Since 1839 Somalia has had one type of conflict or another because of where is sits on the Horn of Africa. The natural ports Somalia has was always an attractive coastline for those sailing from India. But the interior of Somalia where left to their own devices. The British‚ French‚ Italians and Ethiopians have all laid claim to parts of Somalia at different times throughout history. Somalia as a country has never truly be run by one leader with the country’s best interests in mind. With the
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all through the night. That’s what these kids have to go through. These young children are being forced to go to war and kill. Should kids be granted amnesty or punishment? Although kids have killed people‚ they should be granted amnesty because they were forced to do all those bad and horrific things. Child soldiers should be granted amnesty because of what they have gone through. In the article “Children in Somalia Facing War Crimes” the author said‚ “ . . . recruited as child soldiers‚ denied
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Wailing with My Brothers in Garissa and Eastleigh in Kenya The latest mayhem and destruction of the Somali community in Kenya speaks to deeper issues than meets the eye. It speaks to the pathologies of oppression and subjugation of a society that once enjoyed honor and respect among its equals. The condition in which Somalis found themselves since the end of colonialism is explained better by Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” and Paul Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed.” The Somali person is
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Introduction Childhood trauma effects children worldwide in different ways in regards of their mental status‚ attention‚ and memory. There have been astounding amount of evidence in regards of the effects of childhood trauma in regards to impairment in cognition. Children who experience sexual‚ physical‚ or psychological abuse research have indicated the child will demonstrate psychiatric symptoms‚ neurodevelopment deficiencies and physical health consequences (Szanto et al‚ ). According to Hovens
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Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that occurs when the weight of a child is unequal to the child’s age and height. The problem of obesity in children is worldwide. Obesity can lead to many diseases such as high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ Stroke‚ Type 2 diabetes sleep apnea‚ abnormal bone growth and joint pain. Obesity can also cause problems such as depression‚ low self- esteem‚ discrimination‚ and fear of being bullied. Body Mass Index (BMI) is used to find out if someone
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The social construction of childhood means that childhood is not natural because it is a concept that has different meanings in different societies. Sociologists agree that children are biologically different to adults but every society gives these biological differences different meanings. Aries‚ a interactionist argued that the 19th century Britain‚ before industrialisation children were seen as mini adults because they dressed like their parents and did the same work on the farm as their parents
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(MacDonald‚ 2010‚ p. 176). Unfortunately no one‚ including children and adolescents‚ is immune to cancer so it is not uncommon to see children as young as newborns to as old as late teens develop cancer (MacDonald‚ 2010). While there are is not a set list of childhood cancers versus adulthood cancers‚ there are types of cancer that are more prevalent in children than adults and also types of cancer that are more prevalent in either young children or adolescents (MacDonald‚ 2010). One thing is for certain;
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some of their funds and guns from al-Qaeda leader‚ Osama bin Laden. Furthermore‚ the group started to become divided in 2003 after the old guard wanted to create a new political front‚ while the younger members longed for the creation of a “Greater Somalia.” This prompted the devoted ones to join forces with Sharia Courts‚ creating the Islamic Courts Union. They were the youth militia and they battled the al-Shabaab in 2006 for control of the capital‚ Mogadishu. The Christian nation‚ Ethiopia‚ was
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When you think of the country Somalia‚ what comes to mind? To most of you I’m sure the terms under developed‚ poor‚ corrupt‚ and even hopeless come to thought. The question that many fail to ask is‚ why? Why should innocent citizens‚ including mothers and young children have to live in this kind of environment? What people are forgetting is that these Somaliland citizens are human beings. Nobody in this world should to have to live in a country where there life is in danger every single day. This
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“Somalia is one of the world’s worst places to be a woman‚ according to a recent survey by Trust Law‚ a project of the Thomson Reuters Foundation.” As stated in World Policy in Somalia‚ there has been an increase in sexual violence since June‚ more and more women are being raped while trying to leave their refugee camps. These women have been abused‚raped‚tortured‚ and are being treated as if they are second class citizens for years in Somalia. As the years go by the worse it becomes women live in
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