GLOBAL AFRICA

Global Africa



Global Africa

Introduction

The continuation of armed conflict, the progress of epidemics and worsening poverty mark the recent history of Africa and contribute to the economic isolation of the continent. Some nations achieve relative political stability and development: the case of South Africa, which accounts for a fifth of African GDP, thanks the export of gold, iron ore, diamond and coal and massive investments in the industrial park, and the Arab countries of Africa called White north, such as Libya, Algeria and Egypt, where the economy is based on oil and natural gas.

Meanwhile, Sub-Saharan Africa, covering the countries of the Black population located south of the Sahara desert, is the only area of the planet that regressed economically in relation to the 60. The continent is also marked by ethno-religious conflicts, both among tribes and clans in Black Africa, and among fundamentalist guerrillas and the government in Islamic countries. After the decolonization process, between the 1950s and 1970, civil wars have become constants in sub-Saharan Africa since the political boundaries of states failed to meet emerging ethnic, religious and language of the native people. Since then, about 20 African nations have gone to war. The rich reserves of minerals in Africa, with enormous potential to boost economic development, are working instead as an engine of some conflicts.

Discussion

Africa has always been documented as a marginal state in world history. The true fact is that this was not the real picture but a rather biased one. Africa and the African people faced severe racism and were forced to lead a life full of poverty. There were no opportunities of development and conflicts between the different African affected the development throughout the history. Now there is hunger and chronic malnutrition in nearly 20 countries.

The biggest problem in health care is the spread of epidemics. About 90% of cases of malaria worldwide occur in sub-Saharan Africa and 71% of people with HIV live in the region on the planet. In Botswana and Zimbabwe AIDS affects 1 in 4 adults. Because of AIDS, life expectancy of Africans drops dramatically. In 1990, she was 59 years and by 2005 should download for 45 years. The economic backwardness and lack of a consumer society largely put the African market in the background in the globalized world. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Africa represents only 1% of the world total and the mainland part of only 2% of commercial transactions taking place in the world (6% participated in the 60). The result is that 260 of the 600 million people in Africa live up to a dollar per day, below the poverty line set by the World Bank.

Driven by the growth of South Africa, the SADC economic bloc (formed by 14 countries) is establishing itself as the continent's most promising pole. In the Arab world, north, exploration of oil and natural gas brings wealth to nations like Algeria, Libya and Nigeria, despite the fluctuation in the price of these products in the international ...