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2. World Tourism rankings - Wikipedia

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   The World Tourism rankings are compiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organization as part of their World Tourism Barometer publication, which is released up to six times per year. In the publication, destinations are ranked by the number of international visitor arrivals, by the revenue generated by inbound tourism, and by the ...

3. Slavery in Africa - Wikipedia

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   Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa. Systems of servitude and slavery were once commonplace in parts of Africa, as they were in much of the rest of the ancient and medieval world. [ 1] When the trans-Saharan slave trade, Red Sea slave trade, Indian Ocean slave trade and Atlantic slave trade (which started in the 16th century ...

4. List of countries by natural disaster risk - Wikipedia

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   It determines the risk of becoming a victim of a disaster as a result of vulnerability and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms, floods, droughts and sea level rise for 185 countries worldwide. The WRI is based on 28 indicators and research data which are globally freely available and results in a global risk ranking ...

5. Inside the beauty pageant in one of the world’s worst places ...

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   It cost $1 to vote, with the money raised used to fund the event in Mogadishu and overseas trips to compete in the Miss Africa, Miss World and Miss Universe competitions.

6. Atlantic slave trade - Wikipedia

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   The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas. European slave ships regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage. Europeans established a coastal slave trade in the 15th century and trade to the Americas began in the 16th century ...

7. Racism in Africa - Wikipedia

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   Racism in Africa. Racism in Africa has been a recurring part of the history of Africa. Ethnic pygmy populations in Central Africa suffer from racialized discrimination from Bantu peoples. [ 1] Pygmies and Bantus differ physically and genetically due to long lasting evolutionary segregation until the Bantu expansion brought them back into close ...

8. List of African countries by Human Development Index

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   List. The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Africa as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report, released on 13 March 2024 and based on data collected in 2024. [ 1] As of 2024, All African UN member states are included in the report.

9. Slavery in contemporary Africa - Wikipedia

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   The continent of Africa is one of the regions most rife with contemporary slavery. [ 1] Slavery in Africa has a long history, within Africa since before historical records, but intensifying with the trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean slave trade [ 2][ 3] and again with the trans-Atlantic slave trade; [ 4] the demand for slaves created an entire ...