Modern Africa

AIDS 1 in 4 people in Sub-Saharan African Countries have the disease Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Lack of Health Care AIDS Poverty Lack of Education 34 Million AIDS patients in the world, 24 Million AIDS patients in Africa

Found civil wars Uncertified Diamonds Blood Diamonds Boy Soldiers

famine No $$$ Ethiopia starvation desertification Civil wars drought AIDS Somalia – Black Hawk Down Ethiopia

poverty Very very very poor impoverished Leads to poor nutrition Poor health care poverty Islamic Fundamentalism Short life expectancy Low education No new businesses Poor sanitation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfPuQobG-dE

desertification Bad farming techniques No crop rotation Animals hooves Causes: Bad farming techniques No crop rotation Animals hooves effects desertification Spread of desert Loss of arable land More starvation Sahara Desert North Africa More poverty

deforestation Loss of rainforest Brazil (South America) & causes Lumber business Land needed for farms deforestation Brazil (South America) & Congo (Central Africa) effects Loss of clean air Loss of animal species

World Rainforests

Map of deforestation

Civil wars Machetes Tribal conflicts Tribal boundaries Groups fighting within one country genocide Civil wars

Civil wars Machetes Tribal conflicts Tribal boundaries Groups fighting within one country Child soldiers genocide Civil wars

Civil wars Somalia (Black Hawk Down) Machetes Tribal conflicts Tribal boundaries Groups fighting within one country Child soldiers genocide Civil wars Somalia (Black Hawk Down) 2 tribes fighting US/UN goes in to protect food source

Civil wars Somalia (Black Hawk Down) Sudan (Darfur) Machetes Tribal conflicts Tribal boundaries Groups fighting within one country Child soldiers genocide Civil wars Somalia (Black Hawk Down) 2 tribes fighting US/UN goes in to protect food source Sudan (Darfur) African/ non-Arab/ non Muslim vs. Arab/Muslim fighting for fertile land (Janjaweed)

Sudan

Civil wars Rwanda Somalia (Black Hawk Down) Sudan (Darfur) Machetes Tribal conflicts Tribal boundaries Groups fighting within one country Child soldiers genocide Civil wars Rwanda Somalia (Black Hawk Down) Hutu & Tutsi tribes fighting 2 tribes fighting US/UN goes in to protect food source Sudan (Darfur) African vs. Arab fighting for fertile land