Eritrea

There has been many significant events of the 20th century that helped shaped what Ethiopia is today. Through imperialism, wars about boarding issues and the death of many great ruler this nation has been standing strong.Today Ethiopia is the second most populated country in Africa, it's the home to over 80 ethnic groups. The largest being the Oromo tribe that makes up over 34% of the population. Not only are they a big ethnic group in Ethiopia but also the neighboring countries such as Kenya and Somalia. Another big ethnic group is Ahmera who are taking up most of the politics and economy in Ethiopia. The rest is the minorities and have a smaller percentage of people or are other people who are are nationally from bordering countries such as Somali and reside in ethiopia. There are around 6.7% of Somalis who live in Ethiopia and adapted to their culture as well.

Eritrea is one of the best and beautiful countries once you know and understand it’s history. The journey the country had to undergo to receive its independence, the culture of the country, the different ethnicity or tribe present in the culture.

Somalia is a long, narrow country that wraps around the Horn of Africa. It has the longest coast of any African nation, bordering on both the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. The inland areas are predominantly plateaus, with the exception of some rugged mountains in the far north. The northern region is more arid, whereas the southern portion of the country receives more rainfall. Many Somalis are nomadic or semi-nomadic herders, some are fishermen, and some farmers. Mogadishu is the capital and largest city. Somalia is composed of a single, homogeneous ethnic group. Although Somalis may differ in nuances of local lifestyle, they share one language, religion, and culture, and trace their heritage to a common ancestor.

Uganda is a country that covers 7,108 sq mi in area and a host of 33.3 million people found in East Africa. It is bordered by Congo on the West, Kenya on the East, Tanzania and Rwanda on the south and Sudan on the North. It

At the age of 11yrs, a child will move on to a secondary school, until they reach the age of 16 or 18 yrs. There are several different types of secondary education a child can attend. It may be that again their local school is selected for convenience, or parents may select a grammar school, this type of school, will have entry requirements and are usually single sex, girls or boys schools. There are some parents that choose an independent school for their child to attend, these

Rwanda is a country located in the middle of the African continent. The two ethnic groups present in the country lived in peace under their monarch until the arrival of Europeans. The Belgians arrival into Rwandan is what split the two ethnic groups of the Tutsi and Hutus, making them identify themselves with ID cards. This caused tension between the two groups as the Belgians favored the ethnic Tutsi, and made them the head of the government. Decade’s later Hutu extremists would take over the government and have revenge on the Tutsi. The new government would send out broadcasts calling on Hutus to kill their friends and neighbors. The Rwandan genocide would become the worst genocide to ever happen in Africa and one of the worst in the world. Today Rwanda’s recovery is surprisingly fast with the help of multiple nations and organizations. Rwanda’s recovery is nothing short of a miracle and is an amazing story of a war between two peoples.

Somalia's population is mostly rural. Nearly 80% of the people are pastoralists, agriculturalists, or agropastoralists. Except for a small number of Somalis who rely on fishing, the rest of the population are urban dwellers. Somalia's chief cities and towns are Mogadishu (the capital), Hargeisa, Burao, Berbera, Bossaso, Marka, Brava, Baidoa, and Kismaayo. In the past

Military regimes that favor Islamic-situated governments have controlled national politics since Sudan gained freedom from Anglo-Egyptian co-rule in 1956. Sudan was entangled in two post-independence civil war amid the greater part of the rest of the twentieth century. These wars were based on the northern Muslims, Arabs economic, political, and social control of the more largely populated non-Muslim, non-Arab southern Sudanese. The first war ended with the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, which granted significant regional autonomy to southern Sudan on internal issues. (CIA 2015)

The tables were instantly flipped, Tutsis were now seen as cockroaches. Tensions continued to build until In April 1994, the Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana plane was shot down. This was the tipping point, and was followed by 100 days of ruthless killings totalling 1 million people, mostly Tutsis. These 100 days have had a lasting impact on the people of Rwanda. Even though now 20 years later the country is stable economically and politically, the terror of the genocide lingers in the memories. Everywhere there are buildings, places, and people that have witnessed the massacre of loved ones. It may have taking a while, but finally Rwanda is again safe for people like Jean who had to flee, to return to their home where most have somewhat forgiven their murdering neighbours, but never forgotten their loved ones. The second article is called Geographic aspects of genocide: a comparison of Bosnia and Rwanda. This article aims to educate the reader on how, and why genocides in the past have occurred from a geographical point of view. The author draws on deep geographical roots in both Bosnia and Rwanda that fueled the

Next, a member of the Nile Project who was born in Libya, raised in Egypt, but considers himself Eritrean, spoke about his experiences. He described how his identity had always been complex, spanning from his youth. His mother, an Egyptian, and his father, Eritrean, always conversed on the idea of “mixing,” even though at that time Egypt did not allow those who did not have a father from Egypt to be considered an Egyptian citizen, and so he was basically left without a homeland. This influenced his ideas of identity and how complex and complicated it could be. He also claimed that as a child growing up in Egypt, he was extremely uninformed even of the countries bordering Egypt, much less the countries upstream. He remembers being told by the government that Ethiopia, who was at the time building the biggest hydroelectric dam in the Nile, was the enemy, and although he was vaguely familiar with Sudan, that information was limited, too.

The Eritrean Nakfa is a hundred times more worthless than the Birr of Ethiopia. Yet the Eritrean protested that the exchange rate should be one for one. When this movement was stopped suddenly and concisely by the Ethiopian government, the Eritreans attempted to take some Ethiopian controlled boarder land. This led to armed retaliation by the Ethiopian government and eventually led to an all out war.

Angola is an mesmerizing place. It borders between the Republic of Numibia and the Democratic republic of Congo. The country is 481,400 mi² and here are some physical features:

Ethiopia is one of the oldest surviving countries in the world. While its current economic, societal, and political conditions are considered povertous from the viewpoint of a first world nation, the country has been a relative powerhouse in the Horn of Africa. It has a large military, gross domestic product growth, and a relatively stable international position compared to its neighbors. In the last 60 years, however, it has been continually embroiled in a border dispute with its neighbor Eritrea. Eritrea, a former province of Ethiopia, has fought against the larger nation’s control for decades, resulting in war in the 1990s and massive tension in the area since. This border conflict has the potential to flare once again and throw the

Rwanda is a small country located in central Africa. It borders with Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. One of the most terrible “ethnic conflicts” occurred here in 1994, two tribes fought each other within the same territory, the rest of the world bizarrely ignored this event and thousands of people were killed. The event lasted 100 days and almost 1 million people died, even though the Rwanda government asked other countries for military

Algeria is the most populous country in northwest Africa and is the largest country, in North Africa. The northern portion of the county screeches 998 km (620 mi) along the Mediterranean Sea and borders Morocco on the west, Tunisia on the northeast, and Libya on the east. Algeria is divided into three main topographical regions, coastal plains, High Plateaus, and the desert. Unfortunately, the majority of the country consists of uninhabitable desert. “Algeria has a total land area of 2,381,741 sq km (919,595 sq mi), almost three and a