countries raises questions that many people around the world don’t understand. Most of these undeveloped lands reside in Africa. For example‚ Ethiopia and Somalia. Two weeks ago a flood occurred in Ethiopia destructing many homes and killing several people. This flood had a lot of negative consequences on people in Ethiopia
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Somalia 1993 Cause and Effect‚ U.S. Involvement‚ & Scale of the Conflict The Somali conflict was created by a succession of events. Back in 1991‚ President of Somalia‚ Mohammed Siad Barre‚ was overthrown by a coalition of opposing clans called the United Somali Congress. Four main groups turned the country into a battlefield trying to gain control over the country. In the meantime a 5th group seceded from the northwest portion of Somalia calling it the Somaliland Republic‚ with its leader
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Somalia or the Federal Republic of Somalia is a country located in the horn of Africa. Its capital is Mogadishu‚ and Somalia is also home to the longest coastline on Africa’s mainland. The country of Somalia has an estimated population of around 12.3 million people‚ with the clear majority of the people being Islam. The Somalia flag is blue with a white five pointed star in the very middle of it. The blue is said to represent the bright sky while the white star stands for freedom. The five points
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eight million Somalis live in a territory stretching north from northern Kenya to Djibouti and west from the Indian Ocean to the Ogaden in Ethiopia. Although Somalis are often seen as one of the few ethnic groups that define a nation‚ the country of Somalia does contain small enclaves of other groups. The Somalis speak the Somali language and are Sunni Muslims. By the end of the 19th century years of treaties had partitioned the Somali home territory into the British Somaliland Protectorate‚ French
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The Image of Somalia In this movie script‚ Ken Nolan as the screen writer constructs the image of Somalia based on European perspective which is represented by Somali revolusion warrior. There are several images that he tries to construct in this work‚ Somali regarded as primitive peaople as well as European “Others”. In other place‚ this country is depicted as dangerous and unpleasant place. These images are believed because this movie is adapted from the true story. Eventhough most of images that
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The Pirates of Somalia by Jay Bahadur is about getting to know a Somali pirate and his ways of thinking. The book is a lot like the movie Captain Phillips‚ where it describes Somali pirates and their journies. The book also shines light on how misinterpreted the Somali pirates and all pirates are. They feel that they have the right to protect their ocean and think that the real criminals are the fisherman. To get his information‚ Jay Bahadur travelled to Somalia to interview the pirates. They aren’t
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The use of child soldiers has been an issue since World War II. In discussions about the use of child soldiers‚ one controversial issue has been whether these child soldier should be granted amnesty or be prosecuted. On one hand‚ it is argued that child soldier should be prosecuted for their “crimes”. On the other hand‚ it’s argued that child soldiers should be granted amnesty. Child soldiers should be granted amnesty because they were forced to kill due to coercion‚ they were drugged and brainwashed
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Child Soldiers By: Morgan H Have you ever held a gun‚ did it feel wrong or uncomfortable‚ well there are some kids that use one everyday‚ but are they using it on the right thing?. Child soldiers are kids as little as 8 years goes and fight for their country because they think they are doing the right thing. Child soldiers should not be a thing because they are just kids they don’t deserve to be killed when their life is just starting‚ they deserve to have a clean slate‚ they shouldn’t
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Do Child Soldiers Deserve Amnesty? Child soldiers are used all around the world‚ and are being abused‚ and forced to commit horrible acts just to survive. With these children under the age of 18 being taken or literally forced into becoming a soldier in the ranks of drug addicts and murderers‚ it is clear these children aren’t acting or thinking like they would be had they never been involved in warfare. These children‚ whether or not they have ever committed an crime against humanity‚ deserve
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