AMBO UNIVERSITY Institutes of Cooperatives and Development study MA in development study The First‚ Assignment on IGAD Contribution for the Regional Development | April 8 2013 | The seven members state of IGAD cover an area of 5.2million sq.km and have population more than 180 million. This region is so rich in culture‚ language and religion practice. The average population growth rate of the region is 2.6% which is the highest in the world and half of the population under the age of 14
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As Elkus states‚ “to often military planners can fixate on finding the COG‚ at the expense of losing the larger strategic picture.” The strategic COG tied to the Presidents end state was the Iraqi people’s national will to act. Not in the irregular warfare sense that focuses on legitimacy and influence over the population. Instead‚ where the people have the national will facilitated by a secure and stable environment to create an inclusive government that can protect its sovereignty. As Colonel
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field in which LSD played a factor. All through the Sixties and up into the early Seventies‚ doctors tried all angles to find a concrete use in the field of psychotherapy for LSD. In the Sixties the drug was even attempted as a weapon for chemical warfare. The effect of the drug was said to take all rationality out of its victim making them an easy target. LSD prevailed in 1965 because it was said to do "good" things to people. First‚ it could easily bring out inner emotions and repressed memories
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Djibouti is a country located between Eritrea and Somalia‚ in eastern Africa‚ that borders the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. The capital is Djibouti‚ and the official languages are French and Arabic. Other languages include Somali and Afar. Djibouti‚ then known as French Somaliland‚ was given status of overseas territory with the French Union‚ like all the other French Colonies. Then‚ in 1958‚ it was given the option to stay in the French Community‚ as it was then known‚ or leave it. The colony
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This procedure is female circumcision‚ or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). There are four types. Type 1 is the removal of the clitoris and surrounding tissue. Type 2 is excision of the inner labia and clitoral tissue. Type 3 is the most prevalent in Somalia and the most extreme. Not only is the labia and clitoral tissue cut and removed‚ the outer lips are sewn shut with only a small hole left for urine and menstrual fluid. Type 4 is everything else; branding‚ piercing‚ cutting‚ stretching‚ vaginal cutting
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season on the increasingly popular show America’s Next Top Model‚ hosted by Tyra Banks. Fatima is from Somalia. She talked about her personal experience undergoing Female genital mutilation and her views on the practice. Fatima stated that in Somalia‚ female genital mutilation was seen as “positive”. This portrays just how different the beliefs and practices of various cultures are. In Somalia and various parts of Africa it is a good thing‚ while in the United States‚ even the concept of female genital
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replaced‚ if it could be reached by which the number of communists killed or captured exceeded those being replaced or recruited‚ the Americans would win the war. However the MACV and CIA got into a dispute concering the strength of Viet congs guerilla warfare. In September‚ members of the MACV intelligence services and the CIA met to prepare a Special National Intelligence Estimate that would be used by the administration as a measure of U.S. success in the
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intervention successful ; that doctrine will be abused unless there is a self-interest at stake. Another reason why the U.S. should not intervene in foreign countries is because they do not always have the support of the citizens. The intervention in Somalia is a perfect example of humanitarian intervention where the U.S had no economical reasons or self-interest. Their main goal was to provide food to the Somalis suffering from starvation due to political oppression. The U.S. helped the starving Somalis
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The film Black Hawk Down by Ridley Scott is an action packed war drama that supports the theory Americans risked their lives to end the civil war in Somalia‚ East Africa‚ 1993. Many propaganda techniques were utilised throughout this film to put the Americans in the good spotlight for a Western audience. Propaganda is defined as “information‚ of a biased or misleading nature‚ used to promote a political cause or point of view” (Definition of Propaganda‚ 2012). Throughout this film the director has
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The United Nations was officially created when its charter was signed on June 26‚ 1945‚ by 51 countries‚ including the United States. The new international organization was the successor of the League of Nations‚ which had been formed by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson at the end of World War I in an attempt to prevent the kind of military aggression that might lead to future global conflicts. Unfortunately‚ the League had proved to be ineffective early on. Both Japan and Germany had withdrawn from
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