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My life in Africa

Created by Scattattack on Feb 17, 2011

Last updated: 02/24/11 at 04:03 PM

• Death
  Aug 29, 2016

  In 2016, Jalloun Mednat was Killed in Action while serving for the Military

• Military
  2014

  When jalloun was 17, he was drafted into the Niger Military

• School
  2012

  Jalloun never when to school, but his sisters did. If he did, he would go to school k-12 or until he found a good job.

• Malaria
  2009

  In 2009, Jalloun got Malaria. Malaria is a disease caused by a mp

• Famine
  2008

  In his 19 years, Jalloun experenced 6 famines, but was directly affected by only one of them.

• Jalloun is born
  Nov 11, 2007

  In 2007 Jalloun Mednat was born in Dosso, Niger.

• Sierra Leone
  1991 to 2002

  The Revolutionary United Front invaded Sierra Leone for the diamonds in their country. They killed 75,000 people and 4 million fled. The fighting ended when the UN placed a law against exporting diamonds from Sierra Leone so the RUF ran out of money. Britain is the country that colonized this land, and when they freed it, they left it unprotected.

• Independence
  Aug 3, 1960

  In 1960, Niger gained its indepedence from France

• Colonization
  1922

  In 1922 France began colonizing Niger