Main articles: Middle Eastern and North African music traditions‚ Arabic music‚ and Middle Eastern music North Africa (red region on map below) is the seat of ancient Egypt and Carthage‚ civilizations with strong ties to the ancient Near East and which influenced the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Eventually‚ Egypt fell under Persian rule followed by Greek and Roman rule‚ while Carthage was later ruled by Romans and Vandals. North Africa was later conquered by the Arabs‚ who established the region
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Iram Saleem Roll # 14-10332 ENG 103 Poverty & Illiteracy Poverty and illiteracy are closely connected. Poverty and Illiteracy are indeed like the curse on human race. Poverty and Illiteracy is the main cause of child labour. Illiterate People don’t have awareness of family planning. In rural areas schools are without proper furniture and building and sometimes schools are there but there is not teacher. Some religious people do not allow the education of girls except religious
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Lottie Heslop 7u Côte d’Ivoire Ivory Coast is located on the south coast of West Africa. It is bound by Liberia and Guinea to the west‚ Mali and Burkina Faso to the north‚ Ghana to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Côte d’Ivoire‚ also known as the Ivory Coast or officially the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire‚ is a country known for it’s cocoa production. The exact coordinates are 6.8500° N‚ 5.3000° W. It’s poulation is 20.6 million people. The
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African Kingdoms and Empires During 400 AD‚ West Africa witnessed the rise and fall of the indigenous medieval empires of ancient Ghana‚ medieval Mali‚ and Songhai. Many other states and kingdoms arose during this time but Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai achieved the status of fully-fledged‚ functioning and long-living conquest states and expansionist empires. These empires regulated the Trans-Saharan trade by offering protection for trade caravans as well as taxing slaves‚ gold‚ firearms‚ textiles and
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Tuareg PRONUNCIATION: TWAH-reg LOCATION: Saharan and Sahelian Africa (mostly Niger‚ Mali‚ Algeria‚ Libya‚ and Burkina Faso) POPULATION: About 1 million LANGUAGE: Tamacheq RELIGION: Islam‚ combined with traditional beliefs and practices 1 • INTRODUCTION The Tuareg are an Islamic African people. They are classified as seminomadic ‚ meaning that they travel with their herds on a seasonal basis but also have a home area where they grow some food crops. The Tuareg are best known for the men’s practice
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FRAMEWORK OF ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COMBATING OF FINANCIAL TERRORISM IN THE ECOWAS REGION By Oladeji Ifeoluwa Temilolu 1.0 Introduction Money laundering as a form of cross border crime involves the use of legal tender in a financial transaction in order to conceal the origin‚ source or destination of such legal tender derived through illegal means. The sole aim of every money launderer is to misrepresent to any law enforcement authority or agency that the source of the funds are clean.
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Hendina Riyadi Blood Diamond Research For thousands of years‚ diamonds have been highly regarded by everyone from kings and queens to ordinary people. Diamonds are a symbol for wealth‚ elegance‚ love‚ and power. Centuries ago‚ they were also a symbol of courage‚ invincibility and strength. What is less commonly known is that these stones are also a symbol of terror and death. Conflicts arise from the mining of these gems; many people have died and many are perhaps still dying because of the mining
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and cons etc. [pic] Some background information on Ghana is useful for you so that you can understand more about the country itself. Ghana is on the West Coast of Africa. It shares boundaries with Togo to the east‚ Cote d’Ivoire to the west‚ Burkina Faso to the north and the Gulf of Guinea‚ to the south. The country’s economy is dominated by agriculture‚ which is about 40 percent of the working population. Ghana is one of the leading exporters of cocoa in the world. It is also a significant exporter
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reports show that‚ nearly two third of the world population stays well below the minimum literacy parameters drawn by UN. South Asian‚ West Asian and African populations are noted for remaining at the lowest graphs of literacy. Mali‚ Niger and Barkina Faso are reported for their literacy rate being the lowest in the world. In order to determine and gauge the growing needs of literacy‚ the UNESCO proclaimed an ‘Observance Day for Literacy’ in 1965‚ which is being observed under a specific theme every
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