Sentences with phrase «deadly conflicts in»

There are hundreds and hundreds of events for the American Civil War while the Taiping Rebellion in China — one of the most deadly conflicts in the entirety of human history — has a mere handful and there are many other examples, especially as one goes further back in time.»

When Kabila tried to use anti-Rwandan sentiment to his advantage — demanding all Rwandan troops leave the country in June 1998 — the Rwandan government launched a further rebellion to replace one Kabila with another (RCD this time) and in so doing sparked the deadliest conflict in modern African history.

- New Statesman (UK)»... engrossing account of the occupation and denazification of Germany tries to navigate the ruins of the deadliest conflict in human history, and discover the extent to which its perpetrators became victims... balanced and thought - provoking.»

Not exact matches

Afghan journalists were shaken but defiant Tuesday, vowing to continue reporting on the bloody conflict after the deadliest attack on the country's media since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

Martijn Hekman, the Deputy Director of Christian charity World Vision's Syria Response, said: «This deadly attack is a horrific turning point in the conflict, and utterly devastating for thousands of children and their families who were waiting for these supplies to arrive.

It's been 15 years since Popole Misenga has seen his own family, when one of Africa's deadliest conflicts broke out leaving more than 5 million dead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This new emergence «took place within the conflict of two social orders in which the tenuous but creative forces of the new Israel, working through the Christ, engaged in deadly battle with the vested interests of a receding Jewish order» (HF 259).

Interestingly, though, it seems to be contrary to the editors understanding of the «responsibility to prevent», who argue that R2P's focus in on «acute events and not on chronic conditions or root causes... Advocates are not hoping to stop the 75 smouldering conflicts that the International Crisis Group is monitoring this month that could turn deadly; they are not trying to establish peace on earth; and they are not attempting to rid the planet of all human rights abuses.

The brewing crisis in Nigeria's Zamfara State has the potential to become as deadly as the Boko Haram conflict.

On the contrary, LeBlanc argues, prehistoric warfare in the Southwest was common, prolonged, and at least as deadly on a per capita basis as the most violent conflicts of the 20th century.

Their cultural attitudes and beliefs regarding elephants have traditionally limited the exploitation of elephants in terms of deliberate poaching for ivory or meat, but they do experience direct conflict with elephants, for example, at watering holes and during chance encounters in the bush, which sometime can be deadly [25], [26].

After saving her life, her falls in love with a princess while trying to stop a deadly conflict.

Universal City, California, April 19, 2018 — Ten years after the events of the first film, the Kaiju return in Pacific Rim Uprising with a new deadly threat that reignites the conflict between these otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and Jaegers, the human - piloted super-machines that were built to vanquish them... [Read More]

In the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel.

Like a spear thrown in anger, the powerful poem drives the point home that war is hell, but when deadly conflict is described in a well - crafted tale, it can also take our imaginations captive.

Naruto and his fellow ninja engage in deadly conflict with the enemy.

In this timely, provocative, and uplifting journey, the bestselling author of Walking the Bible searches for the man at the heart of the world's three monotheistic religions — and today's deadliest conflicts.

Similar to that shown below in the novel by Andrew Warren «A burned spy must stop a deadly cult from igniting global conflict.»

Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

Assume the role of Sam Contino, an idealist dragged down the rabbit hole of vigilantism, and drawn into conflict with three deadly criminal organisations after intervening in a violent mugging.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, scene of the deadliest conflict since World War II, remains mired in violence in significant part because of the international demand for electronic products that requires minerals found in the eastern Congo.

With deadly cyclist vs motorist conflicts going on in our streets, and bikers even getting shot for riding with their kids, the launch of the country's first defensive cycling classes could not come at a better time.

Major Electronics Manfacturers Ignoring Their Role in DRC Conflict Mineral Mining No More «Blood Phones» — Conflict - Free Electronics Can Help End the World's Deadliest War

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, scene of the deadliest conflict since World War II, remains mired in violence in significant part because of the international demand for electronic products that requires minerals found in the

There, John Hart, a conservationist who has worked in Congo for two decades described how during the country's recent civil war (1998 — 2003)-- said to be the most deadly conflict since World War II — illegal bushmeat and ivory were among commodities exchanged for arms and ammunition.

When it comes to deploying drones as a deadly force in conflict, international humanitarian laws govern their use.

The war itself was enough of a stain on our history with an estimated 60 million people dying in one of the world's deadliest military conflict.

Although she stepped down from her position at the International Crisis Group on June 30, under Arbour, its efforts toward the prevention of deadly international conflicts, including publishing approximately 90 reports and briefings annually to help recommend policies that will create peace in targeted regions, has become much more well known.