Jasmine's Africa Wars Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. This agreement officially ended the war in 2003
  2. 4. A militant Islamist and jihadist rebel group Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the government of Nigeria
  3. 6. An extremist group that exploited the vacuum of governance to establish control over parts of the country and impose their harsh interpretation of Islamic law
  4. 8. Leader of the NRA
  5. 10. The rise of the Marxist-Leninist military dictatorship
  6. 12. 500,000 to 800,000 people of the Tutsi minority ethnic group slaughtered by Rwanda's Hutu majority in 1994
  7. 13. Was a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal dictators in modern world history
  8. 17. Saw the overthrow of Patrice Lumumba shortly after independence and the rise to power of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu as a dictator
  9. 20. Led the declaration of independence by the Eastern Region of Biafra
  10. 21. Kenyan troops entered southern Somalia to fight al-Shabaab and establish a buffer zone inside Somalia
  11. 23. Provided critical medical assistance to civilians affected by the Nigerian Civil War
  12. 25. A Christian extremist organization
Down
  1. 1. Was the leader of Libya and an ally of Amin
  2. 2. This person refused to recognize Biafra's secession
  3. 5. Was a Congolese rebel leader who replaced Mobutu as leader of the newly renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo
  4. 7. This president was overthrown in a coup by parts of the Uganda Army which put General Idi Amin in power
  5. 9. This war happened from 1974-1991
  6. 11. Stands for Uganda National Liberation Army
  7. 14. Ruled the Congo (which he had renamed Zaire in 1971) as a one-party state
  8. 15. This refers to diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to fund conflict
  9. 16. Derg quickly descended into a repressive dictatorship under the leadership of this person
  10. 18. This person was the leader of the LRA
  11. 19. Stands for Uganda National Liberation Front
  12. 22. One of the most notable responses to the famine
  13. 24. Stands for National Resistance Army