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Featured Article: Brunei

Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam) is a country located on the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, it is surrounded by the states of Sarawak and Sabah, East Malaysia. Brunei, the remnant of a powerful sultanate, became independent from the United Kingdom in 1984. As a constitutional sultanate, Brunei is the only country in the world not holding elections.

Popular Article: Subsistence farming

Cameroonian farmer cultivating at the subsistence level

Subsistence farming, or subsistence agriculture, is a mode of agriculture in which a plot of land produces only enough food to feed the family or small community working it. All produce grown is intended for consumption purposes as opposed to market sale or trade. Historically and currently a difficult way of life, subsistence farming is considered by many a backward lifestyle that should be transformed into industrialized communities and commercial farming throughout the world in order to overcome problems of poverty and famine.

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Luanda is one of several cities that has been called the "Paris of Africa" (source: Luanda)

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