African countries

BIASED AGAINST AFRICAN NATIONS Notice in the previous examples used of court cases that all of them involve African Nations. The ICC has been criticized for focusing solely on African countries (Cruvellier). Until 2016, the ICC was only seriously investigating crimes committed in African nations (Cruvellier). The ICC claims this is because, in their mandate, it states they must investigate the “gravest” of crimes, however, surely not all of the worst crimes are committed in African nations (International

Over the past few decades Africa’s overall economic performance has been in decline especially in the 1980s. There has been little prospect for the future of most of these developing countries, however during recent years there has been a degree of optimism considering the development performance of the economy as well as providing a better long term future. The crisis emerged in 1982 with their debt rising above $140 billion to over $270 billion in 1990 (World Bank, 2013). There has been stagnation

Similar to Bailey and Pride, Darius Rucker, the third African American country singer to perform onstage at the Grand Ole Opry, did not enter the country music industry to make a pathway for other African Americans. Instead, Rucker had a passion for the guitar-strumming, “honky tonk” melody, which he decided to pursue after his involvement with the rock band, Hootie and the Blowfish. Rucker said in an interview with the New York Times, "Hate mail's been a part of my life; that's just the way it

Sierra Leone is a developing West African country bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Based on United Nations evaluation the current population of Sierra Leone in 2017 is almost 6.8 million. Out of those individuals over 60% of them are affected by poverty and live below the global poverty line (UNDP). Ranking 180 out of 187, Sierra Leone is considered among one of the poorest countries in the world (UNDP). Although the region has made progress in certain areas of development, there is still a large demand

spoken in Africa are English, French, and Portuguese, however most African countries are composed of tribes, each with their own dialect of language. The issue lies in the fact that most of these languages are not mutually intelligible. Therefore, having thousands of languages has contributed to the downfall and stunted economic growth of many African countries such as Nigeria and Tanzania. Having hundreds of languages in a country composed of tribes can cause multiple issues and can

by Europeans, with Britain and France being the biggest colonizers. The imperialization in Africa by European countries have had a significant impact on the continent and its indigenous people. The colonization of African countries has had a negative effect, as the native Africans were treated poorly in the Belgian Congo, resources were exploited for the benefit of the Europeans and African culture was lost. In 1884, Europeans met in Berlin, Germany to set rules for dividing Africa into colonies

From the end of the nineteenth century until the attainment of independence in the early 1960s, the countries of East Africa were under the colonial administration of European empires. After decades of foreign rule which saw unparalleled transformations within society, the post-colonial states that emerged have been blighted by ethnic conflict. It has been argued that the beliefs of British, Belgian and German administrators led them to completely reorganise the societies they governed based on a

The discussion of a single currency for West African Countries has been going on for over a decade now. The countries of West Africa are working towards achieving monetary and currency integration by introducing a common currency called “Ecoi” throughout the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) (“Common currency for West Africa”, 2017). Therefore, I will be discussing the disadvantages of the integration of currencies in West African Countries and explaining why the integration of currencies in West

African -American history predated the emergence of the United States as an independent country, and African – American literature was similarly in deep roots. Jupiter Hammon who was considered as the first published Black writer in America. In 1761, he published his first poem named “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries”. Through his poem, he implemented the idea of a gradual emancipation as a way to end slavery. His idea was later reprinted in some works such as “Le Mulatre”

“undeveloped” African country Few industries affect the social, economic and environmental sectors to the extent that the mining industry does. As minerals development expanded, so the international awareness of its impacts grew. Mining-related legislation, both internationally and nationally, has evolved significantly in the past two decades, actively aimed at ensuring Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), where companies are held accountable for their actions.In developing countries like South