Sentences with phrase «plagued by civil war»

It is a beautiful and haunting look at a region of Africa that has been plagued by civil war, political instability and humanitarian crises for decades.

Mande came to America from the Congo at age 16, a time in which her native country was plagued by civil war and invasions.

A team of epidemiologists and viral experts from the WHO and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta will attempt to reach the affected area, which is remote and plagued by civil war, early next week to collect more samples and look for the source of the outbreak.

«In a situation like Syria, plagued by civil war and lacking a functional government with which policymakers can negotiate, how can the United States best protect those fleeing oppression — religious or otherwise?

And Africa continues to be plagued by civil wars, drought and desertification, political instability and the problem of refugees, deteriorating health infrastructures, and institutional decay.

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I'm awed by her ability to take such different subjects — an abolitionist in the Civil War (March), a Wampanoag Indian in early America (Caleb's Crossing), a maid in plague - ridden England (Year of Wonders)-- and bring them vividly to life.