Currently (August 2012) Cuba and North Korea are both dictatorships, although both profess to be communist/socialist. Many countries in the Middle East prior to January 2011 also had de facto dictatorships (generally the ruler was referred to as a monarch) that were kept in power by the military and a select group of elite and wealthy families. The Arab Spring of 2011 has swept a number of these individuals out of power (Tunisia, Egypt, Libya) and several others had to make serious concessions to the general population to stay in power.
Country is governed by single-party hierarchy that does not allow for effective popular opposition.
AfricaAlgeria (elements of military rule)
Cameroon
Chad (elements of military rule)
Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea (elements of military rule)
Eritrea (all opposition banned; the constitution, ratified in May 1997, did not enter into effect, pending parliamentary and presidential elections; parliamentary elections had been scheduled in December 2001, but were postponed indefinitely)
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Guinea (elements of military rule)
Libya (all opposition banned; elements of military and theocratic rule)
Mauritania (elements of military rule)
Rwanda (elements of military rule)
Togo (elements of military rule)
Tunisia
Uganda (elements of military rule)
Zimbabwe (elements of military rule)
Asia
Azerbaijan
Iran (authoritarian republic, theocracratic elements)
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives (opposition effectively banned)
Pakistan (elements of military and theocratic rule)
Syria (elements of military rule)
Tajikistan (chronic political turmoil)
Turkmenistan (all opposition banned; totalitarian one-man dictatorship)
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Europe
Belarus
Military governments
In which a country is governed by the military which has seized control of the nation's political institutions.
Myanmar (known by opponents of the regime by the old name Burma)
Sudan (elements of theocratic rule, anarchy)
The question is very subjective. Even democracies can be governed dictatorially. Many countries in the world will not admit to being autocratic. Cuba for example has a military Dictatorship but in spite of its history, economic sanctions and frugality, it treats its citizens humanely. It is not a secretive State. The same cannot be said about North Korea which is controlled as an exclusive and threatening state. The dictatorship is hostile and the country is perceived as dangerous not just to its neighbours but to its own citizens and to the security of the world. It is a State which is not dissimilar to a religious cult which demands unquestioning obedience to the point of death. Belarus is another dictatorship. I am not sure about Albania. But consider Iran and Syria and many other Middle Eastern States who practice forms of dictatorship under a semi democratic guise. It is interesting to note that the practice of individual dictators is generally rooted in a crazed lust for personal power and wealth. They deceive their subjects with words and are either obsessively atheistic or obsessive religious fanatics. One or the other.
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There are several countries today that practice dictatorship today. They include...
As you can tell, almost all dictatorships are present in the continent of Africa. One present in Europe, one in North America, and three in Asia.
Romewas the first country to have a dictatorship
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North Korea
Philippines are one of dictatorship country but it is only on Marcos administration last 1970's
The Syrian revolution was primarily triggered by long-standing grievances over political repression, economic hardship, and social inequality under the Assad regime. The spark came from the Arab Spring protests in 2011, which inspired Syrians to demand political reforms and greater freedoms. The government's violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations then escalated the conflict into a full-scale civil war.
china and germany in the time of hitler
Libya and Zimbabwe are dictatorships.
In 1920 the only dictatorship among those countries was Russia.
Because in democracy countries have by loss in dictatorship
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well one of the most is russia