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Some major environmental issues in East Africa include, deforestation, water shortage, soil erosion, flooding, desertification, and poaching.

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Although East Africa's literacy rate is far better than others, quality education is something that is a major issue.

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The Beauty of East Africa is Culture - Rwanda is Cultural Dancers

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One Unique Cultural Element of East Africa 

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One Unique Cultural Element of East Africa 

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African culture is expressed in its arts and crafts, folklore and religion, clothing, cuisine, music and languages. Expressions of culture are abundant within Africa, with large amounts of cultural diversity being found not only across different countries but also within single countries.

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Somalia is a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic but it used to be a dictatorship but in 1991, which left Somalia in a virtual state of anarchy when President Barre was driven out of his position. Along with the majority of African nations, colonialism has had a dramatic effect on Somalia.

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The national government of Kenya is a democratic republic and is composed of three arms just like america: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.

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Arabic, Somali, Berber, Amharic, Oromo,Igbo, Swahili, Hausa, Manding, Fulani and Yoruba are spoken and are the main languages in East Africa. Religion is mostly Christianity and Islam

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Historical Events in East Africa Part 2 

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Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, northern Somalia, and the Red Sea coast of Sudan are considered the most likely location of the land known to the Ancient Egyptians as Punt. The old kingdom's first mention dates to the 25th century BC. The ancient Puntites were a nation of people that had close relations with Pharaonic Egypt during the times of PharaohSahure and Queen Hatshepsut.

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Historical Events in East Africa Part 3 

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The Kingdom of Aksum was a trading empire centered in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. It existed from
100–940 AD, growing from the proto-Aksumite Iron Ageperiod c. 4th century BC to achieve prominence by the 1st century AD. The kingdom is mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as an important market place for ivory, which was exported throughout the ancient world. Aksum was at the time ruled by Zoskales, who also governed the port of Adulis.

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East Africa is the area where modern humans first appeared. There are differing theories on whether there was a single exodus or several; a multiple dispersal model involves the Southern Dispersal theory. A number of researchers suspect that North Africa was instead the original home of the modern humans who first trekked out of the continent.