Africa News from 20111
Find
one news article from 2011 dealing with a specific country in Africa from the region you were assigned. In a
Journal to Blog entry, write a two paragraph response to
the article in which you both summarize the article AND point out the
significance of what has happened (why this is even news worthy). This
will be written in your journal first and then transferred to the Blog.
Your blog post should include a link to the article. Your Blog Post
header should be as follows: Country: Title of Article, Date of Article
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ReplyDeleteOn September 12, 2011 in the capital of Kenya a pipeline exploded killing 75 people. The blast came from the city’s Lunga Lunga industrial area, the police and firefighters battled fierce flames in the surrounding shanty town. The Red Cross says that at least 75 bodies were recovered and others were putting the death toll at 100, and that a 110 were injured. This pipeline runs through a densely populated area and a airport.
ReplyDeleteThis story was important because it effected many peoples lives and their families with the injuries and deaths that have occurred. This news was important also so that they can find was to prevent this and so that other countries can prevent it. Last because many people died and because it happened in a large area like a city.
Link to Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14879401
Christian,
Delete"Effect" (a noun mostly) is one of our confusing spelling words. In the second paragraph, you should have used "affected" because it means "influenced" and is a verb.
Also, first paragraph: a comma after Kenya because it is an intro prep phrase. Then you have a comma connecting two sentences. That should either be a semi-colon, two sentences, or a compound sentence put together with a FANBOYS conjunction or a conjunctive adverb. Ex.: "The blast came from the city's Lunga Lunga industrial area; as a result, the police and firefighters battled fiece flames in the surrounding shanty town."
Last paragraph: verb tenses - keep them the same. Can you find your mistakes?
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ReplyDeleten october 12th 2011, Nicholas D. Kristof went to Sierra Leone in West Africa with Ms. Mendes to collaborate on a PBS documentary. He came aross actress Eva Mendes. He came across Eva cry about how there has been many raps and she could not do anything about it, Nicholas met up with a two three and four year old girls that had been raped before. Next he met up with Fulamatu who had an amazing story. Fulamatu , lived next door to a very close family-friend who was a pastor, Victor S. Palmer, a 41-year-old man. One day in May, Fulamatu says, the pastor threw her on his bed and raped her. She was so inbarest about it she did not tell her parents. He had continued the raps aganst girls. Fulamatu became so sick he lost weight. After two other girls reported that the pastor had raped them Fulamatu confronted her parents. After she told her parents, they set up a plan to get the pastor arrested. Her family desided not to press charges, but her dad was so enbarest he kicked her out on to the streets. Nicholas helped her and finly, she went to a safe bording school where she can get a school degree.
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing and news worthy story because Fulamatu got raped by someone that was so close to her and she went thought so much and she got a education and I would think so pride out of this experence, also not just Fulamat got raped but two three and four year olds got raped! This shows that Sierra Leone has problem with sexual violence.
THIS IS THE WEBSITE I USED:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/opinion/one-girls-courage.html?ref=sierraleone
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ReplyDeleteSouth Africa's economy grew at a rate of 3.2% towards the end of 2011. South Africa revised 1.7 percent in the previous quarter, with the country's trade industries wholesale, retail and motor, catering and accommodation leading the way.GDP market prices increased annualised rate of 3.2% compared with an increase of 1.7% revised during the third quarter of 2011. South Africa’s economy rose by 3.1% last year.
This is news worth because this is a third world country that its economy has grown 3.1% in just one year. This is great to the people of Southern Africa because its showing them that their country can come out of a third world living. They don’t have to worry living necessities the people wont have to worry about living, food and health. When the economy is growing more jobs are being created.This means more money would be getting passed out to families. This opens funding to other basic needs.South Africa has a chance of building a stronger army to protect them.
I received this information from http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/gdp4q2011.htm
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ReplyDeleteEgypt: What's Going On In Egypt, 01/28/11
ReplyDeleteIn 2011, the Egyptian people began to protest. The objection was against the poverty in there country, unemployment of the population, government dishonesty, and the dictatorship of President Hosni Mubarak. To help resolve this disapproval from the citizens in Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak decided he would block all social networking because people were using them to arrange the protests. Later on, Barack Obama convinced Hosni Mubarak to resign from his presidency.
This is important to know so America can take these problems and make sure that they do not happen to us. The United States can encounter ways to stop this from happening to our country and can help other countries out there. Egypt needs to know about these matters, so they do not have this problem with their country again, and future President’s do not go through this and if they do, they know how to stop it.
Link to Website: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/whats-going-on-in-egypt_n_815734.html
Somalia: The Collateral Crisis in Somalia, September 17,2011
ReplyDeleteIn September of 2011, Somalia was in a collateral crisis. They were in the middle of a war and a drought famine. The Somalis have been fighting one another and lived without a central government for twenty years. Two examples of lawlessness they encounter are piracy and radical Islamists. The radical Islamists began as a fight between clan warlords. In the second decade of fighting, it was a struggle between warlords and militants. To make matters worse, it has not rained in Somalia for four years. Somalia is located in the band of dry land that runs across Africa below the Sahara Desert. This famine has caused 2.8 million people, which is 63% of the region’s population to starve. Most people in Somalia live on very little water and leaves for food. Many animals have died as well from the drought. Somalia depends heavily on their animals to bring in money so they can survive.
This sad story is important because there are people that can’t survive because they don’t have enough food or water to live on and they do not have a stable government. We can help Somalia by donating money to the Save Somalia Fund. This organization helps people in Somalia with food, water, and shelter.
Link to website. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2090388,00.html
Link to the Save Somalia Fund.
http://www.savesomaliafund.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=13
Sudan has been at war with itself for almost its entire post-colonial history, starting in 1956. After many years of fighting for independence from the north, Sudan withdrew on July 9, 2011, and became the Republic of Sudan, six months after nearly 99 percent of the region’s voters approved the split in an internationally backed referendum.
ReplyDeleteThis story is important because sudan is no longer in war with itself as the two nations are working towards being separate of each other.
link to website:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/sudan/index.html
South Africa: South Africa Passes Law to Restrict Reporting of Government Secrets, 11.22.11
ReplyDeleteIn November, 2011, South Africa enforced a law that no press or journalists can post any information that has to do with any government secret. It would be counted as a crime complete actions like this. The purpose of the new law is to protect corrupt officials from press examination. This new law will restrict the amount of material journalists can publish.
This article is news worthy because this topic is a great discussion. Some people may have different opinions on this topic. The journalists may feel that the law is a little too extreme. They might think that they have the right to publish anything they want. This topic is good to debate, so that would leave us Americans thinking.
Link to article:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/world/africa/south-african-parliament-to-vote-on-press-law.html?pagewanted=all
In Congo in September 2011, one inmate from a highly secured jail managed to get his hands on a grenade. The inmate pulled the pin, but did not throw the grenade because they say he did not know how to use it. The inmate injured about 50 of the other inmates, and nearly 1,000 of them escaped the jail after the explosion. They are still trying to find out how the inmate got the grenade in the first place, but the answer still remains unknown. The chief policeman said that a jailed ex-colonel appeared to be among the masterminds of the attempted escape.
ReplyDeleteThis is important to know because it can help Congo make their high-secured jails much more secure, and watch all of the inmates and make sure that none of them are doing anything sneaky. It also helps because people from different countries can help with the issue and make sure that nothing like this ever happens again.
Link to the website where this information was found:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/democraticrepublicofcongo/8987121/Congo-inmates-killed-during-attempted-escape-after-grenade-error.html
EGYPT: 2011 Egyptian Revolution, January 25 2011
ReplyDeleteThis article reviews the revolution from its beginning to present day (as it is still happening). The main reasons for the revolt were to end Mubarek’s rule and to end the emergency law. In addition, the article talks about massive corruption, police cruelty, lack of freedom of speech, high food prices, minimum wages, and high unemployment. Although many lives were lost, Mubarek finally decided to step down.
Of all the Arab Spring revolts, the Egyptian was probably the most significant because it is the most populated country. In addition, Mubarek stepped down comparatively (to the other countries) peacefully. Egypt is in a better position to transition into civilian rule because they beginnings of political parties unlike many other Arab Spring parties.
Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_Revolution
Democratic Republic of Congo: Congo election sparks violent protests, December 9, 2011
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/10/congo-election-result-violent-protests
This article makes me wonder whether Joseph Kabila is a good president, or if he is a dangerous dictator and people feel that if they do not vote for him, they are endangering themselves. It seems to me that with 49.7% of the vote, that he really is considered to be the best option to be in power in the Congo. It appears as though Etienne Tshisekedi is the real danger, because when he did not win the election he simply declared himself the winner and said that was that. That seems like an even more dictatorial state of mind then is the case with Joseph Kabila.
Clearly, the Congolese people feel very strongly about the election one way or the other. The rioting in the streets is sad because it is going on in so many places right now. The Congo cannot be in a great situation and it seems like neither presidential choice is in the best interest of the country as they both seem to be dictators. It is understandable that the people are crying out in a violent way because the politics of the country are in turmoil. This article is news-worthy because it depicts the struggles that are going on in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Niger: Millions face starvation in west Africa, warn aid agencies,
ReplyDeleteIn West Africa, especially in Niger, there are many families that are suffering from drought, lack of food, water, and shelter. Because of rising food prices and livestock that end up dying from not getting the right nutrition, people are finding other ways to find food to survive. With not enough money to buy food, people are forced to slaughter their animals and sometime even eat fodder in order to survive (even malnourished animals are being slaughtered for food). Also, villagers would go hunting for seeds of grain (or other seeds) that have been blown from aid trucks. Many starving families eat flour mixed with wild leaves and boiled plants for a meal. In Niger alone, over 200,000 kids need treatment for starvation.
This story is important because there are many people in Niger who are suffering trying to survive. Also, there many people who do not have the essentials to survive such as shelter, food, and water. They are also in need of medical supplies so if people wanted to help Niger be healthier and have less kids die each year they can help supply medical needs. Lastly, this is important because if you wanted to help out a poor country than you could look at this information to see what a country needs.
Website Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/21/millions-face-starvation-west-africa
Zimbabwe: Killing The Environment For A Living, February 28, 2012
ReplyDeletePoverty is a huge problem out in the rural areas. Especially in Zimbabwe, Africa. Zimbabwe is killing the environment just for a living. This is also causing livestock to migrate to better areas, if nothing is taken in action now, they will soon die of starvation. This problem is rooted at the households. Families practice shifting cultivation. Soil is loosing it’s fertility through erosion so crops cannot grow in these areas.
Poverty is a huge problem out in the rural areas. Especially in Zimbabwe, Africa. Zimbabwe is killing the environment just for a living. This is also causing livestock to migrate to better areas, if nothing is taken in action now, they will soon die of starvation. This problem is rooted at the households. Families practice shifting cultivation. Soil is loosing it’s fertility through erosion so crops cannot grow in these areas.
Link to website: http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/201202280251.html