Chad

Chad is the biggest of Africa’s 16 landlocked nations measuring 495,755 square miles slightly larger than three times the size of California. Chad is located deep in the heart of Africa and is surrounded by 6 countries. Officially known as the Republic of Chad, the country is also called the ‘Dead Heart of Africa’ due to its closeness to the deserts (WorldMaps.com). According to the CIA World Fact Book, the GDP of Chad is was estimated to be $29.53B USD in 2014, the population is estimated to be

country of Chad which is located in Central Africa. Blanchefort is from the city of Moundou, the third largest city, which is in the South of Chad. Here on scholarship, he is attending Oklahoma State University to further his education. Blanchefort told me about his country and gave me a different perspective about Chad. From the Saharan desert in the North, to the savannah plains in the central region, to the more fertile soil and rivers that feed into Lake Chad in the Southwest, Chad is the fifth

government announced plans to triple its oil production by 2015. The country's oil reserves are estimated to stand at 1.5 billion barrels. With Chevron now out of the picture, companies willing to accept the risks and challenges of doing business in Chad stand to gain opportunities. These assets have played a substatial role for Chevron in Africa for the past 14 years," said the president of Chevron Africa. "They have been a profitable as a part of our portfolio for many years. The combination of

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

this day. The Tibesti Mountains, also known as the Tibesti Massif, are extremely dangerous and volcanic mountains. They extend into northeastern Niger and southern Libya, but they are mostly located in northwestern Chad. They are about 300 miles long and up to 175 miles wide. With the elevation being 11,302’, they are the highest

a conflict (Black, 2011). It is interesting to note how conflict can also be affected by regional factors and how events in neighboring states can impact on the scenarios for violence (Skrede Gleditsch, 2008). In the video, the neighboring state- Chad played a crucial role in overthrowing the president. The documentary also demonstrates how some people (both Christians and Muslims) shared the view that transnational ties with France constituted an important role in spreading the

I. Attention Device-This is Chad before he was thrown away by his family. He was tossed away because there were bigger more aggressive dogs than him so he was useless to his owner. In one of his fights, Chad was bitten in the ear. After being tossed out by his owner his ear got badly infected. Chad was lucky. The neighbor knew what was going on in Chad’s owner’s house and called animal control. When animal control arrived, they took Chad along with the other dogs to the shelter. After

BRIEF SYNOPSIS CHAD TULLY (native Australian, 20's) is a desperate travel agent, who has been faking his way through life. He has a dream of turning his mother’s ranch in Australia into a resort. After failing to get his current boss interested in investing in his dream, he targets Reality TV star, "Rich get Richer," JERRY HAMPTON (50's), and his young girlfriend, SUSAN (25), who are planning a vacation trip. Chad pitches them a resort in Australia. They happily sign up. Chad later learns his

It takes caution, dedication, and morality, among many other traits, to be a good ethnographer. Adding to this, one requires a passion for justice and just change in the world to be a good critical ethnographer. Critical ethnography makes its name as a subfield in its participants’ need to alter what they view as less than acceptable conditions within a community. It extends beyond the mere study of cultures and ethnic groups and their historic problems, into territory that explores ways in which

You cannot have peace without security and you cannot have effective security without peace. In August of this year, there was an estimate of 400 bodies that were collected across Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. This number was acquired in just three days and it served as a huge wake up call for the Central Africans. However, it was not long before another revolt that left twelve people dead, thirty people wounded, and children were not spared. Meanwhile in Denmark, reports