Republic of the Congo

While countries are constantly developing and progressing, there is a major problem that still exists. Around the world, countries are becoming more aware of the increasing amounts of discrimination and genocides. Many groups of people are at risk of genocide in today's world because the acts of genocide are going unnoticed. However, efforts by groups such as End Genocide are trying to spread awareness and prevent these crimes from continuing. Throughout history, genocides have been a prominent…

tissues while using them to conduct research. It is said that the host for Marburg is the African fruit bat and sporadic outbursts of cases and isolated cases have popped up in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Angola, South Africa, And the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The fact that most of the people infected were mine workers who work in bat infested caves only helped to prove this thought more. Once the mine workers get the virus they go home and it spreads throughout their village like wildfire…

The New York Times Op-doc, “Gorillas in the Crossfire”, produced on 7 November 2014 by Orlando von Einsiedel show the story of Andre Bauma, a man who takes care of mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, intentions for Mountain Gorillas freedom. The Op-Doc shows how war has been rising for 2 decades and hundreds of soldiers have been killed or harmed trying to protect their park. The park has been raided by armed rebels and these soldiers jeopardize their…

The only way that people can get infected with the disease is from direct contact with fluids from those who are already infested with Ebola. C. Content: Ebola was first recognized in 1976. “The name came from a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in Africa, where the virus was first recognized” says Arthur Schoenstadt, MD. There have been 18 definite outbreaks of the illness since 1976. When…

Equatorial Guinea): Bioko, Corisco, Great and Little Elobey, and Annobón. Bioko is where the capital is located. This country was a Spain colony since 1777 named Spanish Guinea. In 1968 Spanish Guinea granted independence and turned out to be the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, capital Malabo, North Bioko. Equatorial Guinea has also experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of vast offshore oil reserves. Weather The climate of both the continental region and the islands is…

While the GDP of South Africa is likely perceived to be high figure comparatively to that of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in other measures such as unemployment South Africa is struggling. In 2014 South Africa had a youth unemployment rate of 53.8%. Additionally, in 2010 the average life expectancy of an individual in South Africa was only 57 years of age highlighting…

He has traveled through different part of the country due to his occupation. He also is the godfather of numerous children from the democratic republic of Congo. His Caucasian friends adopted children from the republic of Congo so he has some experience with the adoption process; however, he was still not very well informed of the logistics of the process. Through his exposure to the diverse family of his close friends, he did not view…

over their realm. King Leopold II of Belgium wanted to expand his own power and secure resources by having Belgium become an empire nation like other European countries. To recognize this goal Leopold created the Congo Free State (CFS) in what is presently the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While all colonial empires did exercise violence against native populations, the case of the CFS reveals a more sinister insight into the mass violence and inhumane atrocities committed against the…

the Congo Conference was when…

Imperialism is the policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, many countries invaded other countries and took over by force, ruling harshly in order to get whatever it was they needed from the country. Often, imperialistic countries were looking for raw materials and other means to better their own economies by expanding into the country they had just entered. The imperialism practiced by America and Belgium…