East Africa

East Africa is a region generally considered to include:

Politics

Until recently most governments were illiberal and corrupt, and several countries were riven with political coups and tribal violence. Since the end of colonialism, the region has endured

Related Topics:
Illiberal - Corrupt

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• Ethiopian Civil War (Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front against the Derg)
• Ogaden War
• Second Sudanese Civil War
• Somali Civil War
• Burundi Civil War
• Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in Uganda
• 1998 American embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
• Eritrean-Ethiopian War

Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda have enjoyed relatively stable government. The Awdal region of Somalia, too has seen relative prosperity in the absence of the mentioned tyranny.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~