Horn of Africa

The Ethiopian culture influences the Horn of Africa (HOA) regional economic and political stability because of the country containing around 80 ethnic groups, central location in the HOA, continued presence and impact on bordering countries, and a behaviors and norms developed from a diverse history of both productive and violent leaders and revolutions. Cultural norms and beliefs are integrated in Ethiopian’s combined church and state model of government causing most of the country’s problems within

Fadumo Dayib Country: Somalia Education: Degrees in International Public Health, MC/MPA Mason fellow at Harvard in Public Administration, PhD fellow at the University of Helsinki: Women, Peace, and Security Issues in the Horn of Africa Position: Presidential Nominee of Somalia Problems faced: Fadumo Dayib was born in Kenya, but was deported with her family, back to Somalia. Due to civil war, Dayib fled to Finland when she was around 17 and spent twenty-six years as a refugee. Despite living the

Al-Qaeda on the Arab Peninsula (AQAP) and the strong re-emergence of their presence in the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility provoke not only strategic concern but re-emphasizes the importance of Global War on Terrorism mission sets. AQAP establishes training camps, strong recruiting, and bases of operations to continue jihad against the Western world emanate from Yemen. CJTF-HOA will need to be mindful of Western policy, which focuses on degrading AQAP’s

The relationship between Ethiopia and Eritrea has become an issue of interest in recent years to the United States as well as the rest of the world. The history between the two countries has been detrimental to the development of each country which in turn trickles over their borders into the rest of the region. War, annexation, border disputes and their external influences in the region are just a few of the ongoing issues both of these countries continue to have with each other today. With the

Hunting is an ecological problem that it is happening in our nature. Countries like South Africa experience this situation because people who hunt do not realized how harmful this activity is for everyone. Many people who practice hunting have to follow the rules about getting a rhino. These people are allowed to do this activity in their country this is the case in South Africa. The people who hunted the rhinos tend to decide how to use this animal resource. The rhinos are used to make a lot stuff

The rhinos are being hunted and killed for their horns, which is a valued ingredient used in traditional Asian medicines (Poaching of Rhinos in the Spotlight). In this essay, I will explore why the rhinos are being poached, the overall impact of poaching in the rhino population, and what the authorities are doing to deal with this profitable transnational crime industry. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the rhino

Last Sixty Gisela Nevarez ENGL 111-M13 Documented Argument First Draft April, 7, 2015 In the tall grass in Africa there is a pool of red blood. The pool of blood is coming from a motionless rhinoceros. This rhinoceros was left to die by poachers. The rhinoceros was shoot in the head and died almost instantly. No one can do anything for the rhinoceros now. Poaching means hunting animals illegally on land that is not one's own, or in contravention of official protection. Poaching is a horrendous act

there are different customs and ways of life. A lot of people make the means to live by working the land, owning their own shops, fishing, and hunting animals. Poachers in Africa make their living by hunting elephants, lions, rhinos, and other exotic animals. Countries in Asia, like Vietnam and China, have been using rhino horn medicinally for generations. Would they be willing to change their entire lifestyle to save the existence of a species? I analyzed an image created by the World Wildlife

from the Greek word “di” translates to “two” and “ceros” translates to “horn.” Bicornis from the Latin word “bi” translates to “two” and “cornis” translates to “horn.” The black rhinoceros’ scientific name describes their most prominent physical features, their double horns. There are four different subspecies within the black rhinoceros family whose names differ according to their geographical location within Sub-Saharan Africa, namely the South-Central Black Rhinoceros (diceros bicornis minor), the

years have gone from over 2,000 to a total of five in existence. Sun, Fatu, Sudan, and Najin are all currently living at the SanDiego Zoo and at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy; however they were at one time native to the Eastern and Central parts of Africa but would stay South of the Sahara desert. Despite coming from such a harsh environment, Ceratotherium cottoni have a spectacular beauty. Fully grown white rhinos will typically stand about 4 foot 3 inches high from ground to shoulder and range anywhere