east africa today

Africa today is very different than it was when it was colonized in the 1700's. For instance the economies of Tanzania and Kenya rely heavily on tourism, though Kenya also has some geothermal power to help it along. Two of the most densely populated countries (Rwanda and Burundi) have a violent history of genocide between the Tutsi and the Hutu. Sudan has a 40% population of Arab Muslims that have most of the political power and have control over the northern part of Sudan and its capitol. The group seized power though, by mass genocide of black Sudanese. Uganda is a majorly agricultural country with coffee as its major export. The countries on the horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti) have unique story too. Ethiopia was one of the two countries never colonized by a European power. Its mountains provided both shelter from attack and fertile volcanic soil for agriculture. Eritrea was part of Ethiopia until 1993 and now relies on tourism and cotton for economic support. Somalia is a dry land of chaos. There is no mayor government except for various tribes fighting over the capitol and port cities such as Mogadishu. Djibouti is a small desert country controlled by the French until 1977 causing the two official languages to be French and Arabian. There are two major ethnic groups: the Isa and the Afar. The Somali resembling Isa and the Ethiopia resembling Afar, finally made peace in 2001.