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 Table of ContentsGLOBAL STUDIES: Africa, Twelfth EditionUsing Global Studies: Africa Selected World Wide Web Sites U.S. Statistics and Map Canada Statistics and Map World Map Africa Map Africa: Looking for a Renaissance Central Africa Map Central Africa: Possibilities for Cooperation Cameroon (Republic of Cameroon) Central African Republic Chad (Republic of Chad) Congo (Republic of the Congo; Congo-Brazzaville) Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa; formerly Zaire) Equatorial Guinea (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) Gabon (Gabonese Republic) São Tomé and Príncipe (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) East Africa Map East Africa: A Mixed Inheritance Burundi (Republic of Burundi) Comoros (Union of Comoros) Djibouti (Republic of Djibouti) Eritrea (State of Eritrea) Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) Kenya (Republic of Kenya) Madagascar (Republic of Madagascar) Mauritius (Republic of Mauritius) Rwanda (Rwandese Republic) Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles) Somalia Sudan (Republic of the Sudan) Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania) Uganda (Republic of Uganda) North Africa Map North Africa: The Crossroads of the Continent Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia Western Sahara Southern Africa Map Southern Africa: The Continuing Struggle for Self-Determination Angola (Republic of Angola) Botswana (Republic of Botswana) Lesotho (Kingdom of Lesotho) Malawi (Republic of Malawi) Mozambique (Republic of Mozambique) Namibia (Republic of Namibia) South Africa (Republic of South Africa) Swaziland (Kingdom of Swaziland) Zambia (Republic of Zambia) Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe) West Africa Map West Africa: Seeking Unity in Diversity Benin (Republic of Benin) Burkina Faso Cape Verde (Republic of Cape Verde) Côte d’Ivoire (Republic of Côte d’Ivoire) The Gambia (Republic of The Gambia) Ghana (Republic of Ghana) Guinea (Republic of Guinea) Guinea-Bissau (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) Liberia (Republic of Liberia) Mali (Republic of Mali) Mauritania (Islamic Republic of Mauritania) Niger (Republic of Niger) Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria) Senegal (Republic of Senegal) Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone) Togo (Togolese Republic) Articles from the World Press1. Angola: Plenty of Oil, a Forgotten War and New Hope, That’s Cabinda, Peter Kagwanja, Africa Insight, August 4, 2006. The tiny Cabinda enclave accounts for close to 65 percent of Angola’s oil, amounting to more than 80 percent of the country’s revenues. But the province, which has fought for three decades to secede, remains one of the poorest in Angola. A recently signed peace deal preserves Angola’s territorial unity while granting special status to this oil rich northern province.2. Post-Apartheid Vineyards: Land Redistribution Begins to Transform South Africa’s Wine Country, William Moseley, Dollars & Sense, January/February 2006. The African National Congress (ANC) promised to redress the legacy of discriminatory land ownership policies in the farming sector through a land redistribution program that facilitates the transfer of land from whites to blacks. While this program has its problems, South Africa's wine country now has a handful of worker co-owned vineyards. If American and European consumers support a growing market for such wines, this will encourage more white farmers to go into partnership with their workers.3. ABCs of AIDS Prevention, Jessica Weisberg, Dollars & Sense, January/February 2005. Uganda has been widely recognized for its successes in stemming the AIDS crisis, but its policies fail to address the inequalities that make women vulnerable to the disease. More women than men have become infected with HIV since Uganda’s renowned ABC (Abstinence, Be faithful and Condoms) policy was implemented.4. The Fight to Save Congo’s Forests, Christian Parenti, The Nation, October 22, 2007. The rainforests of the Congo Basin are home to an estimated 40 million people who depend upon it for their traditional livelihoods. Ecologically, the rainforests also play a major role in trapping carbon dioxide, a key culprit in global warming. In recent years the future of the rainforest has been threatened by timber companies, often with the support of development bodies such as the World Bank, that seek to harvest the valuable hardwoods the forests contain. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been unable to regulate the pressure on the forests due to the lack of an effective plan for forest management and widespread corruption. The leaders in the fight to preserve the forests are frequently small, non-profit, non-governmental organizations.5. The Long Journey of a Young Democracy, The Economist, March 3, 2007. While signs of change are visible everywhere in South Africa, in many ways life has not improved substantially for many South Africans. Unemployment remains high, the country’s leadership has bungled its handling of the HIV/AIDs epidemic, crime is a major worry, and the government has found it difficult to deliver public services at adequate levels. Political corruption and the question of who will succeed the current president, Thabo Mbeki, also present serious challenges to the country’s newly-acquired democratic institutions.6. Underwriting Liberian Rebirth, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Harvard International Review, Winter 2007. The author was elected president of Liberia in late 2005, making her the first democratically-elected woman president in African history. Assuming office following the end of a devastating 14-yr civil war, her focus is now on rebuilding Liberian society. Her administration and the country face several serious challenges including: side effects of the political impasse in neighboring Côte d’Ivoire, the vulnerability of war-affected youth, rebuilding the national infrastructure, and eliminating corruption.7. Toppling a Tyrant, The Economist, March 17, 2007. Zimbabwe, once an African showcase, is now an economic basket case plagued by a shrinking economy, food shortages, and an 80% unemployment rate. This is largely a consequence of the heavy-handed political tactics taken by Robert Mugabe, the country’s long-time president, in order to hold onto power. Mugabe must go for the well-being of the country, but support for the political opposition by neighboring African states has been conspicuously absent.8. Taking Care of Business, Michael Klein, Finance & Development, December 2006. Peace and changes in economic policy have allowed the economies of many African countries to flourish, displaying growth rates that would have seemed unthinkable a decade earlier. Red tape and over-regulation, however, still constrain businesses in many countries, meaning that economic growth among traditional businesses is not occurring as efficiently as it could. This is changing, however, as African leaders consider ways of creating more business friendly environments.9. On the Brink, Colin Macilwain, Nature, January 11, 2007. Bonny Island, strategically located at the mouth of the Niger River, has been an important trade center for centuries. In recent years it has also been the site of a major natural gas liquefaction plant serving the Nigerian petroleum industry. With the influx of outside workers to the area, however, comes the risk of a dramatic increase in the incidence of HIV/AIDS. To prevent this, the island has become the setting for Ibani-se, a comprehensive AIDS prevention and control project involving both local and international expertise designed to hold incidence rates to their current low levels. |