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A. Benin,2006. Dantokpa Market Scene, Selling goods in open market in Cotonou. French Colony, Independence in 1960. B. Sudanese Refugees collect water at Doro refugee camp, 2014. In mid-2011 a conflict started between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) armed group in Sudan’s Blue Nile and South Kordofan States. In November 2011, the fighting escalated and tens of thousands of people fled to save their lives.To date nearly 40,000 refugees have crossed into Ethiopia and around 170,000 into South Sudan. For many, their journey to South Sudan took up to six weeks, going from cave to cave, eating only leaves and roots, struggling to find water to drink; and many refugees lost family members who collapsed dead from exhaustion, malnutrition or illness while making the journey to the border. Now in South Sudan they are gathered in camps where they are entirely dependent on humanitarian aid for the basic essentials they need to stay alive - food, water, shelter and healthcare. ()C. Accra, Ghana. 2015 Street scene. 1957 independence from United Kingdom . Ghana is one of the most culturally rich countries in Africa with a blend of several ethnic and racial groups living peacefully together. Just like its neighboring countries, Ghana is blessed with abundance of natural resources such as gold, silver, petroleum, industrial diamonds. While Ghana is one of the top-ten fastest growing economies in the world, and the fastest growing economy in Africa, they still crippled by social issues such as poverty, hunger, corruption, and poor governanceD. Nigeria, 2014. Muslims pray at the Kofar Mata central mosque to mark the end of the holy month. E. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) , 2015. Miners work in a gold mine that funds a militia group. The demand for consumer electronics, like cell phones, drives the country’s mineral resource exploitation. Gold is now the most lucrative of conflict minerals. Illicit profits from tin, tungsten, and tantalum have dropped 65% since 2010, when a campaign to link minerals with violence began gaining ground.DR Congo is extremely wealthy - and extremely big. Similar in size to Western Europe, it is rich in diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt and zinc. The country also has supplies of coltan, which is used in mobile phones and other electronic gadgets, and cassiterite, used in food packaging.Unfortunately for the people of DR Congo, its resource wealth has rarely been harnessed for their benefit. Fighting has been fuelled by the country's vast mineral wealth. The natural riches have attracted rapacious adventurers, unscrupulous corporations, vicious warlords and corrupt governments, and divided the population between competing ethnic groups.F. Mali, Funeral Dance in a Dogon Village, 2009. The Dogon live on the Bandigara Escarpment, a sandstone cliff up to 1640 ft high stretching 90 miles on the Sahel desert. A world heritage site for its unique cultural achievements, the escarpment is 500 miles from Bamako, the capital. These villages were established around 900 AD as a result of the collective refusal of the Dogon people to convert to Islam. The escarpment gave protection from frequent Islamic slave raids common in West Africa until the late 17th century. G. Said, Egypt, 2014. ?Egypt's third city and the entry point of the Suez Canal. The Suez canal is an artificial waterway in Egypt extending from Port Said to Suez, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It is one of the world’s most important waterways. Port Said has a cosmopolitan heritage especially obvious in the various architectural styles for its buildings. Port Said has a Mediterranean climate, with warm humid summers and mild rainy winters.H Nairobi, Kenya. Nairobi wildlife park with city in the background. I. Rwanda- Tea Farmers, 2014 The Rainforest Alliance worked with Tea Farmers to promote sustainable farming and raise the quality of the tea being produced in Rwanda through training in cultivation and processing, and to improve social and environmental practices, hoping to improve the lives of more than 10,000 farmers and families. J. Zimbabwe- Zimbabwe’s Jah Prezah, a music artist poses next to his car, 2014. K. Algeria- Algerian students cramming before an examL. Morocco. Djemaa el Fna is the popular city square in Marrakech, often known as the heart of Marrakech. The square attracts tourists from around the world, particularly to experience the culinary specialties of Morocco, but also for entertainment such as snake charming. M. Tanzania. 2014. Children collecting water. The major problem with Africa is not the lack of water, it is the lack of infrastructure to supply water to domestic areas. Estimations are that over 1 billion people in Africa do not have sufficient access to clean and safe drinking water. Children in Tanzania and other drought stricken countries walk an average of 2 hours a day to collect drinking water, and the majoriety of the time the water source is shared with livestock and unsafe to drink. The UN estimated that the wasted time collecting water in Africa each year is equivalent to an entire years worth of labor in France’s workforce. One of the greatest causes of poverty in Africa is lack of access to clean drinking water. Without clean water you can’t grow food, stay healthy, stay in school, build housing, or keep working. The typical can for collecting water in Africa can weigh 40 lbs when full, and many are forced to spend hours each day transporting it. ................
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