Summary: Water pollution remains one of the most visible and persistent signs of our impact on the natural world. Cleanup of some older pollutants has been offset by new contaminants that threaten freshwater ecosystems and foul our drinking water. The sight and smell of grossly polluted waterways provided some of the original impetus to the environmental movement in the 1970s. Nearly a century before that‚ the dangers of polluted water to human health drove what became known as the "sanitary
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2. “Chinese investments and business interests are now to be found all across Africa” (Commission for Africa‚ 2005). Why have Chinese companies found the emerging markets of Africa less risky and a more attractive proposition than western multinationals? Africa is the second largest continent in the world‚ lack of rules‚ poverty‚ and corruption are the basic characteristics of this huge continent. However‚ a market with a very high amount of resources such as natural gas‚ raw materials‚ and oil
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African literature From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia African literature refers to literature of and from Africa. While the European perception of literature generally refers to written letters‚ the African concept includes oral literature (or "orature"‚ in the term coined by Ugandan scholar Pio Zirimu) As George Joseph notes in his chapter on African literature in Understanding Contemporary Africa‚ whereas European views of literature often stressed a separation of art and content‚ African awareness
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RICAN poetryTruthful and fruitful human experience forms the basis for written expression in any branch of literature. Conveyed through a language of international exchange‚ it can reach a wider audience for whom it becomes a useful reference in times of need. The English language attained international prominence due to several reasons; one of the most important being colonization. As in other countries of the Commonwealth‚ English was imposed on Anglophone Africa as a means of easy communication
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They would spend hours washing‚ combing and oiling their hair to ensure it remained healthy. Africans let their hair speak for itself. Age‚ marital status‚ ethnic identity‚ religion‚ wealth‚ and social rank. In Senegal‚ young women would shave a portion of their off to let any man know that they were ready and right for the picking. In the seventeenth century‚ Africans were captured and brought to the United States. When they got there they had nothing‚ Without
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POVERTY CAN EXTREME POVERTY BE ELIMINATED? BY JEFFREY D. SACHS Almost everyone who ever lived was wretchedly poor. Famine‚ death from childbirth‚ infectious disease and countless other hazards were the norm for most of history. Humanity’s sad plight started to change with the Industrial Revolution‚ beginning around 1750. New scientific insights and technological innovations enabled a growing proportion of the global population to break free of extreme poverty. Two and a half centuries later more
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surrounding the brain. Death can follow within hours of the onset of symptoms. It occurs worldwide‚ but the main stream of infections and deaths are in Africa‚ particularly across the “meningitis belt”‚ an east-west geographical strip from Ethiopia to Senegal (MSF‚ 2014). 1.4. Supply chain management The material for a meningitis vaccination contains usually the vaccines‚ non-medical material and only a very limited material which purchased locally (food for staff‚ fuel etc.). The meningitis vaccines
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2. Science‚ technology‚ and society Nearly all nations now recognize that science and technology are of vital importance to their development. Yet science and technology (S&T) cannot just be imported as commodities from foreign producers. For a country to enjoy the full benefit of science and technology‚ they must be deemed critical to the effort to achieve economic well-being and social justice‚ integrated into the societal decisionmaking structure‚ and systematically supported by policies
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New Attention Given to Child Cocoa Workers in Ivory Coast and Ghana Children living in a cocoa-producing village near the town of Oume‚ Ivory Coast. | Download audio (MP3) | This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Chocolate comes from cocoa beans‚ and more than half of those beans come from two countries in West Africa. . But the situation is not all sweetness for poor cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana. The United States has announced ten million dollars for renewed
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