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War, starvation, and anarchy on the Horn of Africa
Somalia War, starvation, and anarchy on the Horn of Africa
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Certain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law and have been prepared according to the multimedia fair use guidelines and are restricted from further use. © 2007-Jon Benignus
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http://www. economist. com/world/africa/displaystory. cfm
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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
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Pirates Somali fishermen very poor
Start hijacking ships off their coast Somalia has no government to stop them
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Pirates II
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Oil, Civil War, and Genocide in Darfur
Sudan Oil, Civil War, and Genocide in Darfur
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Sudan Muslim Arabs in the north Christians in the oil rich south
Black tribal lands in Darfur in the west
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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
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Genocide Sudan’s President now charged with genocide
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
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