Sentence examples for african unit from inspiring English sources

I had headed our African unit, which imported and distributed vehicles in 30 countries.

The hedge fund's African unit pleaded guilty to bribery charges in September, with the firm paying a $413 million fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement to settle both criminal and civil charges.

"The issue in Djenné is about people getting comfort, using the right materials without compromising the architectural values," said Lazare Eloundou Assomo, the chief of the African unit of Unesco's World Heritage Center.

Second-quarter net income more than tripled, to 2.07 billion Swiss francs ($1.72 billion), bolstered by a gain of 1.1 billion francs from the sale of a stake in its South African unit, Holcim, based in Jona, Switzerland, said.

Even so, HSBC would be expected to keep a chunk of Nedbank's shares listed in Johannesburg, as was the case when Barclays bought ABSA in 2005 and when Vodafone took control of its South African unit in 2009.

This would authorise a UN peacekeeping operation as a "bridging force", to restore security in the country pending a reinforcement of the regional African unit there, known by the acronym MISCA.

But so far, the police have been fighting without such surveillance, although some Pakistani and Malaysian officers are reported with South African units around Oshakati.

But among those serving king and country, there were plenty for whom English was not a first or even familiar language, from Welsh speakers to soldiers in the Indian regiments or the British East and West African units.

Based on American and South African intelligence reports and visits to South African units along the border, it appears that the Cubans and their Angolan and Namibian guerrilla allies are trying to build up sufficient combat power in the border area to prevent the free movement of South African air and ground forces into Angola if no settlement of the war is reached.

Defence Minister Herve Morin told France Info radio that France had no indication that war criminals were present among the African units.

The battalion was thereupon dissolved, but most of its remaining men went to war in Europe anyway, generally with South African units.