Africa is a continent that has many countries, resources, culture and diversity. However, for the past 50 years there is a huge conflict that threatens all of Africa. It is not war or terrorism, it is in the environment. To start off, the Sahel is spans 5,400 km/ 3,360 mi from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The belt varies from several hundred to a thousand kilometers (620 miles) in width, covering an area of 3,053,200 sq km/ 1,178,850 sq mi). The Sahel is known as the transitional region of semi-arid grasslands, savannas, steppes, and thorn shrub lands lying between the wooded Sudanian savanna to the south and the Sahara to the north. Some of the countries that it the Sahel captures are northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, extreme south of Algeria, Niger, extreme north of Nigeria, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, and northern Eritrea. The climate is typically hot, sunny, dry and somewhat windy all year long. The Sahel 's climate is mainly affected by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The zone at at the thermal equator is where the trade winds meet. The low pressure belts then and migrates with the changing position of the thermal equator. Because of this there is a huge lack of rainfall, in place like Gao, Mali the rainfall is just 200 mm per year! With the air mass and lack of rain (pattern is very irregular from season to season) will continue to cause desertification of Sahel and
Sahel Region of Africa- A semiarid region of north-central Africa south of the Sahara Desert. That has been afflicted by prolonged periods of extensive
Africa is broken up into the three relatively isolated parts which include north, central, and south (Source 4, emailed chart). The north is a vast desert which has tough weather conditions, it is hard to plant crops.. The central is where much of thee rainforest in the continent grows. The south is seen to have the best weather out of the three parts, however it still very isolated except by sea, though once there only has minor obstacles making it hard to get around. The bad weather conditions also made it very hard to store food in the rainforests, the humidity causing rot (Source 4).
Let’s see what the rest of Africa is like. Physical geography Africa is a place full of trees, grasslands, and plains. African people survive in these places because of many animals and plants. Water is also very important, because of this, the water area is a place people and animals go to
In the world of literature today, American essayists continuously influence America’s modern society, whether it’s through their style, their experiences, or their overall message that is portrayed in their writing. The purpose of essay writing is for the author to determine their goal, through the stylistic manner of persuasion, entertainment, or factual information. Among many of the famous American essayists like; Frederick Douglas, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Thomas Paine, their goals in writing have been inspired by a variety of contextual influences. One of these now-famous American essayists, Sherman Alexie, a Native American author who’s work in the realm of Native American culture has been labeled as remarkable, yet controversial. Through
Like many other continents in the world Africa has a lot of differences in itself for example there are differences in geography ,language, politics, religion and other things in life due to Africa’s lack of political government over an extended period of time.
While analyzing the North Africa conflict, a combination of service capabilities would be required to achieve the desired end state of deterring and if necessary, the defeat of Algerian guerilla aggression to prevent regional and global destabilization. Taking into account the current military landscape that exists today, a joint task force (JTF) would be the ideal military response of the United States and collation partner’s while utilizing the regional military assets. Intelligence suggests guerilla forces are capable of a full scale offensive into Morocco in less than 36 hour notice, bringing the factors of time, force and space into consideration.
Although some may think of Africa as being of a single climate and terrain description, in reality a wide variety of land types can be found throughout Africa. How does this wide variety of climates and physical terrains affect human life and settlement patterns on the African continent? Different terrains and climates allowed for different lifestyles for Africans in different regions. Those close to the sea were susceptible to invasion, but had the advantage of maritime trade. Those living more in land were isolated but protected by the diseases visitors would contract that did not affect the locals. Due to the fact that Africa is so massive, it has many
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Decolonization has been around for decades and decades. It was not until the late 1800’s when Leopold’s scramble for Africa changed the outcome of the African nation forever. Within Leopold's interest in Africa, hemade some important decisions. One being that to be “in-charge” of the African nation you would 1. Have a physical presence within the state and 2. Become responsible for the welfare of the society of the new state. When this was established it changed the game in terms of want in the African society. While the violence, in ways helps keep population under control, there is a large correlation with decolonization and the increase of violence in African history because it changed the entire fate of the
The countries falling in Sahel region are categorised as developing or underdeveloped countries at large. They are plagued by repeated spells of drought followed by famine. One would imagine, that when developing countries like India battled famine through green revolution as far back as 1905-06 at Bundelkhand, why the Sahel region with fertile land has not been able to do so.
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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” (Hemingway). There are a number passages in Hemingway's letters which point to an interdependence between Hemingway and his fictional characters. In is most of his stories, he writes about not just fictional events but actual real life events that he has either witnessed or been a part of. Hemingway wrote most of his short stories in a very minimalistic style in which he later became famous for. One of Hemingway’s works where you see this is in “The Old Man at the Bridge”. At just two pages in length, "The Old Man at the Bridge"is one of Hemingway's shortest tales. Another one of his works where
Sub-Saharan Africa is the second largest of the earth 's seven continents, covering about twenty-two percent of the world 's total land area. From its northern most point, to its southern most tip is the distance of nearly five thousand miles (Frederickson & Fossberg, 2014).
This is where grasses begin to shorten, and desert shrubs become evident. Studies show that the precipitation is pretty low, ranging from 1.5 inches(38mm) per year in the west to 0.4 inch (10mm) annually in the east. (Petrov) There are two main reasons cause this area aridity. First, within the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer, it receives much sun radiation, so the air is heated and rise. Approaching the mid-latitude around 39° N, air descends, and subtropical high pressure belt results. That is to say, high pressure brings considerable sunshine, hot summer weather, and very little precipination. The great desert of the world, such as Sahara, Kalahari, and Great Victory Desert, are distributing around subtropical high belts. In the Northern Hemisphere, wind veers toward the right of the direction of travel, which is the Coriolis effect. These prevailing winds blow from the west to the east called westerlies. Taklamakan Desert lies in the leeward slope of the Himalayas, they block a mass of warm, moist air from the Indian Ocean, thus enhances rain shadow
Countries in the Sahel region face various challenges. Among these challenges frequent climate change, desertification, deforestation, frequent food crises, extreme poverty, rapid population growth are the main ones. Basides to the natural problem of the region some other problems such as ethnic centrism, fragile governance, corruption, unresolved internal tensions, violent extremism and radicalization, illegal trafficking and terrorist-linked security threats affects the peace and security of the people in the Sahel region of Africa. As a result, the Sahel region is one of the poorest and most environmentally degraded and conflict affected areas of the world (European Union External Action Service).