African Wars Crossword Kennedi Miller

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Across
  1. 2. A term used to refer to diamond mined in a warzone
  2. 8. a battle in 1993 when Somali militia forces shot down three American helicopters
  3. 10. Idi Amin military coup killed plenty of people
  4. 11. Used by the Nigerian government as a tactic to win the Nigerian Civil War. Resulted in food shortages and death for over 2 million people
  5. 13. And insurgency that included militant Islamist, jihadist rebel group, and Boko Haram on July 2 2009, to start an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria Due to the dive
  6. 14. The leader of the Nigerian Government
  7. 15. He wanted to make living better education, healthcare and rural development
  8. 18. Siad Barre was an authoritarian who gained power in 1969 and gained near totalitarian levels of control
  9. 19. Eritrean People's Liberation Front
  10. 21. Non- governmental Organization
  11. 24. A war the occurred because of the president Amins
  12. 25. an independence struggle rooted in the decline of Western imperialism that began in 1961 and would last until 1991
Down
  1. 1. People of the norther area of Nigeria
  2. 3. Humanitarian organization that provided Critical medical Assistance to civilians affected by the conflic in Biafra
  3. 4. Tigray People's Liberation Front
  4. 5. Uganda National Liberation Army
  5. 6. Uganda National Liberation front; was trying to establish a transitional government
  6. 7. The agreement that ended the congo war
  7. 9. An ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
  8. 12. the rise of the Marxist-Leninist military dictatorship
  9. 16. Genocide also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred between 7 April and 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War.
  10. 17. The leader of the declaration of Independence for the Eastern Region of Biafra
  11. 20. a task force created by the United Nations security council to provide humanitarian relief and restore order
  12. 22. Seized power in the military coup
  13. 23. a war between Somalia and Ethiopia over a disputed border region (Ogaden)