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    How the west lead to improvished africa In recent years, attention has been drawn to the extreme poverty that exist in many African nations. Globalization has only exuburated the gap betweern the Western world and developing countries; nations such as the US, and Britian continue to grow, while progress in these the third world are virtually stagnate. The unstable political and economic systems that led to the extreme poverty these African nations face are a result of Africa’s long and corrupt history

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    the 1980s that saw the falling down of both military and single-party state as well as civil wars prevailing in most countries in Africa. Women movements are very keen during this era of which the “Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace” movement is an example. The effort of women in Liberia was seen in their struggle with two different radicals’ bodies which involved the President Taylor and the Rebels in trying to end the decades of civil war in the country. The series of wars in the Liberian history

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    Ebola In Monrovia

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    gradually slowing down in Liberia, and the spread of preventative education in that region has been instrumental in the positive change. Some of this education has come in the form of government-commissioned music about the disease, but unfortunately, those efforts were seeing the wrong kind of impact for some time. Now, Liberian DJs and musicians have been raising awareness by taking a different approach. Since the beginning of the epidemic, radio stations in Liberia have been unloading countless

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    sex strikes used to achieve peace throughout history. Recent sex strikes undoubtedly influenced by Lysistrata occurred in Kenya, Colombia (Selzner 2), Iraq, and Sudan (Morales 284), but perhaps the most interesting of these sex strikes occurred in Liberia in 2003 (Ghitis). There were countless parallels between the Liberian sex strike and that imagined by Aristophanes, and between the leader of the Liberian sex strike, Leymah Gbowee, and Lysistrata. The

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    essay, Kaplan describes the country of Liberia as one that is war-torn, led by inexperienced rebel leaders, and has over 1 million displaced civilians. Today, Liberia has had a decade of peace, held presidential and general elections, improved its social services and infrastructure, and protected human rights. As recently as 2013, the United States and Liberia entered into an agreement to cooperate and improve Liberia’s agriculture and energy sectors. Liberia now ranks among the fastest-growing economies

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    freedom, and women’s rights in her home country of Liberia; primarily throughout their civil war. She begins by walking the audience through several of the key stages of protesting. Gboweee discusses her troubles, seemingly insurmountable obstacles at times, and successes. She also discusses how she was singled out to be a leader among the protesting women of Liberia. As a leader she and her fellow protestors gave demands to the President of Liberia himself and went as far as taking control of a government

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    affected countries, mostly Sierra Leone, the virus is still spreading. The death toll is now up to 8,000 and the common answers to how this outbreak got so large so quickly, bad governance, poverty, cultural practices, endemic disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and all this leads to the questioning of the poor public health response and services. Most critics are moving to the structural causes of weak health systems and showing that international lending policies, including and especially

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    The House At Sugar Beach

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    filled with servants, amazing cars, and everything you could imagine. They also had a villa in Spain and a farmhouse on the other side of the country. Helene is a descendant of two Liberian dynasties. Since her ancestors were one of the reasons why Liberia got it’s independence the family was so well respected, Helene herself knew not to disrespect her parents. “I knew not to argue with Daddy. He sat at the top of the Sugar Beach hierarchy, with Mommee. Together, John Lewis Cooper JR. and Calista Esmeralda

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    6,500 people in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone have obtained Ebola according to the World Health Organization, 3,000 people or more have died. The epidemic of Ebola spreading is a threat to Africa and other countries that’s healthcare isn’t strong enough to combat a disease alone (Burgess). This means the United States must step in to prevent the spread of this epidemic to prevent some estimates of the worst case scenario. The United States is morally responsible for the health

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    The West Africa Regional War For observers of the West Africa regional war, the recent calm in the war-torn Mano River Union (MRU) states Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea has given rise to optimism. Guarded, as this optimism might be, the decrease in violence in West Africa during the second half of 2001 is an important development given the scope and intensity of fighting that gripped these states earlier in the year. While observers agree that the current absence of widespread violent conflict

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