War, starvation, and anarchy on the Horn of Africa Somalia War, starvation, and anarchy on the Horn of Africa
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Recent Events Famine strikes Somalia during the 1980s and 90s Anarchy (no central government) Warlords in the south fight each other Fought the U.S. in the early 1990s when we tried to help Pirates off the coast
Pirates Somali fishermen very poor Start hijacking ships off their coast Somalia has no government to stop them http://crudeanalysis.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5536b2dbe8833010536023561970c-800wi
Pirates II
Oil, Civil War, and Genocide in Darfur Sudan Oil, Civil War, and Genocide in Darfur
Sudan Muslim Arabs in the north Christians in the oil rich south Black tribal lands in Darfur in the west http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_RPRDRQP
Genocide Civil War between Muslim north and Christian south settled South voted for independence Genocide in Darfur Nomadic Arabs vs. Black farmers 200,000 killed 2 million refugees Government of Sudan does nothing to stop it http://www.worldgeography.abc-clio.com
Genocide Sudan’s President now charged with genocide http://www.wsvn.com/images/news_articles/389x205/080711_Sudanese_President_Omar_al-Bashir.jpg Sudan’s President now charged with genocide By the International Court of Justice in The Hague, The Netherlands Accused of actually helping the nomads in Darfur