Djenné was situated advantageously‚ for aside from its location on the Niger -- a great navigable river rich in fish -- it also lay within the Niger’s "inland delta‚" where annual floods carry moisture and fertile silt onto farmlands. A town had already developed here by the 3rd century BC‚ and over succeeding centuries would
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The British-Australian mining company Rio Tinto and two of its former executives have been charged for hiding losses and inflating the value of African coal assets. The company bought the Mozambique assets in 2011 for 3.7 billion and sold it later for only 50 million. Despite these charges‚ the company won’t back down and will fight the charges. This comes at a time where coal energy is colliding with new forms of energy and many companies are starting to fight to stay relevant and keep coal as the
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materials into extremely fine powder for use in mineral dressing processes‚ paints‚ pyrotechnics‚ and ceramics. SBM - China famous ball mill producer design and sale‚ SBM Ball Mill exported to Australia‚ Bahamas‚ Botswana‚ Canada‚ India‚ Kenya‚ Kiribati‚ Niger Nigeria‚ Pakistan‚ Ireland‚ South Africa‚ New Zealand‚ Singapore‚ Philippines‚ Gambia‚ more than 160 countries. Ball mill is the key equipment that the material to be broken‚ and then to crushing. It is widely used in cement‚ silicate product‚ new
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Management of Primary and Secondary Education in Nigeria Abstract This paper highlights some crucial issues that could affect the effectiveness of the management of primary education in Nigeria. The issues among other raised include‚ policy‚ funding‚ data and institutional capacity building gaps. The paper concludes by making some possible suggestions on how to tackle these issues and problems both in the far and near future. Introduction There is no gainsaying the fact that education
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“Fear is the main source of superstition‚ and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”― Bertrand Russell. In the book “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe‚ a story that takes place in Niger about the Ibo culture and people. One of the characters in the story is Okonkwo‚ who is one of the main characters of the story. Okonkwo resided in a manly and violent clan. He thought very little of the people with no titles for in his mind the men were failures. Okonkwo
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The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations which has membership of 57 states spread over four continents. The Organization is the collective voice of the Muslim world and ensuring to safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony among various people of the world. The Organization was established upon a decision of the historical summit which took
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Raudah P. Mangbisa Grade VIII-Nilo VIRUS A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms. Viruses can infect all types of life forms‚ from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea. Characteristics: Like living organisms‚ viruses contain nucleic acids and proteins. Inside living cells‚ viruses can reproduce‚ but not by the process of mitosis like most living cells. Viruses lack some characteristics of living organisms. Outside of living cells‚ viruses are
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Bioresource Technology 36 ( 1991 ) 77-82 Common Aspects of Acid Prehydrolysis and Steam Explosion for Pretreating Wood Hans E. Grethlein Michigan Biotechnology Institute‚ PO Box 27609‚ Lansing‚ Michigan 48909‚ USA & Alvin O. Converse Thayer School of Engineering‚ Dartmouth College‚ Hanover‚ New Hampshire 03755‚ USA Abstract The initial rate of hydrolysis using cellulase from Trichoderma reesei for various wood samples is directly proportional to the surface area available to the enzyme
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1. Title: Cost-Benefit analysis of voriconazole versus posaconazole for antifungal prophylaxis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing induction chemotherapy in Australia 2. Research by: Al-Badriyeh D‚ Slavin M‚ Liew D‚ et al. Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of voriconazole versus posaconazole for antifungal prophylaxis in acute myeloid leukaemia. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2010; 65(5): 1052-61 3. Condensation and Commentary by: Hanna Yahya Mohamed‚ Final year pharmacy student
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wife of His Excellency Idriss Jaziary‚ of Algeria‚ President of the African Ambassadors’ Spouses Association‚ and Mrs. Haoua Diatta‚ Chairperson of the African Ambassadors’ Spouses Association’s Gala‚ and the wife of His Excellency Joseph Diatta of Niger. Also‚ thank you Ambassador and Mrs. Kassahun Aleye‚ our hosts for the evening‚ and their dedicated staff. Your Embassy is splendid. And‚ I would like to thank all of the wonderful spouses of the 51 African Nations‚ who comprise the African Ambassadors’
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