The challenges in Africa and the strategies to put in place

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[...] These issues are known from the populations, the political leaders and the other countries across the world. Hence the question, why is there no change? The governments in place control almost all the institutions in the country. If they are not willing to change the processes and fight the corruption, there is almost no chance to make the situation change. For instance, in a country where press freedom is not respected, truth and real opinions cannot be expressed at a state level, which singularly complicates the awareness of the population and the coordination of eventual political opponents. [...]

[...] The challenges in Africa and the strategies to put in place The African continent offers a great diversity: country, climate, culture . wise. As a result, it is a challenge to identify issues and strategies to answer them for all the African countries. However, we can try to find important themes that can be found in most of these countries. It is also important to say that we may offer a different point of view on these issues and strategies to put in place, but as non-part of this continent, it is strongly likely that we do not deeply understand all the ins and outs inherent to this continent. [...]

[...] It can also lead to food crisis for instance. When these terror groups develop in places where food and water shortages are the everyday, the situation gets way worse. It is observed that these groups usually keep away humanitarian helps or keep everything for themselves and control the population with it. It is the case with the terror group Boko Haram based in Nigeria. About 2 years ago, nearly 5 million people in Nigeria were suffering serious food shortage, and this crisis was compounded by the presence of Boko Haram, which was operating raids in towns after humanitarian help. [...]

[...] Currently in Africa of the energies come from fossil fuels (coil, gas and oil), hydropower and all the others renewable energies produce only 17% of energy. We know the role of fossil fuels in the climate change and the global warming. However, the African continent still has a lot of these fossil fuels reserves. It somehow seems easier and worthy to use resources countries have on their territory. Fossil fuels are toxic for the environment and the health and consume useful and important resources as water. [...]

[...] About 60% of all jobless people in Africa are part of youth. This situation is not likely to improve given the population growth. The unemployment is not the only problem: statistics do not take into consideration underemployment and vulnerable employment. Lots of young people are employed is low wages and any job security, without acquiring any skills, making them extremely exposed to the economic conditions of the country. Some of them are even graduated from universities. This situation creates many problems. [...]