Religion (Islam) cannot be the reason why there are no Arab democracies. Perhaps the desert slows down the flow of enlightened ideas – and camels build a character of patience that autocrats are adept at exploiting.
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Child Marriage in Darfur: Abu Shouk: (left to right) Sisters Nana and Zakia Abdulrahman Mohamed Ahmed. Nana, got married when she was only 13 years old, and had to stop going to the school.
Zakia, was married in 2010, when she was only 17 years old. (Photo/Albert González Farran – UNAMID).
Average Marriage Age For Women In Selected African Countries, 2007
Women’s average age of marriage correlates roughly with national wealth – it is in the late twenties in rich countries like South Africa, Botswana and Tunisia, and in the late teens in Mozambique, Mali and Chad.
Mother To Child Transmission In Africa (Estimated Number Of Women Aged 15+ Living With HIV/AIDS) 2007
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is the spread of HIV from an HIV-infected woman to her child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding
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Why African Slaves Perished in Arab World, But ‘Survived’ In The Americas And Europe
One reason is that while in Europe and the Americas, African slaves were taken to work in plantations and industries, in the Middle East they were mostly domestic labour.
Sao Tome And Principe: Population Trends
Sao Tome and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa