Guinea-conakry is a country of western Africa on the Atlantic ocean, it's about 94,926 sq miles big,Conakry is the capital and the largest city. Guinea came under french control in the 19th century, becoming a french colony in 1893 and a part of french west africa in 1895. Guinea gained it’s independence in 1958.
FREEDOM HOUSE
Press: partly free
Freedom Rating: 5.0
Political Rights: 5
Civil Liberties: 5
Trend Arrow: going up
Freedom Rating: 5.0
Political Rights: 5
Civil Liberties: 5
Trend Arrow: going up
Guinea's Strengths and weaknesses
GREATEST STRENGTHS:
GREATEST WEAKNESSES:
- Guinea is the world's second largest producer of bauxite
- improved drinking water source: 71%
- guinea is the world's second largest producer of bauxite.
- Rich in mineral resources
- Guinea is trying to become more democratic.
GREATEST WEAKNESSES:
- War in near by countries ( Liberia’s and Sierra leone) affect guinea because guinea will have to make room for the refugees that are coming into guinea. Guinea have to produce more food and other things to provide for those refugees.
- government, the decisions the government makes are the reasons why the country is not moving forward as it should be moving.
NEWS
Electricity
Andrew Revkin has an important post exploring how energy poverty has left nearly one billion people without access to adequate health care. not only that, but 291 million children currently attend primary schools that lack electricity. The United nations has set huge energy-related goals for the coming century, the first is to bring electricity to the 1.3 billion people who still don't have it. In some parts of guinea there are no electricity which is causing millions of children not to attend school, maybe the united nation will change that.
Election
on September 21, 2012. Many people have been injured in guinea's capital(conakry), in clashes between government and opposition supporters. It was reported that one person was killed in the violence when protesters blocked the main bridge and the main roads. There are conflict in the country over delayed parliamentary election.
Andrew Revkin has an important post exploring how energy poverty has left nearly one billion people without access to adequate health care. not only that, but 291 million children currently attend primary schools that lack electricity. The United nations has set huge energy-related goals for the coming century, the first is to bring electricity to the 1.3 billion people who still don't have it. In some parts of guinea there are no electricity which is causing millions of children not to attend school, maybe the united nation will change that.
Election
on September 21, 2012. Many people have been injured in guinea's capital(conakry), in clashes between government and opposition supporters. It was reported that one person was killed in the violence when protesters blocked the main bridge and the main roads. There are conflict in the country over delayed parliamentary election.
Poverty and Hunger
Guinea had somehow met this goal but they are not quite there yet because many farmers have been able to produce enough rice to feed their families and turn a profit in the market. Guinea goal is to is to promote and developing entrepreneurship, create jobs and stren. In 2002, guinea’s poverty reduction and growth facility was taken away because the government failed to meet the key performance criteria.
Universal Primary Education
primary school in guinea is 8 years, but most children do not compete it and some do not even go to school. in 1999, only 40% of children attend primary. Most female are kept out of to help the mother take care of the family. some of them do not attend school in order to help the parents with domestic work or agriculture. Most family do not have money to send their children to school so they make them start working at a young age. most family in guinea believe that female education is not as important as males, so some of them choose to send their male children to school and not the females.
Child Mortality
Infant and kids under-5 mortality rates is guinea are among the highest in the world.
In mandiana, death statistics are derived mainly from hospital cases. most child death, however, take place in the home. Some people in guinea can not afford hospital so they decide to have their child at home. In guinea you have to pay because they even touch the patient that is why some people do not even bother to even go to the hospitals.
In mandiana, death statistics are derived mainly from hospital cases. most child death, however, take place in the home. Some people in guinea can not afford hospital so they decide to have their child at home. In guinea you have to pay because they even touch the patient that is why some people do not even bother to even go to the hospitals.
Maternal Health
A study was made of all maternal death occurring between 1989 to 1990, it was recorded as exhaustively as possible, they conducted this over one year in municipal and hospital units, and three months in the urban community. one hundred thirty nine maternal deaths were registered, now the the annual maternal mortality rate of 559/100,000 live births. The main causes of maternal death were abortion, complication linked with hypertension, and postpartum. The new maternal mortality rate per 100,00 births for guinea is 680 was in 2010, it getting better as the years go by because in 2008 the rate was 859.9 and in 1990 it was 964.7.
Global Partnership
Guinea signed a production sharing agreement with Hyperdynamics corporation of Houston in 2006. Hyperdynamics is committed to providing energy for the future off the shore guinea for new sources of oil and gas. It is one of the largest exploration and production licenses in west africa.In 2012 the CEO of Hyperdynamics corporation was drillings and and had completed their 3D-seismic in very deep waters for six month. Now the CEO is planning the next step in the program which should include not only drilling results and 3D-Seismic interpretation but also preparation for drilling in ultra deep waters.
Gender Equality and Empower Women
Women right was approved in Guinea of all forms of discrimination but guinea had not approved its optional protocol. The coalition of women’s right is concerned by the following violation of women’s rights in Guinea: harmful traditional practices including early and forced marriage, violence against women in marriage and limited access of women to education, health, employment, decision-making positions and justice. In guinea three types of law are applied customary, religious and statutory law. those laws create confusion that undermines respect for women’s rights.
Diseases
The Levels of AIDS are significantly lower in guinea than most African countries. during 2005 guinea was considered by the world health organization to face a generalized epidemic, by the end of 2005 , about 170,000 adults and children were infected at the end of 2005. in 2012, some 77,000 cases of malaria were treated in the health facilities, 23,000 of them were handled by their handled by community health agents, each of them prepared to go to the extra mile to keep their communities healthy.
Environmental Sustainability
environmental sustainability in guinea In 1990 and 2005 has increased, the proportion of protected land area increased, as did access to improved sources of drinking water and sanitation. the percentage of people that live in Slums urban decrease during the same period.
BUDGET
BUDGET
Global Partnership
Guinea is partnership with the International Finance corporation known as the IFC. Its a company that is creating enabling environment for infrastructure development for large-scale mining. Guinea will be working partnership with this organization to focus on the long-run saturations. long-run improvement in government fiscal arrangements, literacy, and the legal framework are need if Guinea is to move out of poverty. The country and its global partner will be working on the eight MDG slowly, they will not work on all eight if the MDG at the same time, they will work on it one at time because it will be hard to work on all eight of them at the same time. This will be the golds for Guinea and it’s global partner.
Personal Statement
My main focus for Guinea with the Millenium Development Goals was the education process. This is because Guinea seems to have problems with their education system. The education system of the country of Guinea before it became an independent country was patterned on that of the French. All schools in Guinea were nationalized in 1961, but the French remained the language of instruction. Private schools were suppressed in 1961, they were free at all levels and were required until secondary school. Enrollment declined in the early 1980s especially in the primary level. It went from from 33% to 27%. Although many attempts were made to improve the quality of education, increasing corruption, poverty and increases in worth, unemployed rates have contributed to decline of the quality of education in Guinea.
I learned that money is one of the biggest issues in Guinea. some people do not have enough money to suppose their family. some families have to send their kids to work instead of school because they need a way to get the next meal on the trouble. I feel bad because some of do not have to deal with those kind of problems in here. Some students have to stop school because they have to suppose their family also. They do not get a changes to live their childhood life and have hopes and dream like how some of us do.
Guinea first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported in 1986. though levels of AIDS in guinea are significantly lower than in a number of other african countries, which i found surprising because media make it seem like all parts of Africa has a bad cases of HIV/AIDS.A large refugee population from other countries has made the spread of HIV/AIDS epidemic in guinea was attributed to factors.Guinea was considered by the world health organization to face a generalized epidemic. i feel terrible for some of the people that have HIV/AIDS in guinea because some parts of the village do not have access to hospitals or health care centers to help them treat their diseases. the people in those areas have to take care of themselves and live with an untreated HIV/AIDS until their death.
Gender equality in guinea does seems like a big deal to some of females in Guinea but to others it’s the main problem. I think its a big deal because their are more males in schools than females, they think female education is not as important as males because women are bound to become a housewife anyway. females are getting beaten up by their husband and the country do not think that is a problem. women usually have stand home and their husband are responsible to provide for the family.
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