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 safaris. 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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• Irans president faces punishment threat over breaking election rules

  
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• 9 Detained in Bombings on Turkey Border With Syria

  
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• Vice Travel: Ground Zero: Mali – Insurgents vs. The Malian Army

  
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• History will judge me ‘fairly’: Mubarak

  
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  A supporter of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, May 11, 2013. By Khaled Desouki (AFP/File) CAIRO (AFP) - Ex-president Hosni Mubarak, on trial for the death of protesters during Egypts 2011 uprising that toppled him, said future ...
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• Shaun Joubert carries Team SA’s medal hopes on final day at ISA World Surfing Games

  
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• Love, Death and an African Proverb: A Tribute to a Fine English Lady

  
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  I wrote this on Friday, 10 May 2013. That was the day of my husbands mothers funeral. It was therefore a sad day for us, but also a day of celebration. She lived a "good long life" (she died at the age of 96) and felt ready to go. Although her son sometimes feels that she led a hard life (especially with the personal ...
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• Nigerian Supreme Court Judges Wife, Daughter Kidnapped

  
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• Ghana Immigration Service Says It has Repatriated 80 Illegal Chinese Miners Since March 2013

  
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  The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) revealed on Saturday that it repatriated 80 Chinese since March 2013 over "small-scale mining and possessing improper immigration documentation", APA learns in Accra. Ghana’s Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703) prohibits foreigners from engaging in small-scale mining. ...
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• BP Withdraws Staff from Libya Due to Security Concerns

  
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• Benghazi: ‘Wasn’t paying attention’ is not the same thing as ‘coverup’

  
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• Benghazi Police Bombed for Second Time in Three Days

  
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• History will judge me ‘fairly’: Mubarak to Egypt daily

  
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  A supporter of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, May 11, 2013. By Khaled Desouki (AFP/File) CAIRO (AFP) - Ex-president Hosni Mubarak, on trial for the death of protesters during Egypts 2011 uprising that toppled him, said future ...
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• BRCK - your backup generator for the internet | On Kickstarter

  
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• Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Travel Info

  
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• Automechanika 3D Virtual Tour

  
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• Myke shares 2012 season of ShortWaveMusic

  
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• Netanyahu flies into turbulence over $127,000 bed on plane

  
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