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The Genocide in Nigeria must end – HRH Sir Patrick Bijou
The Genocide in Nigeria must end – HRH Sir Patrick Bijou The genocide in Nigeria must end. This is something that we all know, but it is something that we often forget. The world has become so accustomed to violence and death that we no longer see it as newsworthy. We have become desensitized to…
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World Peace & HRH Sir Patrick Bijou
World Peace is the top desire of humanity. World Peace needs all the help it can get; with 1 of 10 people on Earth living in a conflict zone, we need to understand how important peace is. Why world peace is needed There are many reasons why world peace is needed. One reason is that…
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Al-Shabab in Somalia
“Blessed are the Peacemakers” Recent Developments Al-Shabab continues to conduct attacks both within Somalia and in neighboring Kenya, including a January 15, 2019, attack on an upscale Nairobi hotel complex in which at least twenty-one civilians were killed and hundreds held hostage. The militants also continue to target the Somali state and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)…
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Civil War in Syria
“Blessed are the Peacemakers” Recent Developments In December 2018, President Donald J. Trump announced a decision to withdraw the roughly two thousand U.S. troops remaining in Syria. On January 16, 2019, an attack in Manbij claimed by the self-proclaimed Islamic State killed at least nineteen people, including four Americans. Prior to that attack, only two Americans had been killed…
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Political Instability in Lebanon
“Blessed are the Peacemakers” Recent Developments In May 2018, Lebanon held its first parliamentary elections in nine years and Hezbollah—a Shiite political party and militant organization backed by Iran and designated by the United States as a terrorist group—increased its share of seats to 53 percent. Despite elections having taken place months earlier, Lebanese politicians were not able to…