Southern Sudan

vengeance against the ethnic groups. They killed, looted villages and burned them as well. These acts of violence led to the formations of many rebel groups from the previous Uganda amy. Many of the groups made peace treaties with Yoweri Museveni. “the southern-dominated army did not stop attacking civilians in the north of the country. Therefore, by late 1987 to early 1988 a civilian resistance movement led by Alice Lakwena was formed.” (Wikipedia, Lord’s Resistance Army. Par 4) Her objective…

crimes—three charges of genocide. Disturbingly, to this day, al-Bashir is still a sitting head of his state and has yet to be arrested. This is in whole due to the fact that Sudan is not a party to the Roman Statute, even though they signed, they did not ratify. So, in part, al-Bashir is in a form of “prison” because he cannot leave Sudan without traveling into a nation that accepts ICC jurisdiction, however this has given him more freedom considering he can’t be arrested as long as he stays…

about their wants. Some people sadly never get the opportunity to even begin to think about the things they want because they hardly have the things they need. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park follows the stories of two people growing up in Southern Sudan in different timelines. They both face struggles beyond what people growing up in first world countries could imagine. Nya and Salva hardly get to think about the things they want because they are struggling just to maintain the things…

Connected Life Journeys In “A Long Walk To Water” written by Linda Sue Park. There are two stories, one of a boy named Salva, and the other of a girl named Nya. They both lived in Southern Sudan; although at different times. Salva’s taking place in 1985, and Nya’s taking place in 2008. Salva and Nya’s life journeys both involved war, walking, and family. In the end their lives connected each other together in a beautiful way. Salva and Nya’s journeys are alike because they both had to…

against him as well as other international groups that fought his regime in 2012. Around that time the United States provided more than $560 million in humanitarian assistance specifically benefiting LRA-affected populations in Uganda, CAR, the DRC, and Sudan, in addition to countrywide assistance in the affected countries that could benefit individuals affected by LRA violence. On November 22, 2011, the African…

covered with many trees and swamps in hill slopes. Kampala is in southern part of Uganda bordering the Africa’s largest “Lake Victoria.” Uganda is agricultural land locked country found in East Africa bordered by Kenya in east, South Sudan in north, Democratic Republic of Congo in west, Rwanda in south west and Tanzania in South. It is the country with the largest number of refugees second to Turkey in the whole world from South Sudan, Congo, Somalia and Burundi passing through Rwanda. Uganda is…

Uganda is a landlocked country, located in East Africa. Kenya borders Uganda to the East, South Sudan to the North, to the West by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the South by Tanzania. The current population estimate is 37,873,253. Ugandans can be classified into several broad linguistic groups: The Bantu-speaking majority, who live in the central, southern and western parts of the country; and non-Bantu speakers who occupy the eastern, northern and northwestern portions of the…

"My Epic Hero" Every hero has had a life changing situation that has well, changed their life and created the type of person they are now. Whether it was a fight they lost, or won or someone they defeated or a journey it turned their whole life around. Their perspective on life was no longer the same. That is exactly what happened to the Greek hero Odysseus. Odysseus was not always a hero. He was just like any other commoner, he lived with his wife Penelope, and son Telemachos. Odysseus was the…

Sudan has been at war from almost the moment it gained its independence in 1956. Its first civil war lasted from 1962 to 1972. In 1983 civil war breaks out once again and this lasted until 2005. In 2006 the peace is broken and numerous clashes between rival factions kill hundreds, if not thousands of people, between 2006 to 2012. In 2011, the government of South Sudan took a vote to become an independent country. Since the separation of the two countries, South Sudan began experiencing conflict…

“A Long Walk To Water,” a book about two kids who have obstacles to overcome. This amazing novel was written by the Newbery Medalist, Linda Sue Park. Who also wrote,” One Single Shard and Seesaw Girl.” Linda Sue Park writes realistic fiction. This story is about Salva Dut, a boy who is part of the dinka and separated from his family at a young age, due to war. And about Naya, a girl who is part of the nuer tribe, and has to walk eight hours a day to get water for her family, that isn’t even…