Articles from Canada and the World Backgrounder (December 1, 2001)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A rogues' gallery: for many years, Western liberals were reluctant to criticize the poor leadership qualities displayed by most of Africa's politicians. There was a sense of guilt over the fact that Africans had suffered badly under colonialism and it was wrong to dump on them for not immediately embracing democracy and human rights. (Africa - Leadership).			3078
Algeria. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	627
All the dying people: HIV/AIDS is causing dramatic losses in Africa, cutting the average life expectancy in South Africa from 70 years down to 30, closing almost half the schools in the Central African Republic, and wreaking havoc on economic development. (African - AIDS).		Statistical Data Included	2100
Angola. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	703
Burundi. (Areas of Conflict).			350
Chad. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	266
Congo-Brazzaville. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	417
Debts to humanity: do the rich, industrial nations of the North owe the peoples of Africa some sort of compensation for the wrongs that were done? (Africa - Compensation).			1590
Development indicators.		Brief Article	613
Disease indicators.		Brief Article	474
Economic indicators.		Brief Article	591
Education indicators.		Brief Article	557
Freedom indicators.		Statistical Data Included	668
Going for gold (and diamonds, and oil, and cocoa): for the most part, it was the exploitation of the mineral riches of Africa that led to the colonization of the continent by Europeans centuries ago. (Africa -- Exploitation).			2558
Guinea. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	388
Health indicators.		Brief Article	505
Ivory Coast. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	332
Kenya. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	246
Liberia. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	474
Map of Africa.			2
Nigeria. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	469
Post-colonial meddling: when the European colonizers were the world's superpowers they messed up the internal affairs of most African nations and earned the loathing of many African people.			2639
Quote ... Unquote.		Brief Article	239
Rwanda. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	583
Senegal. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	307
Sierra Leone. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	615
Somalia. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	496
Some important notes.			607
Some useful websites.		Brief Article	435
South Africa. (Areas Of Conflict).		Brief Article	355
Sudan. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	476
The Democratic Republic of Congo. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	823
The harshest of worlds: it's really hard to find any good news on the environment front. From overgrazing which is causing the spread of deserts, to lack of food and water, and pollution, Africa is one of the toughest places in the world in which to survive. (Africa - Environment).		Statistical Data Included	1999
Uganda. (Areas of Conflict).		Brief Article	379
Victims of 9/11: when those hijacked planes ploughed into the World Trade Centre towers and the Pentagon, many more victims mere created than those who died in the rubble. (Africa -- Comment).		Brief Article	424