Desertification in the Sahel case study Location etc: • The Sahel is a zone between the Sahara Desert and the more fertile lands of the further South. • The area runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Horn of Africa and includes parts of Sudan, Chad and many others. • It has a population of over 50 million. Causes of Desertification: • Low rainfall. • Civil wars in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. • Population growth. • Settling of the nomadic population, leading to over cultivation. • The
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The Country of Chad HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: Chad is a semi-large country located in the north-central area of Africa. It covers about 1,284,000 square kilometers of land and is landlocked, meaning it is surrounded by other countries. Those countries are Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, and Central African Republic. It is rimmed by mountains to the north east and south. Chad has a tropical climate in the south, however the north has very little rain throughout the year and the dry season is often windy
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Improve housing finance access for poor – study May 28, 2015 9:15 pm by VOLTAIRE PALAÑA REPORTER * * * A POLICY paper by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is calling for the creation of a more favorable environment for housing finance in the country, as well as the adoption of appropriate policies and mechanisms to correct housing market dysfunctions. One of the underlying issues with housing policies in the Philippines, for instance, is the traditional
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savannas to the south. The Sahel stretches from the Atlantic Ocean eastward through northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, the great bend of the Niger River in Mali, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), southern Niger, northeastern Nigeria, south-central Chad, and into The Sudan. The semiarid steppes of the Sahel have natural pasture, with low-growing grass and tall, herbaceous perennials. Other forage for the region’s livestock (camel, pack ox, and grazing cattle and sheep) includes thorny shrubs and
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fighters allied to Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), the dominant force in newly independent South Sudan. (Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah, September 2011) Internal displacement in Africa Burundi p. 41; Central African Republic p. 42; Chad p. 43; Côte d’Ivoire p. 44; Democratic Republic of the Congo p. 45; Ethiopia p. 46; Kenya p. 47; Liberia p. 48; Niger p. 48; Nigeria p. 49; Senegal p. 50; Somalia p. 50; South Sudan p. 51; Sudan p. 52; Uganda p. 53; Zimbabwe p. 54 In 2011, IDMC monitored
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The two countries that I am going to compare are Monaco and Chad. Monaco is one of the countries at the top of International Living’s 2011 Quality of Life Index, at the 5th position. There are many things that makes Monaco a greater place to live in compared to Chad. One of the reasons why it is such a great place to live is because of the safety in Monaco. Monaco has a very low crime rate, with a rate for rape at 0 percent, a rate for burglary at 0 percent and murder at 3.33 percent. This means
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the outcomes may be. However, because we as people care, we have implemented many measures to protect our environment. For example in Lake Chad, located between the borders of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, there is a environmental issue of desertification where fertile land becomes similar to that of a desert. The UNHCR and its partners, including the Chad government, are addressing the effects of climate change with programmes aimed at better management of dwindling water resources and the
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I will be comparing the soldiers’ experience from ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’, a television sitcom written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis with ‘Journey’s End’ which is a play that projects the reality of the war written by R.C. Sherriff. These are two texts that convey a dark impression of WW1. The similarities between both the texts is that they both were set in the final stages of the war but with ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ set in many different places whilst ‘Journey’s End’ was set in one common setting
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about some popular celebrities and among those , Bean is the most searched one. This man needs no introduction; rather a smile surprisingly appears on one’s face after a glimpse of him comes in anyone’s mind. The actor behind this hilarious series is Rowan Atkinson and this person is the writer of a major part of the same...Surprised!!..., you better be, because it’s the truth. Bean seldom murmurs and the mainly physical humor is educed from his interactions with other people and his astonishing solutions
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creating a virtual phenomenon known as "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" (two music video-games which sky-rocketed the company's success). Chef Nobu spent more than thirty years enduring experimentation, failure and unstable business partner- relationships. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim simply needed to figure out how to post a video segment, from a party, to the internet for sharing. Thus, the birth of Youtube.com. Without the prevailance of small businesses, we would not be living in the world
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