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CHAD In ancient Chad things were very very different than chad is today. Chad's history is rich and prosperous dating back as early as the 7rd century african tribes such as the Toubous settled down and started the practice of agriculture and cultivation. The mighty Toubous then founded the Kanem region which many people of islamic origin settled.The coexistence of these two tribes were the rock hrd foundation for many empires to come.In the 17th century to the 19th century chad was extremely popular for the arab slave trade the warring native tribes would kidnap their enemy tribe members and sell them to the arab traders they would then travel through the congo or saharah to be sold across the world. in 1960 Chad was taken by the French …show more content…

The petroleum trade in chad was supposed to seriously help the poverty rate and benefit the country but it seems it's done just about the opposite. Even though the oil trade brings in money it has negatively affected the local people ESPECIALLY the people around the petroleum extraction itself. For example In the Eastern Logone region that includes the Doba Oil Basin and about 38% of Chad's population was rated 3rd poorest region of chad despite the hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil exported. the other affects on the people are endless and further contamination is always a hazard. There already has been some contamination there have been drainage canals have polluted the surface including the groundwater used by the locals,infertile and contaminated quarries have been returned to farmers without being cleaned or secured,rivers have been sullied by oil spills. These are just some of the environmental impacts the oil trade has on Chad and I think this is a good example that not all companies and corporations can benefit a country even if they bring in money. The oil trade in Chad is a very controversial topic especially in chad there are benefits economically but there are also environmental

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