During the 1990s‚ the stories of the rape camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina shook the world and forced the international community to intervene. Now‚ evidence is coming to light that a similarly gruesome situation was taking place during Libya’s Arab Spring uprising. When the Libyan unrest began‚ then-dictator Muammar Gaddafi gave orders to crush the peaceful protesters by any means‚ ordering his soldiers to go from house to house. This was a direct command‚ in encrypted military language‚ to start
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On January 15‚ 2016‚ a Kenyan-run African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military base was the target of a massive attack that killed a 180 Kenyan soldiers according to Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Though the precise number of casualties is disputed‚ the Kenyan army claiming the number is inaccurate but refuses to disclose its own figures‚ this massacre of Kenyan troops is considered the deadliest attack perpetrated by the al-Qaeda allied militant group Al Shabaab. This Somalia based
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The Arab Spring Study Questions A. Reasons behind the Arab Spring? There are various reasons behind the Arab Spring. One of the reasons was that a Tunisian young man‚ unable to find a job‚ had his cart of merchandise taken away by the‚ which led him to burn himself in the streets‚ next to thousands of people. Unemployment is one of the main reasons which lead to the revolt. After that‚ manifestations were going on in the cities of Tunisia. The poverty and unemployment that was going on in Tunisia
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Task One: Geography and the Development/Diffusion of Human Societies Lori Fabre’ Part A: The Nile River is a significant geographical feature that contributed to the development of Egyptian society. According to (Sooma‚ 2013a)‚ Egypt was an early river civilization‚ and had to adapt their culture to seasonal flooding of the Nile River. The Nile River flows through Central Africa to the Mediterranean and is formed by the joining of Blue Nile and the White Nile. It is a gentle river that picks up
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The picture that is being depicted on the paper given is the Nile Rive It is founded in the north of Africa‚ it is the longest river in Africa and possible the world. This river creates a fertile land which is great for farming and from this fertile land it allowed ancient Egyptians to have a large amount of food for both there friends‚ families‚ and for trade. From this the Nile river became one of the oldest civilizations in the world to began. The fertile soil allowed the ancient Egyptian to use
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Ethnic Groups of Eritrea (Tigrinya‚ Tigre‚ Saho and Afar) The country of Eritrea consists of nine ethnic cultural groups. They are: Afar‚ Tigrinya‚ Kunama‚ Tigre‚ Saho‚ Bilen‚ Nara‚ Beja‚ and Rashaida. Of those nine ethnic groups the four that make up most of the population around Eritrea are Tigrinya‚ Tigre‚ Saho and Afar. Tigrinya makes up 50% of the Eritrean population occupying the central and northern highlands of the country. The official language of the Tingrinya is Biher-Tigrinya. Most
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Welcome to the democratic republic of the Congo (DRC). Where the land is rich with minerals of all types. Located in the Continent of Africa. The country has many exports goods and services. The people of the Congolese‚ Live to about the age of 54. The DRC official language is French but the natives also speak Lingula‚ Kingwana‚ and Tshiuba. A brief background on the Democratic of the Congo is or was establish as in Official Belgian Colony in 1908. The republic of the Congo gain its independence
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I was very surprised to learn about how different Christmas in Uganda was compared to in the U.S.. The biggest difference between the two cultures is how they celebrate Christmas. I learned that in Uganda‚ they don’t buy any expensive items for friends or family members. Instead‚ their gift is just being at the celebration with friends and family. In the U.S.‚ families would buy expensive items for each other as a gift. If someone doesn’t like their gift‚ they would just send it back and get something
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Uganda is a small country found around the central part of Africa. Uganda used to be populated by several Bantu-speaking tribes. The Bantu-speaking tribes include the Baganda from the central region and‚ the Batooro‚ Banyoro‚ Bamba‚ and Batwa from the western region‚ plus the Basoga‚ Bagwere from the eastern region. There are Bateso‚ Sebi‚ Pokot and Tepeth from the northeastern area‚ and the Nilotics who include the Acholi‚ Alur‚ Langi‚ Lugbara‚ Madi‚ Kakwa in the north. The Lendus from Zaire are
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There are many societies in the world that I had a choice to research about but there are two that really stood out to me that I really wanted to write about. The two that I chose were Ethiopia and Cherokee. These two have a lot of history to learn about. Not saying that the others don’t but when it comes to the religion aspect of these two there are tons to learn about. Ethiopia has a number of faiths that they practice and believe in. Out of all the Abrahamic religions‚ the most practice today
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