Today we talked about the Connecticut school massacre. Then did our blog discussions. We started with Somalia. Somalia Civil War started in the 1991, it is still going on today. Al Shabab is the major terrorist group in Somalia, pirates patrol the waters. New president elected september 2012, Hussan Sheikh Mahamud. DRC Transitional Gov't - President Joseph Kabila , 1 unify country,2 disarm, 3 hold elections. Known as Zaire from 1971-97, president mabuto seko- us supported anti communist- human rights violations, corruption- cult of personality. SOUTH AFRICA- apartheicl- afrikaans - dutch . Segregation of blacks, 1948-1994, 1990 President de klerk began reforms to end Apartheid, 1994 Nelson Mandela elected. LIBYA 1912-1943 Italy, 1943-1951 Great Britain, 1951- Libya has independence, 1959 they found oil, 1969- gadaffi seized power from king, - sharia law,- unlimited power, -purges- killed people he didn't trust or didn't like, -helped country, -supported terrorists. used oil to finance terrorist groups. 9-11 changed Gadaffi to be nicer, 2011- arab spring- killed oct. 2011, -2012 democratic gov't. Tomorrow we will do Uganda and Syria.
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