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    Rwanda Research Paper

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    Rwanda is geographically located in Africa. It is directly North of Burundi and East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda has a Republican government. In Rwanda, the people speak Kinyarwanda, French, English, and Swahili. The life expectancy in Rwanda is 59. Most Rwandans are apart of the Hutu, Tutsi or Twa groups. Rwanda is made up of grassy uplands and hills. In 2013, the population of Rwanda was 11.78 million. Rwanda was made up of two main ethnic groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi.…

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    novella, Heart of Darkness (serial, 1899; book, 1902). In these pages, Conrad observes and deconstructs the darkness of imperialism —long considered the "white man 's burden"— as an extension of his experiences in the Congo Free State (now called the Democratic Republic of Congo), then expansive personal property for Leopold II, King of Belgium (Norton 1890). Not only he denounces the abuses committed against the Africans in the name of imperialist self-interests, the book allows the reader to…

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    The Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI) is an American- and Congo-based non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of bonobos (Pan paniscus) and their biodiversity. This includes preserving the habitat of the bonobos in the tropical rainforest, physical protection of bonobos, and empowering local communities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRG) (BCI, 2013). Since the endangered bonobos are endemic to the DRG, the main focus of the BCI is entirely in the DRG (WWF,…

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    Lynn Nottage’s play Ruined takes place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The play opens in a bar that is run by a woman named Mama. A man named Christian arrives, offering Mama several goods he has acquired. He also leaves Mama with two girls, Sophie and Salima. At first Mama refuses to take in Sophie because she has been sexually assaulted so many times that she is “ruined” (Nottage, 12). However, Christian pleads with her because Sophie is his niece. Sophie and Salima work at the bar, along…

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    Theme Of Disobedience

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    Man has innately feared the far-reaching and detrimental effects of disobedience. However, Oscar Wilde, an Irish novelist, argues that disobedience, man’s original trait, leads to societal progress. Not only is this true, but also disobedience within a society is vital in improving social structure and unity; consequently, a delicate balance of the amount and use of disobedience must be struck or anarchy and discord will ensue. Admittedly, denouncers of the varying effects of disobedience may…

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    story with characters from all sorts of backgrounds similar to his own unique ethnic background. Across his travels, London has had a multitude of opportunities to meet people of a variety of personalities. On one trip to the city of Goma, in the Congo, London says he met a group of child soldiers, “the boys had fought in brutal militias... but they were at this center working to rebuild their lives. They were normal teens and tweens in many ways--playing, fidgeting, telling dirty jokes,…

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    Ebola Research Paper

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    EBOLA VIRUS According to a CDC article on 10/03/2014, Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, outbreaks have appeared in Africa and even reached other continents such as Europe and America. Ebola, previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus strains. The virus can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and…

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    finally, how many are left on this Earth, that's what I will be talking about. Habitat of an Okapi and how they live in it. Their habitat is usually rainy and forest. They mostly found in dense tropical rainforest in the North - Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. How it´s being hurt right now is because they are cutting down the forests which is making the animals able to be seen more by the…

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    Regardless of the way this won 't be essential and there might be fiascos, Zabihullah Mujahid said it was too soon to remark on the strategy in light of the way that Gulbuddin Kekmatyar to return home following 20 years and this is just the fundamental walk. both sides should change as per an all around one of a kind political reality.The peace controls warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is the country 's first peace climbing since the Taliban pushed their revolt in 2001, after to being driven from…

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    Governments around the world today are using child soldiers as expendable, Frontline combatants in armed conflicts around the world. Every day in countries around the world, vicious warlords and military generals kidnap children from their homes and use them to further their own goals of national conquest. These children are made to kill hundreds of people and are manipulated into thinking that what they are doing is righteous. The use of child soldiers can be mitigated by supporting the…

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