today we started class with 2 wtls
then we moved on to presentations
darfuf
borders eastern chad
most are african
land is becoming really dry
group of arabs tried to get black africans off darfur to get water and fertile farmland (janjaweed)
rebel groups
sudan liberation movement and justice and equality movement gained weapons
accuse them of being racist toward the black africans
janjaweed
try to take ovr good farmland by kiling africans and making them leave the country and flee to chad
major ppl involved
sudan leader, omar hasan al-bashir
effects
500,000 deaths
2.5 million to chad
100 die everyday 5000 every month because of starvation
government neglect caused poverty
us had declared conflict a genocide
donated over 300 million dollars
united nations pleged 22 million dollars for missionary workers, supplies, military
a lot of countries are ignoring it
al-bashir is not letting any other countries go into the country to help
celebrities are trying to get more publicity over to darfur
somolia (#1 failed state)
no real government
problems
piracy
terrorism
lack of leadership
black hawk down
us effort to capture the somolia war lord mohammed farraih aidid
piracy
threat to international trade and shipping
somalia pirates recieved aroun 150 million dollars in ransom in the last 12 months prior
terrorist groups
al-quada cell group
Jihadis
al-shabaab
al-quada
said to be responsib
Jihadis
many massacres
killed italian nun
led by aden
al-shabaab
most control of southern and central somalia
describe themselves as enemies of islam
lack of leadership
anarchy
2000 government failed
2003 government established
after the presentations we went over the asia map
10:45-11:00--Cheryl Kleffman(8th) and Britanny Klein(8th)
semester test time ^^^^^^
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