The Republic of Zimbabwe

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the largest African countries located in central Africa. Congo is a country that has grown out of a history of Belgian colonisation. Congo also has a long history of an unstable government with a lot of problems with internal corruption. Being a land rich on natural resources with a poor government, Congo has been the perfect target for foreign exploitation of the lands resources. There is a high demand for cobalt from first world countries and the demand keeps rising every year. The current battery technology enables big technology companies to sell small handheld technological devices. Congo is one of the worlds leading supplier of cobalt. Almost half of the worlds cobalt was mined there. This cobalt can be found in any rechargeable battery such as the battery of a laptop or a smartphone. A cobalt rich battery has enabled us to have phones small enough to can fit in our pockets. These litihium-ion batteries can contain up to 10 grams of refined cobalt. Refined cobalt is the most expensive element in these batteries. Today, several Chinese companies are buying cheap cobalt from Congolese miners who working under dangerous conditions. The Congolese people are poor and desperate enough to do the hard and dangerous work. Families are forced involve their children in the mining work to be able to survive. The work pays less than minimum wage. The foreign mining business in Congo has caused Congolese people to sacrifice their

Dominican Republic was founded long ago. The land was amazing for growing crops. Many people started to become interested in what the country had to offer. Problems began to arise when people did not have many jobs to support themselves with. Economically the country was suffering but many things were experimented to increase the overall income of the people. Soon, agriculture was not the only source of income. The country relied on tourism, agriculture, and many other things to help them provide jobs to the people.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa bordered to the west by the Republic of Congo and a small coast to the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Angola and Zambia, to the east by Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda, and to the north by South Sudan and Central African Republic. The capital of DRC is Kinshasa, which lies on the south bank of the Congo river at 4.4419° S, 15.2663° E. DRC is home to most the Congo Rainforest, which is the largest rainforest in Africa. Geographically, this location is very good, having numerous resources including lumber and oil and minerals such as cobalt, diamonds, gold, coltan (niobium-tantalum ore), copper,

Zimbabwe’s history can be tracked back to the pre-colonial, Kingdom of Mapungubwe of the 13th century [Source I]. Zimbabwe was the African trading capital. The Mapungubwe kingdom traded in iron, copper, pottery, gold, beads, art, ivory and skins. The Mapungubwe kingdom had over a 100 tributaries and controlled the whole of Southern Africa, but was headquartered in Zimbabwe. The prince of the Mapungubwe kingdom then decided to travel north in search of salt but on this journey, he was faced by

In the early seventeenth century Europeans colonized what is known today as South Africa. Although it was not until the 1940s that the political party known as the Afrikaner National Party was established as the countries governing

Ethnic groups have always been a big part of the African continent and countries leaving the DRC in no difference. Once a primordial, ethnic groups are now recognized to be historical creation, products of tangible processes of administrative categorization, political mobilization and socialization (Posner, 2003).The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire is the second most ethnically diverse nation in the world, only behind India. Research shows that the DRC has over 200 different distinct ethnic groups as the nation is located in sub-Saharan Africa with the second largest rain largest rainforest in the world. The DRC accounts for over half of the total remaining rainforests in the Central African region. The capital city Kinshasa, now has its official language being French and other spoken languages consisting English, Swahili, Lingala, kikongo/Kituba and Tshilumba/Kiluba. Christianity, like many parts of Africa due to missionary influences, is the major religion practiced in the country and has a population of about 62.6 million, leaving Adult literacy rate at 70% and life expectancy rate of forty-six years sadly. The Bantu speaking people are the major ethnic group in the land leaving the others; mongo, lumba and kongo, also mangbetu-Azande making about 45% of the population.

Rwanda is located in east-central Africa surrounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. In fact Rwanda is slightly smaller than the state of Maryland and has a total population of 12,661,733 people. The land is 74.5 percent farmable and the median age throughout the country is 18.8. The average lifespan of a citizen in Rwanda is about 59 years. Also in the past year, there were about 33.75 births per 1,000 people and the average death rate was 8.96 deaths per 1,000 people. Unfortunately, there are only about 0.06 physicians per 1,000 people, which compared to other countries is substantially small causing many health issues not being resolved. (cia)

Sierra Leone, the county located in West Africa. Sierra Leone happens to be one of many

Many people think that they are very knowledgeable about the world, but many people probably have never heard of the African country, Burkina Faso. If you haven’t heard of it, maybe you’ve seen its flag. their has a red top and a green bottom with a small yellow star in the middle. It is a small landlocked country in the western region of Africa, south of the Sahara.

the op is about the upcoming elections in DR Congo with some of the most goals of Sustainable development by UN: mostly the Environment and democracy.

Zimbabwe is a Sub-Saharan African country located in the southern part of Africa, between the countries of South Africa and Zambia. With a total population of over 13 million, the majority of the population is zero to fourteen year olds at 38.4% followed by twenty-five to fifty-four year olds (32.3%) and fifteen to twenty-four year olds (22.1%) (United States Central Intelligence Agency [USCIA]). In the year of 2011, over 38% of the population lived in cities. The geography of this country consists of high plateaus and mountains located in the east (United States Central Intelligence Agency [USCIA]). This essay explains the colonial history and how they achieved independence, critical events that have affected Zimbabwe, and the current

“The Kingdom of Zimbabwe is a unique area filled with a fascinating culture. Zimbabwe first began when the Proto-Shona societies settled in the area. Many different cities grew and overpowered each other through several centuries. Then, the UK sent colonists supported by the British’s South Africa Company (BSAC) to explore the land and its natural resources. This resulted in many battles between the natives and the Europeans. Later in 1980, Zimbabwe was recognized as independent from the UK.

A Chinese proverb accredited to Confucius says that to define the future, you need to study the past. Indeed, studying and understanding the past is paramount to understand the current situation of SVGB crimes in the CAR. Therefore, the following Chapter will focus on a brief analysis of the history of the CAR, highlighted its political instability.

Afternoon once again some more on Zimbabwe...DISCUSS THE RISE AND EXPANSION OF THE MUTAPA STATE. (NOV 2008)

After the Zimbabwe Africans People Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) were banned by the Rhodesian state, they fled to Zambia and Mozambique. There, they formed the insurgent organizations Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) and the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA), respectively. While the two parent political parties differed in their ideological views regarding the inclusion of Maoist philosophy in their Marxism, their military movements did not differ significantly in their structure or behavior. The recruitment patterns of both organizations followed similar patterns, with the movements engaging in forced conscription in the early years before eventually becoming volunteer organizations once they were firmly established. The individuals who joined consisted of both youth from the African intelligentsia and uneducated individuals from the tribal frontier areas. Both guerrilla organizations were led by cadre who received their orders from a military council within the parent political organization, reflecting a clear subordination of military forces to the civilian leadership.