A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g.‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ heatwave‚ or landslide). It leads to financial‚ environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard‚ also called their resilience. if these disasters continues it would be a great danger for the earth.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability
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Discuss the role of business in promoting peace in post conflict societies. (25) As peace negotiations have resulted in the settlement of intrastate violence and wars over the last decade‚ several societies have been going through difficult phases of post-conflict reconstruction. Negotiated settlement of long-term conflict brings about new challenges as well as opportunities for social transformation. Peace building involves a process comprised of various functions and roles. It often entails
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Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Research methodology Table of contents 3.1. Introduction................................................................................................................................79 3.2. The interpretive research approach...........................................................................................79 3.3. The case study strategy............................................................................................................83 3.4. Research
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money and power through war and then to control the corrupted government which means power and money. One example is Mozambique whose president is Munhantapata.This president has an extraordinary wealth. He took his position through war in order to gain money and power. Thousand of citizens died and others were put to prison because were against his regime. Today it results that Mozambique is one of the poorest country in the world and only because the lust of one man for wealth and power.
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by the neat‚ checkerboard fields of these businesses. "She never saw the big tractor coming. First it plowed up her banana trees. Then her corn. Then her beans‚ sweet potatoes‚ cassava. Within a few‚ dusty minutes the one-acre plot near xai-xai‚ mozambique‚ which had fed Flora Chirime and her five children for years‚ was consumed by a Chinese
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Introduction: About the BRICS: The Big Four or the BRIC nations is a grouping referring to Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China that are said to be on the same stage of economic development. One- fourth of the world activities take place in these emerging markets. The acronym BRIC was first used by an economist Jim O’Neill from Goldman Sachs (2001) in the paper- “Building Better Global Economic BRICs” where he predicted that these four nations will comprise more than 10% of the global output by the
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There were a variety of responses on the part of African peoples to colonial rule. Supporters of colonialism in Europe claimed that the average African person welcomed colonialism. Colonialism‚ they argued‚ brought the end of slavery in East and Central Africa and brought a stop to inter-kingdom warfare in parts of West Africa. While there is some truth to the claim that colonialism brought peace to a few areas in Africa‚ and that there were some peoples who were initially thankful for an end to
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countries‚ a majority of Zimbabweans depend on staple foods. Since Zimbabwe was a British colony‚ they have adopted some English habits (Lewis). The history and religion make Zimbabwe culture different. In fact‚ this country borders with Botswana‚ Mozambique‚ South Africa‚ and Zambia. The original inhabitants of Zimbabwe were pushed out by migrating Bantu tribes. The interior of Africa‚ where Zimbabwe is located‚ was untouched by European influence for years after Europeans arrived on the coastal area
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’Diversity’. It’s everywhere you look these days. When you switch on your TV set‚ you open up a newspaper‚ or you just look out your window - it’s there. It seems everybody has a lot to say about diversity‚ but what does it mean‚ what does it really mean? And what does the future hold for a racially ’diverse’ America? Well.. let’s look at the fine people who are pushing for the ’diversity’ line. Who’s opening the borders to hordes of illegal aliens in order to ’diversify’ the racial makeup of
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2. The line of latitude that divides the world into two is A. Tropic of Capricorn B. Tropic of Cancer C. Equator D. Greenwich Meridian 3. Which stretch of water is found between East Africa and Madagascar? A. Mozambique Channel B. Red Sea C. Arabian Sea D. Persian Gulf 4. Very long ago ‚ the eastern coast of Africa was peopled by a mixture of different tribes who spoke A. Creole language B. English language C. Arabic language
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