Niger Delta

DRIVERS OF STABILITY IN MALI Percy L. Jones II MCCC 04-15 July 30, 2015 Drivers of Stability in Mali The West African country of Mali has from time to time been mired in un-ending overlapping humanitarian, political, economic, and security crises. Notably, the situation in the country became worse when the government was destabilized and later overthrown in a 2012 military coup. Following the coup, insurgents were quick to capitalize on the resulting power vacuum and seize a greater

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. Education is very scarce in Burkina Faso. French schools are used because it is the only way to get even a basic education. After

Niger delta red colobus monkeys have been removed from the 25 most endangered primates list which from 2012 to 2014. The removed of Niger delta red monkey, it is not mean this subspecies of Pilicolobus is not endanger any more. There is another monkey which is highlight threatened is the same genera, such as Tana River red coobus monkey add in this currently list. Key fact Tana River red colobus monkey and Niger delta red colobus monkeys are the same genera. They have similar Physiological characteristics

For our final paper, we were to read Sundiate. This was my favorite book to read due to the fact that I have an interest in West African history. From reading this book we should know the historical context, who Songolon Kolonkan and Balla Fasseke are and what roles they play, what details show existence of long distance trade, what the universal religion is, and what we learned about West African history. The book really gave me a broad idea of what life would be like during that time. I can only

The West African nation of Niger has experienced one of the worst water crisis in the world that has left the population malnourished and in poverty. Location, climate and political instability can be attributed to the water scarcity, which not only leaves the nation lacking water, but in a state of underdevelopment. However, many non-government organisations have supported the nation and its people. When looking at Niger’s spatial distribution, many of the causes of the nation's water issues can

The Republic of Niger, a poor, landlocked country, located in the heart of Sub-Saharan West Africa. Niger has seen its fair share of change throughout the decades; moving away from the control of the French Parliament in 1960, Niger formally declared its independence. Despite this bold act of independence, Niger would not see its first steps towards democracy until the early 1990’s, when they held their first open election as a free state. However, even with the empowerment of the people in a democratic

Globalization is a major force in the world today. It is a force of progress. Some would argue that the consequences of that progress are viewed more like necessary side effects than avoidable setbacks. However, globalization can increase quality of life in places where it would have been too costly to do so before. One such place is Burkina Faso. A small country situated in western Africa just north of Ghana. In the case of Burkina Faso, the country is benefited by globalization. The improvements

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

Western Sahara is located on the northwest coast of Africa bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria. It is mostly part of the Sahara desert. Western Sahara is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world. Their climate is hot, dry desert, rain is rare, the cold offshore air currents produces fog and heavy dew. Due to the fact that The Western Sahara is mostly desert, we can not build a highway through here, but it could be built on the coast. Western Sahara’s territory is 85% under

In 5 years a group of 10 people including myself will be going on a mission’s trip to Niger to build homes and set up clean water sources so that people have a clean water source. We will be operating in a small town in Niger called Riji. Our main mission is to build small one story American style homes that are sturdy and able to house a whole family comfortably. Our trip will last 4 weeks and we are partnering with Samaritans purse on this mission our goal is to build 4 American style homes a week