African Wars Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A liberation front fighting for independence for the Tigray region
  2. 3. The president of Uganda in 1971 who was overthrown by General Idi Amin
  3. 4. Northern people of Nigeria and populated most of the government at the time
  4. 8. The Unified Task Force which was a operation to provide humanitarian relief and order.
  5. 9. A liberation seeking independence for the people of Eretria
  6. 13. A regime which was overthrown due to its authoritarian and oppressive nature and near totalitarian levels of control.
  7. 15. A way that the Northern parties used to kill off almost 3 million Biafra people via starvation and desies because of a lack of recources
  8. 16. A agreement which saw the establishment of a translational government however didn't change the ongoing violence and insecurity within the eastern Congo.
  9. 18. The term for minerals such as coltan, gold, along with diamonds, which are smuggled to fund military/trade through war zones in Africa.
  10. 24. A Genocide which took place during the Rwanda Civil War with 500k-800k people being slaughtered by the Hutu majority.
  11. 25. The TPLF fought Ethiopian and Eritrean governments to prevent peace and stability.
  12. 27. A Islamic militant group famous for fighting against the Nigerian government
  13. 28. A Marxist-Leninist military dictatorship
Down
  1. 1. He was a military leader who saw the massacre of his people by the north and declared war.
  2. 5. The fear of a repeat battle where American soldiers dead were dragged through the streets while broadcast on American television.
  3. 6. an anti Obote group Under the leadership of Yoweri Museveni that thought the elections were rigged
  4. 7. The Ethiopian Civil war was one of the most important events in Ethiopia's history as it reshaped its social and political system.
  5. 10. A anti Amin group Uganda National Liberation Front who was a political party who opposed
  6. 11. Medical specialists who would go to these war-torn countries and preform medicine hence the name without borders.
  7. 12. International non-governmental organizations that funded countries effected by war
  8. 14. A streak of disastrous Ethiopian terror methods
  9. 17. A extremest group which exploited the lack of governance to gain control over parts/regions of the country while imposing their harsh laws.
  10. 19. Famine relief fundraiser
  11. 20. Kenyan troops who entered southern Somalia to fight al-Shabaab to establish a buffer zone within Somalia.
  12. 21. Like the original Biafra state but now using peaceful tactics to try to separate instead of an all out war
  13. 22. Political system for the people of Ethiopia
  14. 23. The people of southeastern Nigeria who wanted to breakaway and form Biafra
  15. 26. Leader of the LRA