bulgaria or DB (alliance of Yes! Bulgaria, DSB, and The Greens) [Atanas ATANASOV, Hristo IVANOV]<br>Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Atanas ATANASOV]<br>Ecoglasnost [Emil GEORGIEV]<br>Green Movement or The Greens [Borislav SANDOV, Vladislav PENEV]<br>Middle European Class or SEC [Konstantin BACHIISKI]<br>Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS [Mustafa KARADAYI]<br>Movement 21 or D21 [Tatyana DONCHEVA]<br>New Dawn [Mincho MINCHEV]<br>Political Club Thrace or PKT [Stefan NACHEZ]<br>Political Movement \"Social Democrats\" or PDS  [Elena NONEVA]<br>Revival [Kostadin KOSTADINOV]<br>Stand Up.BG or IS.BG [Maya MONOLOVA]<br>Stand Up.BG, We Are Coming! or IBG-NI [Maya MONOLOVA, Nikolay HADZHIGENOV] (coalition of IS.BG, D21, DBG, ENP, and ZNS)<br>There is Such a People or ITN [Slavi TRIFONOV]<br>United People's Party or ENP [Valentina VASILEVA-FILADELFEVS]<br>Union of Democratic Forces or SDS [Rumen HRISTOV] (alliance with GERB) <br>Yes! Bulgaria [Hristo IVANOV]<br>Volt Bulgaria or Volt [Nastimir ANANIEV]<br>We Continue the Change of PP [Kiril PETKOV and Asen VASILEV] (electoral alliance of PP, PDS, SEC, and Volt)"
+      "text": "Agrarian People's Union or ZNS [Roumen YONCHEV]<br>BSP for Bulgaria [Korneliya NINOVA] (alliance of BSP, PKT, New Dawn, Ecoglasnost)<br>Bulgaria of the Citizens or DBG [Dimitar DELCHEV]<br>Bulgarian Agrarian People’s Union or BZNS [Nikolay NENCHEV]<br>Bulgarian Rise or BV [Stefan YANEV]<br>Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Korneliya NINOVA]<br>Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB [Boyko BORISOV] (alliance with SDS) <br>Democratic Bulgaria or DB (alliance of Yes! Bulgaria, DSB, and The Greens) [Atanas ATANASOV, Hristo IVANOV]<br>Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB [Atanas ATANASOV]<br>Ecoglasnost [Emil GEORGIEV]<br>Green Movement or The Greens [Borislav SANDOV, Vladislav PENEV]<br>Middle European Class or SEC [Konstantin BACHIISKI]<br>Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS [Mustafa KARADAYI]<br>Movement 21 or D21 [Tatyana DONCHEVA]<br>New Dawn [Mincho MINCHEV]<br>Political Club Thrace or PKT [Stefan NACHEZ]<br>Political Movement \"Social Democrats\" or PDS  [Elena NONEVA]<br>Revival [Kostadin KOSTADINOV]<br>Stand Up.BG or IS.BG [Maya MONOLOVA]<br>Stand Up.BG, We Are Coming! or IBG-NI [Maya MONOLOVA, Nikolay HADZHIGENOV] (coalition of IS.BG, D21, DBG, ENP, and ZNS)<br>There is Such a People or ITN [Slavi TRIFONOV]<br>United People's Party or ENP [Valentina VASILEVA-FILADELFEVS]<br>Union of Democratic Forces or SDS [Rumen HRISTOV] (alliance with GERB) <br>Yes! Bulgaria [Hristo IVANOV]<br>Volt Bulgaria or Volt [Nastimir ANANIEV]<br>We Continue the Change of PP [Kiril PETKOV and Asen VASILEV] (electoral alliance of PP, PDS, SEC, and Volt)"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, G- 9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "19,014 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 61,070 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
+        "text": "19,014 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 56,734 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "1,143 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/cy.json

@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "9,820 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 13,580 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
+        "text": "9,820 (Syria) (mid-year 2021); 13,852 (Ukraine) (as of 25 September 2022)"
       },
       "IDPs": {
         "text": "242,000 (both Turkish and Greek Cypriots; many displaced since 1974) (2021)"
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "66 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 43,059 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 43,014 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "<p>vulnerable to money laundering from illegal drugs</p> <p> </p>"

europe/da.json

@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "19,833 (Syria), 5,634 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 34,867 (Ukraine) (as of 18 September 2022)"
+        "text": "19,833 (Syria), 5,634 (Eritrea) (mid-year 2021); 35,193 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "11,608 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/ei.json

@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "derived from Irish \"dubh\" and \"lind\" meaning respectively \"black, dark\" and \"pool\" and which referred to the dark tidal pool where the River Poddle entered the River Liffey; today the area is the site of the castle gardens behind Dublin Castle"
+        "text": "derived from Irish <em>dubh</em> and <em>lind</em> meaning respectively \"black, dark\" and \"pool\" and which referred to the dark tidal pool where the River Poddle entered the River Liffey; today the area is the site of the castle gardens behind Dublin Castle"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "46,481 (Ukraine) (as of 29 August 2022)"
+        "text": "49,999 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "107 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/en.json

@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "55,632 (Ukraine) (as of 15 September 2022)"
+        "text": "57,257 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "71,873 (mid-year 2021); note - following independence in 1991, automatic citizenship was restricted to those who were Estonian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants; thousands of ethnic Russians remained stateless when forced to choose between passing Estonian language and citizenship tests or applying for Russian citizenship; one reason for demurring on Estonian citizenship was to retain the right of visa-free travel to Russia; stateless residents can vote in local elections but not general elections; stateless parents who have been lawful residents of Estonia for at least five years can apply for citizenship for their children before they turn 15 years old"

europe/ez.json

@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
       "text": "Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party or KDU-CSL [Marian JURECKA]<br>Civic Democratic Party or ODS [Petr FIALA]<br>Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia or KSCM [Katerina KONECNA]<br>Czech Social Democratic Party or CSSD [Michal SMARDA]<br>Czech Sovereignty [Jana VOLFOVA] (formerly Free Bloc or VB)<br>Freedom and Direct Democracy or SPD [Tomio OKAMURA]<br>Mayors and Independents or STAN [Vit RAKUSAN]<br>Movement of Dissatisfied Citizens or ANO [Andrej BABIS]<br>Oath or Prisaha or PSH [Robert SLACHTA]<br>Pirate Party or Pirates [Ivan BARTOS]<br>Tradition Responsibility Prosperity 09 or TOP 09 [Marketa PEKAROVA ADAMOVA]<br>Tricolor Freedomites Freeholders or TSS [Zuzana MAJEROVA ZAHRADNIKOVA]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "433,488 (Ukraine) (as of 19 September 2022)"
+        "text": "439,043 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "1,498 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/fi.json

@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the name may derive from the Swedish \"helsing,\" an archaic name for \"neck\" (\"hals\"), and which may refer to a narrowing of the Vantaa River that flows into the Gulf of Finland at Helsinki; \"fors\" refers to \"rapids,\" so \"helsing fors\" meaning becomes \"the narrows' rapids\""
+        "text": "the name may derive from the Swedish <em>helsing</em>, an archaic name for \"neck\" (<em>hals</em>), and which may refer to a narrowing of the Vantaa River that flows into the Gulf of Finland at Helsinki; <em>fors</em> refers to \"rapids,\" so <em>helsing fors</em> meaning becomes \"the narrows' rapids\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
       "text": "Aland Coalition (a coalition of several political parties on the Aland Islands)<br>Center Party or Kesk [Annika SAARIKKO]<br>Christian Democrats or KD [Sari ESSAYAH]<br>Finns Party or PS [Riikka PURRA]<br>Green League or Vihr [Maria OHISALO]<br>Left Alliance or Vas [Li ANDERSSON]<br>National Coalition Party or Kok [Petteri ORPO]<br>Social Democratic Party or SDP [Sanna MARIN]<br>Swedish People's Party or RKP or SFP [Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNSOM, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNSOM, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "9,053 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 38,588 (Ukraine) (as of 18 September 2022)"
+        "text": "9,053 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 38,588 (Ukraine) (as of 25 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "3,416 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/fo.json

@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the meaning in Danish is Thor's harbor"
+        "text": "the meaning in Danish is \"Thor's harbor\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

europe/fr.json

@@ -650,10 +650,10 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> in April 2021, the French Government submitted a bill on judicial reform to Parliament"
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Citizen and Republican Movement or MRC [Jean-Luc LAURENT]<br>Debout la France or DLF [Nicolas DUPONT-AIGNAN]<br>Democratic Movement or MoDem [Francois BAYROU]<br>Ecologist Pole or PE<br>Europe Ecology - the Greens or EELV [Julien BAYOU]<br>French Communist Party or PCF [Fabien ROUSSEL]<br>Horizons [Hubert VALADE]<br>La France Insoumise or FI [Jean-Luc MELENCHON]<br>La Republique en Marche! or LREM [Stanislas GUERINI]<br>Movement of Progressives or MDP  [Robert HUE]<br>National Rally or RN [Jordan BARDELLA, acting president] (formerly National Front or FN)<br>New Democrats or LND [Aurelien TACHE, Emilie CARIOU] (formerly Ecology Democracy Solidarity or EDS)<br>New Ecological and Social People's Union or NUPES [collective leadership] (electoral coalition including FI, PE, PS, PCF)<br>Radical Party of the Left or PRV [Laurent HENART]<br>Reconquete [Eric ZEMMOUR]<br>Resistons! [Jean LASSALLE]<br>Socialist Party or PS [Olivier FAURE]<br>The Patriots or LP [Florian PHILIPPOT]<br>The Republicans or LR [Christian JACOB]<br>Together or ENS [Richard Ferrand] (electoral coalition including LREM, MoDem, Horizons, PRV)<br>Union of Democrats and Independents or UDI [Jean-Christophe LAGARDE]<br>Union of Right and Center or UDC [Christian JACOB] (electoral coalition including LR, UDI)"
+      "text": "Citizen and Republican Movement or MRC [Jean-Luc LAURENT]<br>Debout la France or DLF [Nicolas DUPONT-AIGNAN]<br>Democratic Movement or MoDem [Francois BAYROU]<br>Ecologist Pole or PE<br>Europe Ecology - the Greens or EELV [vacant]<br>French Communist Party or PCF [Fabien ROUSSEL]<br>Horizons [Hubert VALADE]<br>La France Insoumise or FI [Jean-Luc MELENCHON]<br>La Republique en Marche! or LREM [Stanislas GUERINI]<br>Movement of Progressives or MDP  [Robert HUE]<br>National Rally or RN [Jordan BARDELLA, acting president] (formerly National Front or FN)<br>New Democrats or LND [Aurelien TACHE, Emilie CARIOU] (formerly Ecology Democracy Solidarity or EDS)<br>New Ecological and Social People's Union or NUPES [collective leadership] (electoral coalition including FI, PE, PS, PCF)<br>Radical Party of the Left or PRV [Laurent HENART]<br>Reconquete [Eric ZEMMOUR]<br>Resistons! [Jean LASSALLE]<br>Socialist Party or PS [Olivier FAURE]<br>The Patriots or LP [Florian PHILIPPOT]<br>The Republicans or LR [Christian JACOB]<br>Together or ENS [Richard Ferrand] (electoral coalition including LREM, MoDem, Horizons, PRV)<br>Union of Democrats and Independents or UDI [Jean-Christophe LAGARDE]<br>Union of Right and Center or UDC [Christian JACOB] (electoral coalition including LR, UDI)"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BDEAC, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, FZ, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNRWA, UN Security Council (permanent), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BDEAC, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, FZ, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNRWA, UN Security Council (permanent), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "37,744 (Afghanistan), 23,980 (Sri Lanka), 23,510 (Syria), 21,070 (Sudan), 19,007 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 16,995 (Russia), 15,090 (Guinea), 14,296 (Serbia and Kosovo), 13,180 (Turkey), 10,849 (Cambodia), 9,328 (Iraq) 8,519 (China), 8,338 (Cote d'Ivoire), 8,218 (Eritrea), 7,628 (Vietnam), 6,947 (Bangladesh), 6,649 (Somalia), 6,642 (Albania), 6,371 (Laos), 6,074 (Mauritania), 5,908 (Mali) (mid-year 2021); 96,520 (Ukraine) (as of 9 August 2022)"
+        "text": "37,744 (Afghanistan), 23,980 (Sri Lanka), 23,510 (Syria), 21,070 (Sudan), 19,007 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 16,995 (Russia), 15,090 (Guinea), 14,296 (Serbia and Kosovo), 13,180 (Turkey), 10,849 (Cambodia), 9,328 (Iraq) 8,519 (China), 8,338 (Cote d'Ivoire), 8,218 (Eritrea), 7,628 (Vietnam), 6,947 (Bangladesh), 6,649 (Somalia), 6,642 (Albania), 6,371 (Laos), 6,074 (Mauritania), 5,908 (Mali) (mid-year 2021); 105,000 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "2,094 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/gm.json

@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
       "text": "Alliance '90/Greens [Ricarda LANG and Omid NOURIPOUR]<br>Alternative for Germany or AfD [Alice WEIDEL and Tino CHRUPALLA]<br>Christian Democratic Union or CDU [Friedrich MERZ]<br>Christian Social Union or CSU [Markus SOEDER]<br>Free Democratic Party or FDP [Christian LINDNER]<br>Free Voters [Hubert AIWANGER]<br>The Left or Die Linke [Janine WISSLER and Martin SCHIRDEWAN]<br>Social Democratic Party or SPD [Saskia ESKEN and Lars KLINGBEIL]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CD, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CD, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSMA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMISS, UNRWA, UNSOM, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

europe/gr.json

@@ -1273,12 +1273,12 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "38,496 (Syria), 25,188 (Afghanistan), 12,657 (Iraq), 5,002 (West Bank and Gaza) (mid-year 2021); 19,498 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
+        "text": "38,496 (Syria), 25,188 (Afghanistan), 12,657 (Iraq), 5,002 (West Bank and Gaza) (mid-year 2021); 19,413 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "5,552 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 1,224,091 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022); as of the end of February 2022, Greece hosted an estimated 161,419 refugees and asylum seekers"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 1,224,577 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022); as of the end of February 2022, Greece hosted an estimated 161,419 refugees and asylum seekers"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis products and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime"

europe/hr.json

@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the name seems to be related to \"digging\"; archeologists suggest that the original settlement was established beyond a water-filled hole or \"graba\" and that the name derives from this; \"za\" in Slavic means \"beyond\"; the overall meaning may be \"beyond the trench (fault, channel, ditch)\""
+        "text": "the name seems to be related to \"digging\"; archeologists suggest that the original settlement was established beyond a water-filled hole or <em>graba</em> and that the name derives from this; <em>za</em> in Slavic means \"beyond\"; the overall meaning may be \"beyond the trench (fault, channel, ditch)\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "17,718 (Ukraine) (as of 13 September 2022)"
+        "text": "18,328 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "2,910 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/it.json

@@ -1289,12 +1289,12 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "19,441 (Nigeria), 15,337 (Pakistan), 12,962 (Afghanistan), 10,609 (Mali), 7,901 (Somalia), 5,845 (Gambia), 5,079 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 159,968 (Ukraine) (as of 13 September 2022)"
+        "text": "19,441 (Nigeria), 15,337 (Pakistan), 12,962 (Afghanistan), 10,609 (Mali), 7,901 (Somalia), 5,845 (Gambia), 5,079 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 170,646 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "3,000 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 659,327 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 661,011 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe"

europe/kv.json

@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Military and security service personnel strengths": {
-      "text": "approximately 3,500 KSF personnel; note - Kosovo plans for the KSF to eventually number around 5,000 troops (2021)"
+      "text": "approximately 3,300 KSF personnel, including reserves (2022)"
     },
     "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
       "text": "the KSF is equipped with small arms and light vehicles only; it relies on donations, and since 2013 has received donated equipment from Turkey and the US (2021)"
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@
       "IDPs": {
         "text": "16,000 (primarily ethnic Serbs displaced during the 1998-1999 war fearing reprisals from the majority ethnic-Albanian population; a smaller number of ethnic Serbs, Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians fled their homes in 2004 as a result of violence) (2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 8,100 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 8,157 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
     }
   }
 }

europe/lg.json

@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "38,657 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
+        "text": "38,915 (Ukraine) (as of 26 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "209,168 (mid-year 2021); note - individuals who were Latvian citizens prior to the 1940 Soviet occupation and their descendants were recognized as Latvian citizens when the country's independence was restored in 1991; citizens of the former Soviet Union residing in Latvia who have neither Latvian nor other citizenship are considered non-citizens (officially there is no statelessness in Latvia) and are entitled to non-citizen passports; children born after Latvian independence to stateless parents are entitled to Latvian citizenship upon their parents' request; non-citizens cannot vote or hold certain government jobs and are exempt from military service but can travel visa-free in the EU under the Schengen accord like Latvian citizens; non-citizens can obtain naturalization if they have been permanent residents of Latvia for at least five years, pass tests in Latvian language and history, and know the words of the Latvian national anthem"

europe/lh.json

@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
       "text": "Electoral Action of Lithuanian Poles or LLRA [Valdemar TOMASEVSKI]<br>Freedom and Justice Party or LT [Remigijus ZEMAITAITIS] (formerly Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals))<br>Freedom Party or LP [Ausrine ARMONAITE]<br>Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats or TS-LKD [Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS]<br>Labor Party or DP [Andrius MAZURONIS]<br>Lithuanian Center Party or LCP [Naglis PUTEIKIS]<br>Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union or LVZS [Ramunas KARBAUSKIS]<br>Lithuanian Green Party or LZP [Remigijus LAPINSKAS]<br>Lithuanian Liberal Movement or LS or LRLS [Viktorija CMILYTE-NIELSEN]<br>Lithuanian List or LL [Darius KUOLYS]<br>Lithuanian Regions Party or LRP [Jonas PINSKUS] (formerly Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party or LSDDP)<br>Lithuanian Social Democratic Party or LSDP [Vilija BLINKEVICIUTE]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "Australia Group, BA, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "Australia Group, BA, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1239,6 +1239,9 @@
       "note": "<strong>note: </strong>the National Rifleman's Union is a paramilitary force that acts as an additional reserve force"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
+      "Military Expenditures 2022": {
+        "text": "2.5% of GDP (2022 est.)"
+      },
       "Military Expenditures 2021": {
         "text": "2% of GDP (2021 est.)"
       },
@@ -1250,9 +1253,6 @@
       },
       "Military Expenditures 2018": {
         "text": "2% of GDP (2018) (approximately $1.59 billion)"
-      },
-      "Military Expenditures 2017": {
-        "text": "1.7% of GDP (2017) (approximately $1.34 billion)"
       }
     },
     "Military and security service personnel strengths": {
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "64,950 (Ukraine) (as of 13 September 2022)"
+        "text": "66,368 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "2,721 (mid-year 2021)"

europe/lo.json

@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the name was adopted in 1919 after Czechoslovakia gained its independence and may derive from later transliterations of the 9th century military commander, Braslav, or the 11th century Bohemian Duke BRETISLAV I; alternatively, the name may derive from the Slovak words \"brat\" (brother) and \"slava\" (glory)"
+        "text": "the name was adopted in 1919 after Czechoslovakia gained its independence and may derive from later transliterations of the 9th century military commander, Braslav, or the 11th century Bohemian Duke BRETISLAV I; alternatively, the name may derive from the Slovak words <em>brat</em> (brother) and <em>slava</em> (glory)"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
         "text": "last held on 29 February 2020 (next to be held in February 2024)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina 8.2%, LSNS 8%, PS-SPOLU 7%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi 5.8%, other 21.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12, PS-SPOLU 0; composition (as of mid-2022) - men 118, women 32, percent of women 21.3%"
+        "text": "percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina 8.2%, LSNS 8%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi 5.8%, other 28.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12; composition (as of mid-2022) - men 118, women 32, percent of women 21.3%"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Alliance-Szovetseg [Krisztian FORRO]<br>Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD [Robert FICO]<br>For the People or Za Ludi [Veronika REMISOVA]<br>Freedom and Solidarity or SaS [Richard SULIK]<br>Kotleba-People's Party Our Slovakia or LSNS [Marian KOTLEBA]<br>Ordinary People and Independent Personalities - New Majority or OLaNO-NOVA [Igor MATOVIC]<br>Slovak National Party or SNS [Andrej DANKO]<br>Voice or Hlas-SD [Petr PELLIGRINI]<br>We Are Family or Sme-Rodina [Boris KOLLAR]"
+      "text": "Alliance-Szovetseg or A-S [Krisztian FORRO]<br>Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD [Robert FICO]<br>For the People or Za Ludi [Veronika REMISOVA]<br>Freedom and Solidarity or SaS [Richard SULIK]<br>Kotleba-People's Party Our Slovakia or LSNS [Marian KOTLEBA]<br>Ordinary People and Independent Personalities - New Majority or OLaNO-NOVA [Igor MATOVIC]<br>Slovak National Party or SNS [Andrej DANKO]<br>Voice - Social Democracy or Hlas-SD [Petr PELLIGRINI]<br>We Are Family or Sme-Rodina [Boris KOLLAR] (formerly Party of Citizens of Slovakia)"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"

europe/ls.json

@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "may be a conflation from the Latin \"vallis\" (valley) and the High German \"diutisk\" (meaning \"German\") to produce \"Valdutsch\" (German valley), which over time simplified and came to refer specifically to Vaduz, the town"
+        "text": "may be a conflation from the Latin <em>vallis</em> (valley) and the High German <em>diutisk</em> (meaning \"German\") to produce <em>Valdutsch</em> (\"German valley\"), which over time simplified and came to refer specifically to Vaduz, the town"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

europe/lu.json

@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "the name derives from the Celtic \"lucilem\" (little) and the German \"burg\" (castle or fortress) to produce the meaning of the \"little castle\"; the name is actually ironic, since for centuries the Fortress of Luxembourg was one of Europe's most formidable fortifications; the name passed to the city that grew around the fortress"
+        "text": "the name derives from the Celtic <em>lucilem</em> (little) and the German <em>burg</em> (castle or fortress) to produce the meaning of the \"little castle\"; the name is actually ironic, since for centuries the Fortress of Luxembourg was one of Europe's most formidable fortifications; the name passed to the city that grew around the fortress"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
       "text": "Alternative Democratic Reform Party or ADR [Fred KEUP]<br>Christian Social People's Party or CSV [Claude WISELER]<br>Democratic Party or DP [Corinne CAHEN]<br>Green Party [Djuna BERNARD, Meris SEHOVIC]<br>Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party or LSAP [Yves CRUCHTEN]<br>The Left (dei Lenk/la Gauche) [collective leadership, Central Committee]<br>Pirate Party [Sven CLEMENT, Marc GOERGEN]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNRWA, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNRWA, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1200,11 +1200,11 @@
       "text": "the inventory of Luxembourg's Army is a small mix of Western-origin equipment; since 2010, it has received equipment from several European countries (2021)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18-26 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (abolished 1969); Luxembourg citizen or EU citizen with 3-year residence in Luxembourg (2021)",
+      "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; no conscription (abolished 1969); Luxembourg citizen or EU citizen with 3-year residency in Luxembourg (2022)",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2019, women made up about 8% of the military's full-time personnel"
     },
     "Military - note": {
-      "text": "Luxembourg is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949<br> <p>in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries</p>"
+      "text": "Luxembourg is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949<br><br>in 2015, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories; under the agreement, which went into effect in January of 2017, the Belgian and Dutch Air Forces trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries (2022)"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {

europe/md.json

@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "origin unclear but may derive from the archaic Romanian word \"chisla\" (\"spring\" or \"water source\") and \"noua\" (\"new\") because the original settlement was built at the site of a small spring"
+        "text": "origin unclear but may derive from the archaic Romanian word <em>chisla</em> (\"spring\" or \"water source\") and <em>noua</em> (\"new\") because the original settlement was built at the site of a small spring"
       },
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> pronounced KEE-shee-now (KIH-shi-nyov)"
     },

europe/mj.json

@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
       "text": "Albanian Alternative or AA [Nik DELJOSAJ]<br>Albanian Coalition (includes DP, DSCG, DUA for 2020 election)<br>Albanian Coalition Perspective or AKP<br>Albanian List or AL [Nik DELJOSAJ and Nazif CUNGU] (coalition includes AA, Forca, AKP, DSA)<br>Bosniak Party or BS [Ervin IBRAHIMOVIC]<br>Croatian Civic Initiative or HGI [Adrian VUKSANOVIC]<br>Croatian Reform Party [Marija VUCINOVIC]<br>Democratic Alliance or DEMOS [Miodrag LEKIC]<br>Democratic Front or DF [collective leadership] (coalition includes NOVA, PZP, DNP, RP)<br>Democratic League in Montenegro or DSCG [Mehmet BARDHI]<br>Democratic League of Albanians or DSA<br>Democratic Montenegro or DCG [Aleksa BECIC]<br>Democratic Party or DP [Fatmir GJEKA]<br>Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC]<br>Democratic Party of Unity or DSJ [Nebojsa JUSKOVIC]<br>Democratic People's Party or DNP [Milan KNEZEVIC]<br>Democratic Serb Party or DSS [Dragica PEROVIC]<br>Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA [Mehmet ZENKA]<br>For the Future of Montenegro or ZBCG [Zdravko KRIVOKAPIC] (electoral coalition includes SNP and 2 alliances - DF, NP)<br>In Black and White [Dritan ABAZOVIC] (electoral list)<br>Liberal Party or LP [Andrija POPOVIC]<br>Movement for Changes or PZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]<br>New Democratic Power or FORCA [Nazif CUNGU]<br>New Serb Democracy or NSD or NOVA [Andrija MANDIC]<br>Party of Pensioners, Disabled, and Restitution or PUPI [Momir JOKSIMOVIC]<br>Peace is Our Nation or MNIM [Aleksa BECIC] (coalition includes Democrats, DEMOS, New Left, PUPI)<br>Popular Movement or NP [Miodrag DAVIDOVIC] (coalition includes DEMOS, RP, UCG, and several minor parties)<br>Social Democratic Party or SDP [Rasko KONJEVIC]<br>Social Democrats or SD [Damir SEHOVIC]<br>Socialist People's Party or SNP [Vladimir JOKOVIC]<br>True Montenegro or PRAVA or PCG [Marko MILACIC]<br>United Montenegro or UCG [Goran DANILOVIC] (split from DEMOS)<br>United Reform Action or URA [Dritan ABAZOVIC]<br>Workers' Party or RP [Maksim VUCINIC]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
+      "text": "CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "458 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 25,537 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 25,996 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-September 2022)"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "<p>drug trafficking groups are major players in the procurement and transportation of large quantities of cocaine  destined for  European markets</p>"

europe/mk.json

@@ -1206,12 +1206,12 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "5,567 (Ukraine) (as of 20 September 2022)"
+        "text": "5,817 (Ukraine) (as of 27 September 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "553 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 539,408 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 542,907 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2022)"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement"

europe/mn.json

@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
         "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century B.C., the name derives from two Greek words \"monos\" (single, alone) and \"oikos\" (house) to convey the sense of a people \"living apart\" or in a \"single habitation\""
+        "text": "founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century B.C., the name derives from two Greek words <em>monos</em> (single, alone) and <em>oikos</em> (house) to convey the sense of a people \"living apart\" or in a \"single habitation\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

europe/mt.json

@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "11 (mid-year 2021)"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 8,154 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-July 2022)"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> 8,388 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-August 2022)"
     },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Western Europe"

europe/nl.json

@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
       "text": "Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA [Wopke HOEKSTRA]<br>Christian Union or CU [Gert-Jan SEGERS]<br>Democrats 66 or D66 [Sigrid KAAG]<br>Denk [Farid AZARKAN]<br>50Plus [Martin van ROOIJEN]<br>Forum for Democracy or FvD [Thierry BAUDET]<br>Green Left (GroenLinks) or GL [Jesse KLAVER]<br>Labor Party or PvdA (vacant)<br>Party for Freedom or PVV [Geert WILDERS]<br>Party for the Animals or PvdD [Esther OUWENHAND]<br>People's Party for Freedom and Democracy or VVD [Mark RUTTE]<br>Reformed Political Party or SGP [Kees VAN DER STAAIJ]<br>Socialist Party or SP [Lilian MARIJNISSEN]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNRWA, UN Security Council (temporary), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNRWA, UN Security Council (temporary), UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {