African Wars by Christian

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Across
  1. 6. An Islamist militant group operating in Somalia.
  2. 11. Modern movement advocating for Biafran independence.
  3. 12. Tigray People's Liberation Front, a major rebel group during the civil war.
  4. 15. Eritrean People's Liberation Front, fought for Eritrean independence.
  5. 17. The last emperor of Ethiopia, overthrown in 1974.
  6. 18. A terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria.
  7. 21. An ethnic group in northern Nigeria, dominant in the Nigerian government during the war.
  8. 22. A conflict starting in 2020 involving the Tigray region and the Ethiopian government.\
  9. 23. A 1993 battle in Mogadishu involving US forces and Somali militias.
  10. 24. A global concert organized to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
  11. 25. The reluctance of the US to intervene in conflicts following the Battle of Mogadishu.
Down
  1. 1. A conflict between the Derg regime and various rebel groups.
  2. 2. An ongoing conflict resulting from the collapse of Siad Barre's regime.
  3. 3. Leader of the Derg and Ethiopia's head of state during the civil war.
  4. 4. The military dictator of Somalia overthrown in 1991.
  5. 5. Leader of the secessionist state of Biafra.
  6. 7. An ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria, primarily involved in the Biafran secession.
  7. 8. United Task Force, a UN-sanctioned multinational force in Somalia in the early 1990s.
  8. 9. A conflict between the Nigerian government and the secessionist state of Biafra.
  9. 10. An international medical humanitarian organization that provided aid during the Nigerian Civil War.
  10. 13. A severe famine exacerbated by civil war and government policies.
  11. 14. Non-governmental organizations providing humanitarian aid during the war.
  12. 16. People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the state under the Derg regime.
  13. 19. A conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia over the Ogaden region.
  14. 20. The "Red Terror" campaign by the Derg to eliminate opposition.