Ethiopia

The story “A Reluctant Guerilla”, by Nega Mezlekia and the image provided by Ms. Colburn both are about the Ethiopian Civil War called the Ogaden War. They both portray the same message,which is the Ethiopian soldiers were being indifferent to the native citizen of Ogaden,but also have some differences. Nevertheless, a couple of the similarities that both the story and the illustration is that there has been a village that was destroyed, armored vehicles being used to end unarmed citizens lives.…

Throughout the process of historicizing the past, women are primarily left out of the history books and stories for their contribution to civilization. However through the unearthing of antiquity it is clear that women were prominent in both the advances and declines of human society and culture. Using examples from three different regions of Africa this essay will discuss the influence that women had in shaping the history of African politics, culutre, and society. Ancient Egypt is an African…

The Current Refugee Crisis The amount of people the have immigrated or are attempting immigrate to Europe or many other countries in the world has increased drastically over the course of years. In the New York Times article, “Desperate Crossings” is a story about people from Eritrea, Africa who are trying to flee their home country and go to Italy, Greece. The authors Paolo Pellegrin, who did most of the photography, and Scott Anderson, who did the articles text, travelled with Bourbon…

Somali Civil War: APA Essay Joseph Trinity Western University Somali Civil War In history, Somali civil war is an anti-government revolution for independent in Somalia started in 1991 and continuing till today. The injustice exposed in the videos of “Somalia: The desperate struggle” and “Bloody and contemptuous images” reminds me that those in the developing world face a bleak future through the following reasons: the vulnerability of the Somali citizens, and the racial…

It was 1997(2005) in Ethiopia, and I was about 9 or 10 at time, still naive to the world at large. It began as a typical school day, but then as my classmates and I were on our lunch break, we started to hear a man shout “Taxi, taxi, taxi!” just outside of our school. It seemed peculiar to us as to why that strange man was shouting. To the students and faculty in my school building, this man seemed deranged. One of my friends joked “we should probably go back to class before we end up like this…

Food was seen as a gift during the war because it was in such high demand. Salva was extremly lucky to have encountered a memeber of the group who happend to follow a bird to their souce of nutrients. A bees nest. Their technquie of getting the bes out of the nest wasnt eaxactly the smartest but they had to do what they ever it took to get the one thing they desperattly yearned for." It was worth it, Salva thought as he touched his eye gingerly." Even though Salva has been stung by multiple bees…

The Rendille Tribe is a community which primarily herds camels and sheep. They occupy the region in Northern Kenya south of the Chalbi Desert. They number about 64,000 in Kenya. In this dry climate and harsh environment, life expectancy is only 40 years. There are nine primary clans within the Rendille tribe, each having several family sub-divisions. When there is an issue to be addressed, the leaders of each clan come together to form a committee. However, there is no official leader over the…

The Battle of Mogadishu provides an example of a grand strategy that lost its focus along with the critical component of a winning strategy, “control”. Additionally, it serves as an anecdote for depicting the difficulty associated with urban warfare and the need for improvements in order to be more effective. Background Nine years after gaining independence in 1960, Somalia was overtaken in a coup, led by Mohamed Siad Barre. Despite his oppressive dictatorial rule, Barre maintained power until…

THE DAILY JEWISH NEWS All about the Bchira vs Segula. Why are the Jewish people an Am Segula? During Grade 11 Rabbinics Class some interesting discoveries have been made about the true reason that the Jewish people are considered an Am Segula (treasured people). There are two different options on this argument: Bchira Vs Segula. Bchira means that we choose god and all his teachings so, therefore he chose us back in return. Segula says that God loves us, and therefore he chose us to be his…

Somalia is located in the north-eastern part of Africa. Famine in Africa has always been an issue. Recently there was a spike in this issue. In 2010 to 2012 there was the Somalia famine.This famine killed nearly 260,000 people in the country. Half of the people who were killed were children under the age of five.The famine was caused by a severe drought. This worsened because of conflict between rival groups who were fighting for power. The number of deaths during the most current famine was…