Somalia-
The consistently war plagued nation is now becoming a growing hot spot for Islamic jihadist. There is a growing concern over a new militant group called the Shabab, which means youth. The Shabab currently controls much of Southern and Central Somalia, the radical group is very similar to the Taliban in many ways. In areas where they control they force young men to come fight for them for face threats of violence and heavy taxation on their families. Although the Shabab are fairly primitive and don't have access to any weapons other than anti aircraft guns and AK-47s they are a force to be reckoned with and are a growing concern to the United States. On July 9th during the World Cup they claimed responsibility for a bombing in Uganda capital which killed 76 people including 1 American. This has lead the United States to continue funding the current government struggling to control Somalia. the current leader Sharif Ahmed is a so called "moderate" muslim who enforces Sharia Law and he has made it a crime to not be muslim in the nation.
Rwanda -
Rwanda President Paul Kagame recently spoke in London, his first appearance in front of a western audience since his controversial re-election this past summer. He gave a lecture on the challenge of nation building, with regards to Rwanda. Critics say it was a very well done speech but he mentioned nothing of what on lookers really wanted to hear, his side of the story in regards to his allegation of running a tainted campaign with accusations of treating his opposition unfairly, and even accusation of genocide and the murdering of a reporter. The President was asked about these accusations during the question and answer session at the end of the lecture, he dismissed these accusations as "baseless" and "absurd" and quickly moved on to the next question.
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