1. A drive-by shooting occurred in Durham‚ North Carolina‚ at 10:14 p.m.‚ Friday‚ February 12th. During this drive-by an innocent elderly woman was injured and the Durham County Sheriff’s Office is looking for any suspects associated with the crime. Local officials claim that the elderly woman was sent to the hospital‚ Friday night with life-threatening injuries. A 72-year-old woman‚ whose name was not released‚ was reported to be wounded while was inside her home at 3017 Forrester St.‚ according
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HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA Overview The history of West Africa is the long history of human movements‚ incursions‚ displacements‚ intermixtures of peoples‚ and of the impact of these on the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ social and political organization to the peoples West Africa. The history of West Africa can be divided into three major periods: first‚ its prehistory‚ second‚ colonial period‚ in which Great Britain and France controlled nearly the whole of the region and the post-independence era‚ in
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2012. 3. Central Intelligence Agency (2011). "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley‚ Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. 5 Oct 2011. 4. Special Report: In Africa‚ a militant group ’s growing appeal". Reuters. 30 May 2012. 5. ^ "Al-Qaeda‚ Boko Haram‚ and Al-Shabaab ‘merge’". Hurriyet Daily News. 26 June 2012. 6. "African Terrorist Groups Starting to Cooperate‚ United States Says". Bloomberg. 25 June 2012. 7. "Al-Shabaab joining al Qaeda‚ monitor group says". CNN. February 9‚ 2012. 8. Africa
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Mass media in Nigeria Prior to the revolution of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)‚ the television‚ radio and print media had been the main source of mass communication. The development of mass media in Nigeria dates back to 1970 with the print media being the first having a coverage of about 45% with more penetration in the urban areas. The radio soon followed having a more widely reached audience though the availability of the radio at earlier stages was low and in 1990 then
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policies over the protection of the country from within. This event led to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and many other overhauls in regards to terrorism. However the threat continues to grow. With group like the Islamic State and Boko Haram conducting massive attacks overseas‚ Americans are concerned that this threat will make its way across the ocean. However‚ in several ways it has already arrived in the United States. There are many reasons why the federal government put terrorism
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change is through hashtags. Hashtags start out little and all the sudden it led to a social change. Jill Ponl says‚ "Popular hashtags you many know that inspired a desire of change are #BringBackOurGirls spurred a public outcry in the response to Boko Haram kidnapping in Nigeria; #BlackLivesMatter was another response to police brutality in the U.S."All these hashtags started out on the internet‚ and turned out into a group of people protesting. The web media help make the small issues that are important
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Chapter 2 Protest movement in Nigeria In democracy‚ having a wide spread number of people tell the government that they do not like its practices could herald to protest movements. As thus‚ it is a very effective way of getting changes made and raising or revisiting issues. History of protest movement During the 19th and early 20th century‚ Nigerians sought and found ways to oppose the foreign rule. As the middle classes and the working classes became more educated‚ there came with it‚ the desire
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Terrorism It is described variously as both tactic and strategy; a crime and a holy duty; a justified reaction to oppression and an inexcusable abomination. Has been an effective tactic of the weaker side in a conflict. United Nations defined terrorism on 1992‚ it is ‘an anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action‚ employed by (semi-) clandestine individual‚ group or state actors‚ for idiosyncratic‚ criminal or political reasons‚ whereby - in contrast to assassination - the direct targets
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people organized by God to do his work for him (Vonnegut 2)‚ and granfalloon‚ a false karass (91). Kurt Vonnegut uses the Bokononist’s religious scripture‚ The Books of Bokonon‚ to satirize all other holy scriptures. He also uses a Bokononist ritual‚ boko-maru‚ to mock other spiritual rituals and ceremonies. Finally‚ Vonnegut uses the apocalyptic ending of Cat’s Cradle to scoff at many religions’ beliefs in what will happen when the world ends. In Kurt Vonnegut’s science fiction novel Cat’s Cradle
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They are extremely vulnerable. They are extraordinarily malleable. Undeniably‚ the youth of this world are commonly considered the most impressionable demographic. During this stage of life‚ adolescents are forming their own identity‚ becoming increasingly aware of the social‚ political‚ and religious world around them. It is a very impressionable stage of life. Due to their susceptibility‚ adolescents are often drawn to radical ideas‚ which grab their attention. These youths are typically impatient
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