La Unión Africana ( UA ) es una unión continental de 55 estados miembros ubicados en el continente africano . La UA fue anunciada en la Declaración de Sirte en Sirte, Libia , el 9 de septiembre de 1999, en la que se pedía el establecimiento de la Unión Africana. El bloque se lanzó el 9 de julio de 2002 en Durban , Sudáfrica . La intención de la UA era reemplazar a la Organización de la Unidad Africana (OUA), establecida el 25 de mayo de 1963 en Adís Abeba por 32 gobiernos signatarios; la OUA se disolvió el 9 de julio de 2002. Las decisiones más importantes de la UA las toma la Asamblea de la Unión Africana , una reunión semestral de los jefes de estado y de gobierno de sus estados miembros.
A composite satellite image of the geography of Africa, the Earth's second-largest continent, and its adjacent islands. Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea and from much of Asia by the Red Sea, Africa is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus of Suez. For geopolitical purposes, the Sinai Peninsula – east of the Suez Canal – is often considered part of Africa, although geographically it belongs in Asia. Africa can be divided into a number of geographic zones: The Atlas Mountains in the north, the Sahara, the coastal plains, and the inner plateaus.
Adansonia digitata is a sub-Saharan African species of baobab tree. The genus, scientifically known as Adansonia, consists of nine species native to Madagascar, Africa, Arabia and Australia, and can reach heights of 5 to 30 m (16 to 98 ft) with trunk diameters of 7 to 11 m (23 to 36 ft).
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Credit: David Roberts RA and Louis Hahge
Karnak is a vast conglomeration of ruined temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. This was ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut ("The Most Selected of Places"), the main place of worship of the Theban Triad with Amun as its head, in the monumental city of Thebes. This tinted lithograph depicts the hypostyle hall of the Precinct of Amun-Re, as it appeared in 1838.
The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an antelope which inhabits wooded savanna in eastern and southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South Africa, with a separate population in Angola. The species is sexually dimorphic, with the male heavier and about one-fifth taller than the female. It has a compact and robust build, characterized by a thick neck and tough skin, and both sexes have ringed horns which arch backward. The sable antelope has four subspecies.
This picture shows an adult male common sable antelope (H. n. niger) in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa.
The Rose Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) is a plant indigenous to various parts of southern Africa, and in particular South Africa. This specific species has great importance in the perfume industry. Its cultivars have a wide variety of smells, including rose, citrus, mint, coconut and nutmeg, as well as various fruits.
The Larabanga Mosque was built in the Sudanese architectural style in the village of Larabanga, Ghana. It is the oldest mosque in the country and one of the oldest in West Africa, and has been called the "Mecca of West Africa". It has undergone restoration several times since it was founded. The World Monuments Fund has contributed substantially to its restoration, and lists it as one of the 100 most endangered sites.
The roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) is a species of savanna antelope found in western, central and southern Africa. Named for its reddish-brown coat, it has a black face with white patches around the eyes and the mouth, and a short erect mane of greyish brown hair extending from the back of the neck to the rump. This roan antelope, of the subspeciesH. e. koba, was photographed in Senegal; the subspecies's range extends from Senegal to Benin in western Africa.
Portrait of a Maasai woman, with shaved head, stretched earlobes, and beaded adornments, typical of the Maasai culture. The Maasai are a Niloticethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. They are among the best known of African ethnic groups, due to their distinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa. Their primary language Maa (ɔl Maa) is a member of the Nilo-Saharan language family that is related to Dinka and Nuer.
Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The government is an absolute monarchy, the last of its kind in Africa, and the country has been ruled by King Mswati III since 1986. One of the country's important cultural events is Umhlanga, the reed-dance festival, held in August or September each year. This photograph shows Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini, the eldest daughter of Mswati III, at the 2006 festival.
A Tanzanian boy transports fodder on his bicycle, to feed cattle. In agriculture, fodder or animal feed is any foodstuff that is used specifically to feed domesticatedlivestock, such as cattle, goats, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. Most animal feed is from plants but some is of animal origin. "Fodder" refers particularly to food given to the animals (including plants cut and carried to them), rather than that which they forage for themselves (see forage). It includes hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and also sprouted grains and legumes.
The Eritrean Railway, the only railway system in Eritrea, was constructed between 1887 and 1932 by the Kingdom of Italy for the Italian colony of Eritrea, and connected the port of Massawa with Bishia near the Sudan border. The railway is narrow gauge and is slowly being rebuilt after the devastation wreaked upon it during the war of independence. It still manages to operate, however, despite its newest equipment being nearly fifty years old, with most of it predating World War II. It is one of the few railway systems still in existence (excluding tourist railways) using equipment like the 1930s Italian-built 'Littorina' railcars behind 1930s-vintage Mallet steam locomotives.
Banknote design credit: Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank; photographed by Andrew Shiva
The rupie was the unit of currency of German East Africa between 1890 and 1916. During World War I, the colony was cut off from Germany as a result of a wartime blockade and the colonial government needed to create an emergency issue of banknotes. Paper made from linen or jute was initially used, but because of wartime shortages, the notes were later printed on commercial paper in a variety of colours, wrapping paper, and in one instance, wallpaper. This one-rupie banknote was issued in 1915, and is now part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.
Other denominations: '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000015-QINU`"'
Panoramic view of the Amphitheatre of El Jem, an archeological site in the city of El Djem, Tunisia. The amphitheatre, one of the best-preserved Roman ruins and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, was built around 238 AD, when modern Tunisia belonged to the Roman province of Africa. It is the third-biggest amphitheatre in the world, with axes of 148 m (486 ft) and 122 m (400 ft) and a seating capacity of 35,000, unique in Africa.
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Photo credit: Ricardo Liberato
The Giza Necropolis stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments is located some eight kilometres (5 mi) inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 kilometres (15 mi) southwest of Cairo city centre. The pyramids are the only remaining monuments of the 7 Wonders of the World.
Dallol is a cinder-cone volcano in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. The area lies up to 120 m (390 ft) below sea level, and has been repeatedly flooded in the past when waters from the Red Sea have inundated it. The Danakil Depression is one of the hottest places on Earth, and the evaporation of seawater after these flooding episodes produced thick deposits of salt, as seen in this landscape. The deposits at Dallol include significant quantities of the carbonate, sulfate and chloride salts of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Hot springs discharge brine to form the blueish ponds, and small, temporary geysers produce cones of salt.
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Adichie nació y creció en Enugu , la capital del estado de Enugu . Después de su educación secundaria, se trasladó a la Universidad de Nigeria , donde fue editora de la revista de la escuela, The Compass . A los diecinueve años, dejó Nigeria para ir a los Estados Unidos, para realizar estudios superiores en la Universidad de Drexel , y más tarde estudiaría en tres universidades: Eastern Connecticut State University , Johns Hopkins University y Yale University . Adichie creció de forma bilingüe y escribe en inglés e igbo . Citando a Chinua Achebe y Buchi Emecheta como su inspiración, publicó por primera vez Decisions , una colección de poesía, en 1997, a la que siguió una obra de teatro, For Love of Biafra , en 1998. La historia de su padre durante la guerra le proporcionó material para su segunda novela Half of a Yellow Sun. ( Artículo completo... )
El nombre "Benín" no tiene ninguna conexión propia con el Reino de Benín (o Ciudad de Benín ). El nombre Dahomey fue cambiado en 1975 a República Popular de Benín, llamado así por el cuerpo de agua en el que se encuentra el país, la Bahía de Benín . Este nombre fue elegido debido a su neutralidad, ya que las fronteras políticas actuales de Benín abarcan más de cincuenta grupos lingüísticos distintos y casi la misma cantidad de grupos étnicos individuales. El nombre Dahomey era el nombre del antiguo Reino Fon , y se determinó que era un nombre inapropiado. ( Leer más... )
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De izquierda a derecha, de arriba a abajo: Hotel Oubangui, costa de Bangui, distrito comercial de Bangui, paso de peatones, vista de una calle
Bangui ( pronunciación francesa: [bɑ̃ɡi] ; o Bangî en sango , anteriormente escrito Bangi en español) es la capital y la ciudad más grande de la República Centroafricana . Fue establecida como un puesto avanzado francés en 1889 y recibió su nombre por su ubicación en la orilla norte del río Ubangi ( en francés : Oubangui ); el propio Ubangi recibió su nombre de la palabra bobangi para los "rápidos" ubicados junto al asentamiento, que marcaban el final del agua navegable al norte de Brazzaville . La mayoría de la población de la República Centroafricana vive en las partes occidentales del país, en Bangui y sus alrededores.
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Image 1 1 = origen 2000–1500 a. C.
2 = c. 1500 a. C. primera dispersión 2.a = bantú oriental 2.b = bantú occidental 3 = 1000–500 a. C. núcleo urewe de bantú oriental 4 – 7 = avance hacia el sur 9 = 500–1 a. C. núcleo del Congo 10 = 1–1000 d. C. última fase (de Historia de África )
Image 2Áreas controladas por las potencias europeas en 1939. Las colonias británicas (rojo) y belgas (marrón) lucharon con los Aliados. Las italianas (verde claro) con el Eje. Las colonias francesas (azul oscuro) lucharon junto a los Aliados hasta la caída de Francia en junio de 1940. Vichy mantuvo el control hasta que la Francia Libre prevaleció a fines de 1942. Las colonias portuguesas (verde oscuro) y españolas (amarillo) permanecieron neutrales. (de Historia de África )
Image 20Cesta-bandeja de Sudán, tabar de fibra vegetal natural tejida, en diferentes colores (de Cultura de África )
Image 21Mapa del Sahel occidental y Sudán (norte de África occidental) hacia 1200, incluidos algunos estados sucesores de Ghana . ( Songhai es Gao ) Los reinos de esta era se centraban en ciudades y núcleos, con variaciones de influencia que irradiaban desde estos puntos, lo que significa que no había fronteras fijas. (de Historia de África )
Image 22Mapa del antiguo Egipto, que muestra las principales ciudades y sitios del período dinástico (c. 3150 a. C. a 30 a. C.) (de Historia de África )
Image 44Escultura de terracota de una cabeza (1100-1500) de los yoruba , que muestra un naturalismo extraordinario. Esta cabeza representa al oni o rey de Ife . (de Cultura de África )