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Radom National Park - Google Maps Radom National Park (RNP) is in Southern Darfur, Sudan; extending a little bit into the Central African Republic. After Dinder National Park (DNP), Radom ( Al Radom. In Arabic: محمية الردوم ) - which covers an area of 11,344 sq. km. (7,050 sq. mi.) - is the second most important wildlife area in Northern Sudan. Within the park, there are a few hills lying between its two main, permanent rivers: the Adda and the Umbelasha. These two rivers constitute a watershed separating the Nile and Congo river systems. Radom is mainly covered with shrub-land and woodland; and a few forests. Several rivers, streams and swamps crisscross the park. On the Sudanese side, due to wars and instability in the area, the park is poorly managed and poaching is rampant.

Philips LED Light Bulb  With ice caps on mountains and in both poles melting fast; with fish stocks depleting at such an alarming rate that the jack mackerel fish will soon completely be wiped out; with forests disappearing at a rate that nothing less than a miracle will save many of these precious resource; we have to act. Every one of us. As for the jack mackerel fish, if nothing is done very urgently now and concrete steps taken to protect the little of what remains of this fish, which is a staple in Africa - they will soon be decimated. If/when the mackerel disappears from our oceans, what will stop the collapse of other fish stocks in all oceans? From Technica : To commemorate Earth Day 2012, Earthday.org is asking people all over the world to commit to a single, simple “Act of Green.” A small, environmentally conscious choice everyone can make that will have a positive impact on the planet. If everyone commits to even the smallest things, like riding a bike to...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has half of Africa's and one of the  world's largest surface fresh water reserves. Now, for the first time ever, researchers from the British Geological Survey and University College London have presented detailed maps of the amount and potential yield of under groundwater resource across the continent. It is immense. Not all of this groundwater storage is available for abstraction, but the estimated volume is more than 100 times estimates of annual renewable freshwater resources on Africa . This survey and these maps, have the Democratic Republic of Congo as having, too, a huge amount of underground water. And yet in 2011, UNEP report s that an estimated 51 million people in the country ( Congo ) or three quarters of the population – have no access to safe drinking water . Africa has no shortage of fresh water, and yet the case is no different in most of Africa where very few people have access to clean drinking water; in 2010, UNICEF/WHO ...

It is interesting and yet, very pathetic and disgusting to see how not only countries around the world make news and profits from Africa's misery. Case in point is that of one of the most cruel, most merciless and most brutal man Africa has ever known: Joesph Kony. To make news, news medias - especially in Western countries, continue to give this most evil of men, headlines and coverage; many times, in very insensitive, very annoying and very hurtful ways. Even sadder and vexatious, is that some of the so called humanitarian NGOs are a part of this profiting using Kony and Africa's tragedies. Not to be left behind, are the so called 'celebrities'. 'Celebrities' who, in most cases, for one selfish, self centered reason or another - we many times read about or watch - 'campaigning' or 'protesting' or 'demonstrating' or 'speaking out' for one African cause or another. 'Celebrities' who have no knowledge or education or sens...

Uganda's Great Lakes In Africa, no other country is as rich with as many incredibly, stunningly, beautiful and picturesque lakes as Uganda. Except for the North Eastern, Karamoja region which hardly has any lake, almost every part of the country, the central and southern parts in particular - has a lake. Some of the lakes are so magnificent that it is hard to believe that they are real. Those who have had the luck of traveling around in the mountainous, and in many parts - forested, South-Western Uganda, will have seen such incredibly, wonderful lakes. Lakes: Bunyonyi, Kyaninga, Mutanda, Mburo, Nabugabo and many other smaller ones; all unbelievably beautiful and picturesque. Making these lakes even more attractive and delightful, are the many varieties of wildlife in and around them: trees, flowers, birds and animals of many kinds - small and large. In central and eastern Uganda, lakes Kyoga and Kwania, on an almost flat land, are as wonderful and picturesque; east of Kyoga ar...

Mauritius ranks 24th According to the Economist : The results of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Democracy Index 2011 show that democracy has been under intense pressure in many parts of the world . The Economist Intelligence Unit of Democracy But, incredibly, Mauritius , the tiny island nation off the coast of Southern Africa, out of 165 countries - ranks twenty-fourth: This little country (population: 1.2 million) is the wealthiest, best-governed country in Africa. The World Bank put it first in its ranking of African economies (and 20th worldwide). The Mo Ibrahim Foundation ranked it first in its Ibrahim Index, which measures African countries based on rule of law, human rights, human development and economic opportunity. More instructive still is the ranking of Mauritius in the Index of Economic Freedom published by the Washington-based Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. In 2010, this index put Mauritius in 12th place (out of 179 countries); in 2012...

Remember the movie ' Hotel Rwanda '? Which told the very painful, gruesome story of how some Rwandans went through the genocide? Now there is another motion picture which, too, tells a story based on events during the Rwandan genocide. With a different perspective. It is a powerful, touching, very painful and eye-opening, award winning movie, Kinyarwanda: Forgiveness is Freedom - about those horrific one-hundred-or-so days of the Rwandan genocide - which resulted in almost one million people being mercilessly hunted and butchered; and the very peaceful, caring role Muslims played during that period: