East Africa Today

Although the Europeans had left much of East Africa in a mess, modern day East Africa is doing a lot to improve. Kenya and Tanzania have a big industry that relies on tourism and agriculture. The Serengeti Plain lies there and about 2 million tourists come each year to see the wildlife there. Kenya also relies on geothermal energy which is basically the produced from the heat of the Earths interior. It also transports tea and crops by its well connected railway systems. In Burundi and Rwanda, a while ago, there a was a big genocide, which is the intentional destruction of a people. The Hutu tribe tried to wipe out the Tutsi, killing thousands of people. Sudan, the largest country in Africa, relies majorly on coffee and tea exports for income. Somalia relies on livestock, Eritrea relies in cotton exports, and Ethiopia relies on agriculture, livestock, coffee, and oilseed. The port in Djibouti is their only source or income, most of their economy relies on the French government. Sudan has suffered lots of religious, and ethnic conflict. Thousands of people have been killed and millions have fled to refugee camps. Even after all these disasters in these countries, they are finally managing to make a stable economy and make some money.