A Desolate Land

Sudan is a country in Northern Africa, which was, and remains one of the poorest nations that Mr. Horowitz visited. I was struck by their struggle to meet the bare necessities of daily life. I realized that their poverty is not a result of the Islamic extremists. The problem is that Sudan is a country that lies in one of the most desolate areas on the planet, which holds their country back in the form of agriculture and their economy in general. It is also a country embedded in an area where civil war is constant burden on their lives. Sudan is a country that has made little technological advancements in the past few hundred years. Therefore the policies of Islamic extremists have not had the same reactionary effect in Sudan as countries in the Middle East. Although the extremists have not been pulling Sudan back for their political benefit, they have been keeping them from improving on the very little progress they have made.
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