Middle East and Africa

Climates of the Middle East & Africa.

Population of the Middle East & Africa.

Middle East & Africa: Religion.

Middle East & Africa: Language

Colonization

 

Colonization is when a group or groups or countries take over an area. Once in the area, the groups will set up settlements. These overseas settlements were called colonies. An example would be the early Dutch settlers in South Africa.

Africa - SWOT analysis

	Helpful	Harmful
Internal	Strengths ·     Africa is a continent filled with possibilities for tourism  ·     Focus on environmental issues: Wildlife conservation (example: protecting Madagascar’s biodiversity)   ·     Developing financial industry and shipping industry (example: South Africa)   ·     Crude oil resources (example: Nigeria) ·     Africa ranks first in the world in the concentration of the world's largest accumulated reserves of gold, antimony, bauxite, chromium, cobalt, diamonds, fluorspar, hafnium, manganese, phosphate rock, platinum metals, titanium, vanadium, vermiculite and zirconium. ·     Growing domestic market ·     Low cost of production ·     Availability of manpower	Weaknesses ·     Poverty / employment structure ·     HIV / AIDS ·     Corruption (example: Nigeria) ·     Favouritism ·     Internal conflicts (civil war) and refugees ·     High Unemployment ·     Urbanisation ·     Access to clean water ·     Education and literacy ·     Discriminatory Problems ·     Gender inequality ·     High Unemployment Rate ·     Absence of important skills ·     Poor infrastructure hindering competitiveness ·     Desertification (example: Sahel) ·     Deforestation (example: rainforests in Congo Democratic Republic) ·     Only forty-six percent of people in Africa have safe drinking water ·     The weakness of the African states ·     The biggest risk to African wildlife today is the habitat destruction
External	Opportunities ·     Continuous pressure on multinationals to reduce cost and the multinationals move different stages of the production process to countries with lower costs ·     China and India, Asia's two emerging powerhouses, have made no secret of their desire to engage with resource-rich Africa as they seek new economic partnerships to fuel their booming economies. ·     Potentials for innovation and entrepreneurship ·     Fifa world cup (example: South Africa in 2010)	Threats ·     Protectionism ·     Cholera Outbreak ·     Interstate conflicts, refugees and terrorism ·     Competition from other low cost countries ·     Africa suffers from global warming ·     The African population is more at risk from rising food and energy prices ·     Africans are severely affected by the inequities of the current international trading system ·     Increased trade barriers

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Drought in East Africa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeND1ccclto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAEa66reTyg

Drought devastated much of East Africa in 2008 - 2009. In Kenya, the Kitengela Massai pastoral lands south of Nairobi, experienced many of the worst effects, including reports of the deaths of up to half of the livestock in the region. This video gives shows to Kitengela farmers with personal experience of the drought.

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Slums in Kenya - going to the toilet

VIDEO - Slums in Kenya - going to the toilet

Most slums have no legal status: they are ‘illegal settlements.’ That is why local authorities do not feel responsible for providing essential facilities, such as access to clean water and sanitation.

The filthiness of the slum is intense and overwhelming. Diseases as cholera and tuberculosis are widespread in the area.

Where can you go to the toilet? This is a daily problem for the inhabitants of the slum Kibera in Kenya. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the second largest urban slum in Africa. There are paid toilets all over the suburb. The waste water flows through an open sewer through the neighbourhood. Women are afraid to visit the toilet at night, it is too dangerous.
Most slum dwellers in Nairobi have no access to clean water.

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