Africa

Africa is the second largest of the earth's seven continents, covering about 30,330,000 sq km. It comprises about 22 percent of the world's total land area. It consists of 54 countries, including its adjacent islands, 53 if you consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. The continent, as of 2009, has a population around 1 billion, with almost 800 languages spoken. Most archaeologists and anthropologists currently agree that human beings originated in Africa and then spread out across the world.

The continent is host to diverse cultures, to the worlds longest river, the Nile, and is rich in natural resources.The history of the continent is comprehensive, with large parts of Africa colonized by Europeans early on. Africa was the origin of the slave trade to colonial America. Books on the history of the continent and specific countries can be found via booksellers and internet search engines, or by scrolling through university archives and curriculum book assignments.

Tourism is a booming industry in parts of Africa, and you can find numerous blogs about it. National Geographic Africa carries some of the best information, but there are many travel agents dealing specifically with African vacations. They are found easily online. It is suggested when traveling to Africa from the United States that you check the State Department's current travel warnings. 

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• Have Israeli Spies Infiltrated International Airports?

  
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• AP Source: Palin Book Sells Big in First Week

  
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• MOROCCO : Moroccoa4s OCP to Invest 7 Billion DH in 2010

  
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• ALGERIA : Algeria to Renew Uranium Titles

  
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• LIBERIA : African Aura Mining Begins Drilling at Weaju

  
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• NIGERIA : Coal at Centre of Strategy

  
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• MOZAMBIQUE : Permits for Manicaland and Preciosa

  
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• SOUTHERN AFRICA : Plan to Harmonise Mining Laws

  
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• ZAMBIA : Savior Mwambwa

  
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• GHANA : Alhaji Collins Dauda

  
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• Canada Gives Backing to Rwanda’s Bid to Join Commonwealth

  
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• Kenyan officials head to Ethiopia to discuss investment in hydropower

  
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• Zimbabwe child mortality up 20 percent, UN says

  
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• Rwanda sack Croatian coach Tucak

  
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• GLOBAL: HIV infections slowing but prevention gap persists

  
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  Source: IRIN The rate of new HIV infections worldwide has declined by 17 percent in the past eight years and prevention efforts can take some of the credit, according to the annual UNAIDS update on the epidemic released on 24 November.
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• Climate change could boost incidence of civil war in Africa, study finds

  
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  Kathleen Mackay in the UC Berkeley News : Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decades, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at University of California, Berkeley, and published in todays (Monday, Nov. 23) online issue ...
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• Africa: A Humanitarian’s Guide to Copenhagen

  
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