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  2. Environmental issues in Africa - Wikipedia

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    African environmental problems are problems caused by the direct and indirect human impacts on the natural environment and affect humans and nearly all forms of life in Africa. Issues include deforestation, soil degradation, air pollution, water pollution, coastal erosion, garbage pollution, climate change, Oil spills, Biodiversity loss, and ...

  3. Slavery in contemporary Africa - Wikipedia

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    The practice of slavery in Chad, as in the Sahel states in general, is an entrenched phenomenon with a long history, going back to the trans-Saharan slave trade in the Sahelian kingdoms, and it continues today. As elsewhere in Central and West Africa, the situation reflects an ethnic, racial and religious rift. [37]

  4. Trump inherits waning US strength in Africa - AOL

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    Peter Pham, a former top Trump envoy to Africa's Great Lakes and Sahel region, said he did not expect a major drop in U.S. aid for Africa with the new government but that with Trump there was a ...

  5. Desertification in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Sub-Saharan Africa, notably East Africa, had the world's greatest proportion of undernourished people in 2017, with 28.8% and 31.4%, respectively. Long-term monitoring in North Africa (1978-2014) revealed the disappearance of significant perennial plant species owing to drought and desertification, such as Stipa tenacissima and Artemisia herba ...

  6. South African energy crisis - Wikipedia

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    To address this problem, South Africa has been working to shift its energy mix from coal to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. [34] [35] This transition has been slow, but there has been progress in recent years, with the government's commitment to procuring renewable energy and reducing the country's greenhouse gas ...

  7. Human rights in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Human rights are "rights one has simply because one is a human being." [3] These privileges and civil liberties are innate in every person without prejudice and where ethnicity, place of abode, gender, cultural origin, skin color, religious affiliation, or language including sexual orientation do not matter.

  8. Racism in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Racism in Africa has been a recurring part of the history of Africa. A Mulolo (Congo) warrior and his wife from the central Congo regions; Bantu Ethnic pygmy populations in Central Africa suffer from racialized discrimination from Bantu peoples. [ 1 ]

  9. Democracy in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The top 3 African countries ranked by V-Dem Democracy indices Electoral Democracy metric in 2024 were Cape Verde, Seychelles, and South Africa. [2] The Freedom Index ranks states based on the protection of 'political and civil liberties and freedoms' that individuals receive including the freedom to participate in elections. [3]