GlobalStudies06

Part I; Summary
       The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), formed in 1987, has continued to send the country of Uganda into constant brutality. The groups leader, Joseph Kony, has sent his followers throughout the country to kidnap children, perform harsh attacks on villages, plant land mines, and steal the belongings from anyone they came in contact [...]

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Morocco has an interestingly diverse environment.  Morocco is surrounded by a long coastline on one sideand the Sahara Desert on the other.  THe Atlas mountains run the length of the country near its center.  While the mountains separate an area of farmable land from the desert, they have not traditionally been a barrier from invaders.  Serveral [...]

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            Agriculture is the major resource that Sudan finds to make money.  Agriculture makes up about 40% of Sudan’s GDP which is a problem because they rely too heavily on agriculture.  However the agricultures suffer in Sudan because the weather there is not great for growing crops.  In Sudan it gets very hot and goes [...]

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   The economy of Ethiopia is basically based on agriculture. The major agricultural export crop is coffee which takes up about 65-75% of how much money they make in exports. They export about 105,000 metric tons of coffee each year. Currently coffee contributes 10% of Ethiopia’s GDP. Other exports include live animals, gold, hides, pulses, [...]

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            Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome also known as AIDS has become an epidemic in South Africa.  AIDS comes from HIV which an “estimated 5.3 million South Africans…[tested] HIV positive in 2003”( Global 1).  In 2005 there were five and a half million people living with HIV and 1,000 people die from AIDS everyday.  South Africans between the [...]

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     In Sudan students begin school at the age of six and have 8 years of primary school.  It is mandatory from ages 6 to 14.  After primary school students may choose to continue with a three-year curriculum in junior secondary schools, then qualified students could go on to either a program preparing students for [...]

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“UNICEF Appeals for Sudan Donations.” World Geography. 2006. ABC-CLIO. 28 Sept. 2006

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            Education in South Africa spans 13 years. It starts with grade 0, preschool, also known as the reception year. The reception year can also be completed the first year in primary school but it is most common for the preschool year. The matric years, 10th through 12th grade, are not compulsory which means they [...]

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Toxic waste spills are not an unheard of occurrence in the United States.  Yet in August 2006, when several tons of waste were dumped improperly in Côte d’Ivoire, the world hardly blinked.  But the tragedy of this accident is still unfolding.In August 2006, a ship called Probo Koala improperly dumped toxic waste in fourteen of Abidjan’s open-air [...]

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