Ishmael Beah recalls his life in Sierra Leone both before and after he became a child soldier during Sierra Leone’s Civil War. The war was officially declared over on January 18, 2002.
Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Lumumba played a part in winning his country’s independence from Belgium in 1960. Within months, Lumumba’s government was deposited in a coup, and Lumumba was imprisoned … Continue reading
The Sierra Leone Civil War began in March of 1991, when Charles Taylor sent his special forces into the country from Liberia in an attempt to overthrow the government of Joseph Momoh. The civil war would go on for eleven years, leaving over 50,000 people dead. Child soldiers were a … Continue reading
The office of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical newspaper, was the site of a terrorist attack on January 7, 2015. Many staff members of the newspaper were killed. In this video, french journalist Laure Bretton talks about what she heard and saw during the attack.
“I long to hear that you have declared an independancy—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors…” In 1776, … Continue reading
On January 10, 1984, The United States and The Vatican reestablished diplomatic relations after almost 117 years. In 1867, the United States Congress had placed a ban on public funding for a diplomatic envoy to the Vatican. The reversal in 1984 was not accepted by all. In this video, arguments … Continue reading
On January 7, 2015, French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo was the victim of a terrorist attack in which many of its employees were gunned down at its offices in Paris, France. Charlie Hebdo had previously been the victim of another terrorist attack in 2011, in which its offices were firebombed. … Continue reading
Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, who was the head of the security services of Nazi Germany and was in charge of carrying out the Final Solution and Holocaust of the Jews in Europe. Preparations for the operation began on December 28, 1941, and … Continue reading
As part of his State of the Union address on January 4, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson spoke of his Great Society – a set of domestic programs aimed at the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. President Johnson first mentioned the term “Great Society” during a speech at Ohio University … Continue reading
On December 17, 2014, United States President Barack Obama announced a new chapter of US-Cuba relations, with the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two nations. In this video, Jose Sanchez Gronlier expresses his thoughts on President Obama’s announcement, saying: “This is a sad day for the United States and … Continue reading
