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Life
Rights
World Leaders
Government
Voting
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Environment
Algeria
they live where there is a lot of poverty
They can vote
President Abdelaziz Bouteflica
republic
Chief of state, head of government, cabinet, and supreme court
70% of the population that are over 15 can read and write.78.8% male and 1% female
the people pay
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium,lead, and zinc
Egypt
there is a lot of tourism
they can vote
 
republic
a president
normal
the people pay
natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, and arable land
Ethiopia
lots of people get AIDS so they don't live very long and people experience more deaths and sicknesses
people can't leave country freely
President Girma Woldegiorges
federal republic
president 
42.7% literate.  (that doesn't say much for the schools)  They live in too poor a country to have much time to do any thing except work.  They can't pay the taxes on schools very well
the people pay
gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, and hydropower
Kenya
they are independent they have normal rights President Mwai Kwabaki republic president 85.1% can read and write by the age of 15 they pay limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, flurspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower
Libya
They have had a revolution
They can not have any more money than anyone else
there are 13 prime ministers 
Socialist
they vote for an economic party
average
government pays
they live in a very dry climate
Madagascar
they have a normal life. they have the same rights as we do in the U.S.A.  
republic
a president and a prime minister
their schools are like ours
they pay
Madagascar is an island so they probably have fish
Mauritania
the land there is more like a desert or a sahara .  They deal with different kinds of weather.
It's a one party government.
President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya and Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubakar.
republic
A president
They have terrible schools.  Only 41.7% of all the people in Mauritania can read by the age of 15.  That means that less than half of the people in Mauritania can read or write.  This is because they are so poor.
the people pay
iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish.
Nigeria
an estimated 40.65 births and an estimated 17.18 deaths.  How there can be decimals I have no idea.  You're either alive or you aren't
they don't vote for the supreme court.
President Olusegun Obasanjo(since May 29, 1999) their presidents are elected by popular vote not by states like in the United States
federal republic
a president, senate, House of Representatives, and a cabinet
They don't have a lot of schools.  Only 68% can read by the age of 15 and a lot of them are home schooled.  They can't pay the schooling taxes sometimes, not unlike the rest of Africa.
the people pay
gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, and natural gas.  That's a lot of jewels for one place.
South Africa
they just got their freedom from the British
nothing
President Thabo Mbeki and Executive Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
republic
a president and an executive deputy president.  I didn't know you could have two presidents
very good compared to most in that region.  86.4% literate
the people pay
petroleum, small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold,and hydropower.  I'm surprised they don't make more money off of that.  
Sudan
they rarely have any peace and are a very poor country
they are ruled by the military and can't really argue with anything.  If they do they can be shot. 
President Lt. Gen. Umat Hassen Ahmad al-Bashier.  He is the head of the military that rules the country.  
 
they have an authoritarian regime.  An authoritarian regime is a government where the government is run by an alliance between the military, the National Congress Party.  
they don't really vote for anything but a military president
61.1% literate.  That is pretty good compared to the rest of Africa and the circumstances that they have.  It's got to be hard just to get that much of the population literate
government pays
 
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