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    in politics in sub-Saharan Africa. I hope to explore why the percentage of women in politics is smaller than that of men and how this affects gender equity. Fortunately, representation is improving at a steady rate and I will explain the factors that are contributing to this increase. The lack of women that hold office in Sub-Saharan African

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    Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars that have been poured into Sub-Saharan Africa over the past century in an effort to propel development, Africa remains by far the poorest continent in the world. Failure has arisen from the problematic nature of the administration of the aid. Traditionally, aid has come in the form of military aid, and large international financial transactions. Although these forms of aid have overall failing track records, targeted developmental assistance has been historically

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    Sub-Saharan Africa

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    Sub- Saharan encompasses all African countries situated south of the Sahara Desert, such as Ghana, Ethiopia, Congo, Niger, Uganda, Somalia and others. In fact, the situation in those countries is relatively complicated and not easy to assess. Several aspects contribute to the destructive conditions in the sub-Saharan region. Basically, poor education systems, insufficient infrastructure and inadequate healthcare

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    Sub-Saharan Geography

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    The physical-environmental geography of Sub-Saharan Africa relates to the distribution of human and economic activities in several ways. First, Sub-Saharan Africa is a peripheral that supplies raw materials, food, and cheap labor to the main industrial countries. The physical geography makes survival had for those not working in agriculture. It is the most productive way for people to make a living and feed their large families. In recent years, there has been major movement from rural-to-urban environments

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    Sub-Saharan Africa

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    this time period. Islamic conquest allowed their culture to spread to many different regions. This, in fact was how Islamic territories acted as a bridge between sub-Saharan Africa and other civilizations in the Middle East. While the Muslims had occupied Egypt along with much of Northern Africa, they were reluctant to travel to the sub-Saharan regions of Western Sudan. However, through the means of camels,

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    Sub Saharan Poverty

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    inspiration to acquire policies that could stop the cyclical development of poverty. These policies include the improvement and affordability of primary education in the developing region of sub- Saharan Africa. The prevention and cures of treatable diseases. As well as, the elimination on the food crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. The inspired

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    Sub-Saharan Africa

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    The cultural elements that can influence HIV-AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa are the sexual norms, early marriage, widow inheritance and sexual cleansing rituals. Research by Sovran (2016) explained that Africans are often believed to be more culturally tolerant of multiple sexual partnerships, sexual indulgence, and prostitution compared to people in other parts of the world (Sovran, 2016). Moreover, there are different sexual practices that make an individual more susceptible for HIV-AIDS such as dry

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    Sub Saharan Africa

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    economic transformation of Africa. Now is the time to expand upon the already growing African market, as is evident by the fact that 6 of 10 of the fastest growing countries in the world are located it Sub-Saharan Africa . However, there has been little to no development in the structure of the Sub-Saharan economy in the past four decades. Africa still hemorrhages natural resources, with little infrastructure to expand into the manufacturing of final goods. Economies remain reliant on agro and extractive

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    Sub-Saharan Africa

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    Lastly, the another example that displays the product of both internal and external events and forces was nationalism in the Sub-Saharan African countries. A lot of the times the countries that were under colonial rule did not have lots of benefits for the people living in them. For instance, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga wanted to form a socialist party in Kenya and realized that the support

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    Sub Saharan Africa Essay

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    Cooling Solutions for Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa, being a tropical region, ranks as one of the hottest regions on earth. This area receives more solar insulation than several other tropical regions. Thanks to technological advancements, hot temperatures do not cause a serious problem in the developed world. In these developed areas, heat only causes problems when power supply has been knocked out by storms or other hard-to-avoid occurrences. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, millions of people

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