Cultural conflicts HUG Unit 3

Armenia Cultures –Armenians vs Azeris –Christian vs Muslim Conflict –Political boundary over an enclave

Ethiopia Culture –Multi ethnic –Muslim + Christian Conflict –Border with Eritrea

Eritrea Culture –Multi ethnic (9) Conflict –Borders – desire for independence

Sudan Culture –Arab + Muslim (gov’t in Sudan) –Black + Christian/animist (South Sudan) –DARFUR – black/farmers/Christian vs /arab/muslim/herders Conflict –Religion –Independence – Sudan and South Sudan –South Sudan vs Sudan – economic = oil well / port –Ongoing…religion and ethnic

Somalia Culture –Multi ethnic (6) –One language –Sunni Muslim Conflict –Political power – map is the distribution of armed rebel factions in 1992

Lebanon Culture –Muslim (Sunni + Shiite) –Christian –Druze (syncretic religion) Conflict –Economic control –Political power –Religious conflict

Sri Lanka Culture –Sinhalese Buddhists Indo European language –Tamil Hindu, Dravidian language Conflict –Political power –(picture represents ethnicities) –Found in Sri Lanka

Bosnia Culture –Ethnic and religion – Bosnia Muslim, Serb and Croat, Christian Conflict –Serbs and Croats ethnically cleansed the Bosnian Muslims –ethnicity

Kosovo Culture –Ethnic Albanian (Muslim) + ethnic Serbs (Christian) Conflict –Serbs ethnically cleansed the Albanians by moving the Albanians

Rwanda (German, then Belgian colony) Culture –Tutsi – cattle herders –Hutu - farmers Conflict –Political power

Congo - Kinshasa Culture –Tutsi – cattle –Hutu – farmers –M23 rebel group Conflict –Political power