disease. In fact‚ in India‚ 21% of all spreadable disease is due to a lack of safe water‚ and diarrhea alone causes more than 1‚600 deaths daily(India). Worldwide 1 out of every 4 deaths under the age of 5 is due to a water-related disease (water). The niger river which once flowed freely though Africa has been being used to produce hydro-electric power out of the Akosombodam. According to BBC news‚ Nigeria is dependent on this river and the river is now facing environmental catastrophe as a result of
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1. Josette Sheeran was previously the Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum‚ the eleventh Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and has served as the United States Under Secretary for Economic‚ Business‚ and Agricultural affairs. As an undersecretary‚ she carried out initiatives supporting Central Asia’s and Afghanistan’s economic transformation and reconstruction‚ along with aid and development in countries including China‚ India‚ Pakistan‚ and Lebanon. When Sheeran
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beliefs on the way Western civilization studies the culture of those thought to be more primitive than their own when he closes his novel with the District Commissioner’s thoughts and book title: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger. Despite giving the book’s title “much thought‚” the District Commissioner ends up highlighting the insensitivity and ignorance commonly used by the District Commissioner as well as by the Western civilizations when they practice ethnography (Achebe
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Meena Singh English II HP1 Mrs. Taylor 24 February 2012 Things Fall Apart: Study Guide 1. Make a list of the incidents that foreshadow the demise of Okonkwo and the Ibo tribe. Explain what you believe is the effect of the foreshadowing on the reader’s interpretation of events. • The fact that Okonkwo’s father‚ Unoka‚ was not a leader • Ikemefuna’s death • Ezinma’s sickness • Nwoye’s lack of leadership • Nwoye’s betrayal
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The Nigeria Ecological Fund Office Aroboinosen Hillary Department of Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Minna‚ Niger State‚ Nigeria E-mail:aroby_hillary@yahoo.com Abstract Nigeria has a total land area of 983‚213 km2 occupied by about 140 Million people: The interaction of these millions of people with their environment has left indelible mark on the landscape. Deforestation‚ desertification‚ flooding‚ erosion and all kinds of pollution as well
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Bharti Airtel B H A R T I I N TE L E C O M S | I N D I A From Neutral NOMURA SINGAPORE LIMITED Sachin Gupta‚ CFA +65 6433 6968 Neeraja Natarajan (Associate) sachin.gupta@nomura.com BUY A N C H O R R E P O R T Rumble in the jungle We have reviewed Bharti’s operations in the 15 African countries in which it operates. Apart from learning that Madagascar makes half of the world’s vanilla beans and 4/5 of African gorillas live in Gabon‚ we observe that Bharti is well positioned
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Libya is an Arab country in northern Africa. It lies on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The country is bordered by Egypt and Sudan on the east‚ Chad and Niger on the south‚ and Algeria and Tunisia on the west. Tripoli is Libya’s capital and largest city. The vast‚ dry Sahara covers most of Libya‚ and the country has few natural resources. But the discovery of petroleum in 1959 injected huge sums of money into Libya’s economy. The government of Libya used some of this wealth to improve farmland
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David Livingstone‚ had failed to accomplish. Their explorations contributed to the desire and idea that some parts of Africa could be used for economic purposes. During 1850 to 1853‚ Heinrich Barth‚ from Germany‚ explored the middle section of the Niger River and Timbuktu. He published a magazine called Travels and Discoveries of North and Central Africa in 1858‚ which contained detailed maps and information on many of Africa
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slashed the bite accidentally while shaving. It became infected and blood poisoning resulted. Recent laboratory studies have revealed that some ancient mummies do indeed carry mold‚ including at least two potentially dangerous species—Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus. These molds can cause allergic reactions ranging from congestion to bleeding in the lungs. The toxins can be particularly harmful for people with weakened immune systems ("Lord Carnarvon’s death‚" 1923‚ p. 25). Some tomb walls
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than becoming slaves. Due to the matriarchal set up of African Tribes‚ women had a larger role in determining their course of action than women in other European countries had. Document 1 (The Standard form signed by many African Rulers by The Royal Niger Company) and Document 2 (Ashanti Leader’s response to a British Official) discuss how the British give the illusion that African Nations have a choice in this matter. After all‚ the British offer a contract to be signed by African Leaders which implies
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