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