Sudan

Except that before Britain brought these gifts of western ideologies, and philosophies Britain, and many other European nations brought war and bloodshed to Africa. The Sudan people are a great example of enforcing rule, and ideologies on a population. Even though the Sudanese army had courage to fight the colonization of Britain, the Sudanese army did fall under the British rule. Similar to other African countries “courage…

What if one day, a big boom occurred just outside your house, a plane flew low overhead, and smoke and dust blocked your view? What would you do? Salva Dut was faced with this decision in Southern Sudan in 1985, and many others were as well. The International Rescue Committee, a program in which a board of directors and overseers puts volunteers to work in effort to help refugees and others from foreign countries that are having a tough time. In one of their articles describing the Second…

years, an army of mostly child soldiers led by a man named Joseph Kony have been massacring and kidnapping civilians throughout Uganda. This conflict has since spread into other regions such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and areas of southern Sudan. Despite several attempts at meetings in addition to arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court against Kony and his troops, this war still rages on as one of the longest-running conflicts in African history. You've probably seen…

In 1985 war in South Sudan caused many people to starve, dehydrate, or get sick from the water. Salva Dut faced most of these throughout his life. In the book A Long Walk to Water Linda Sue Park wrote about Salva’s journey away from the war, and everything that happened during his trip to safety. It talked about everything from him leaving school because the war to him moving to New York. Salva went through so much throughout his life one major issue being war. “CRACK! POP-POP-CRACK!…

One controversial issue over the past couple of years has been the topic of child soldiers. On one side, people argue that child soldiers should be prosecuted. On the other hand, others contend that they should be given amnesty. My own view is that child soldiers should be given forgiveness for what they have done because they were forced into killing, they were manipulated, and they only had one choice once they entered the army: Kill or be killed. When villages are attacked and families are…

of people because of their nationality, ethnic, origin, race, or religion. However, some people apply it more broadly to any international Government-sponsored murder of a distinct group of people for any reason. Genocide literally means "killing". Sudan is geographically the largest country in Africa. It illustrates Sudan's size that its western province, Darfur, is itself about the size of France. The population of Darfur is estimated at 6,000,000 people. The conflict in Darfur has also…

For centuries wars have always been fought by men. They killed, they die, and come back home as heroes. That has always been their duty to protect and served their country. In this new era, wars are being fought by children. Their innocent lives are dragged and forced to fight in wars. Right at this second as we are having a normal life, there are children fighting a war that we are not aware about. This is the case in Africa, Uganda. For decades the uprising of rebel groups have led to wars in…

is the name of Salva’s tribe. The Nuer and Dinka tribe are fighting and have been for years. E is for Ethiopia because Salva’s group travels to a refugee camp here. Ethiopia is located to the East of Sudan, Salva’s native country. F is for Fear because…

THE PAST AND PRESENT LIVES OF EGYPT AND MALI You actually do not need to dive deeply into the African history to learn about its rich civilization. We associate themes like cultural and religious beliefs, architectural patterns and government as characteristics of a developed society. Though, most westerners hardly recognize the value of the African history some of the greatest features of civilization were found in Africa. Namely, pyramids in Egypt, Islam practice in both Mali and Egypt,…

Mediterranean Sea where it drains water out Northward through Northeast Africa and has a length of 6650 kilometers and flows 4258 miles . The location includes Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Sudan, and the cultivated section of Egypt. Living over thousands of years ago a stable food supply was very important and essentials to survive. To do so the Nile maintained that for that for the people it served them fish for food,…