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The People in Africa

Africa encompasses 54 countries and 900 million people. 30,365,000 km2 of land, with a wide latitudinal distribution influencing landscapes throughout. From equatorial rainforests and coastal environments to savanna grasslands and deserts  (Dickson et al., 2021) .  The continent’s freshwater resources include Lake Turkana and Lake Malawi, respectively the world’s largest desert lake and the richest freshwater fish fauna in the world  (UNEP, 2021) .  The Congo Basin Forest is extremely valuable for its capacity to store 60 billion metric tons of carbon  (Megevand and Mosnier, 2013) . Some of the world’s largest reserves of fossil fuels, metallic ores and gems and precious metals are found in Africa  (Dickson et al., 2021)  So, how is it even possible to consider that only one problem troubles all of Africa? 'People in Africa' are not deprived of resources, ‘People in Africa' are not starved, 'People in Africa' are not water scarce.      ...