Burundi

My fellow associates, Today we, the people of Great Britain are faced with a crisis. As I stand here before you today, hundreds of Congo Natives are being assaulted, raped, maimed and persecuted all for the benefit of one person, King Leopold II of Belgium. As a nation and a body of empathetic people, it is our duty to intervene. To many innocent people are being denied basic human rights and are being slaughtered like animals. Children and grown men are getting their hands amputated by force…

Dzungar Genocide The Dzungar people were located in the upper west part of China, later named Xinjiang. In 1775 the war with Qing dynasty began. It was said to end in 1758 or 1759, no one is for sure when the genocide ended. During this time mainly men were killed and most of the women and children were separated among the Qing soldiers. The estimated number that died is from 600,000 to 800,000. Beside the war there was a smallpox’s break out. The Dzungar Genocide was a mass murder, and they…

More than 400,000 people murdered, thousands homeless, and a total of 2.3 million citizens of Sudan being displaced due to the tragic genocide in Darfur. Unfortunately, these numbers are tending to grow higher and higher each day. All of these consequences are the result of the Sudanese government which put together a group of militiamen who had only one job, to ruin the lives of millions. The book, Darfur, the Ambiguous Genocide which was written by Gerard Prunier and published in 2005 by the…

Origins of Genocide 1. Genocide is exceedingly pervasive in human history. Genocide is present in the book of Genesis of the bible. (Jones 4) It is also present in Greek culture as “...of historical events such as the Assyrian Empire’s root-and-branch depredations …. and the destruction of Melos by Athens during Peloponnesian War...” (Jones 5) Genocides also take place in Crusades in medieval era. The practical obstacles to understanding this aspect of our past are that historical records are…

The Rwandan and Cambodian genocides may have been very different but they still shared many similarities. The first notable similarity is the final number of deaths. In Rwanda there was over one million dead after a three month genocide ("Rwanda Civil War”). In Cambodia it has been estimated that anywhere between one and a half and three million people were killed during the four year period (“Cambodian Genocide”). Also both genocides were products of the government. In the case of Cambodia, the…

It’s 1994, in the country of Rwanda; the Hutu’s and Tutsi’s, two ethnic groups are allies, but not for long. Mass killings abruptly begin, as the President of Rwanda is shot down from his plane. The Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s begin rallying against one another, eliminating each other aggressively (Pells). Hardship clouds over Rwandan citizens, causing every corner they turn to be unsafe. 800,000 people are slaughtered over three months, leaving each Rwandan citizen afraid of their own people and…

The fact that Rwanda boast about their “sparkling and safe city” under Kagame’s rule is deranged. Rwanda’s military rounds up “undesirable” people and arbitrarily detains them at the Gikondo Transit Center, an unofficial detention center in the Gikondo residential suburb of Kigali. Detainees report being exposed to human rights abuses, including degrading and inhuman treatment, before being released back onto the streets. Many detainees have no liberty and no judicial process or oversight…

In 1994, Rwanda’s population of seven million was comprised of approximately 85% Hutu, 14% Tutsi, and 1% Twa. During one hundred days beginning in April of 1994, almost one million Tutsi and moderate Hutu’s were murdered by the Hutu government and its allies. For centuries, the Hutu’s, Tutsi’s, and Twa’s lived together well and shared the same language, culture, and religion. Prior to its independence in 1962, Rwanda was a Belgian colony. In 1916, Belgium established racial classification in…

The Rwandan genocide was a period of one hundred days of violence that killed over 800,000 Rwandans. This is one of most controversial topics in international politics as many officials believe the genocide could have been stopped. This even led to world leaders, like then-President Bill Clinton apologizing for the lack of support. But how did the genocide begin? Much like most issues that faces Africa today, the reason for the Rwandan genocide can be traced all the way back to precolonial and…

The nomadic pastoralists of the Tuareg have descended through generations in Africa since the fourth century. Throughout the centuries, the cultural group has retained their rich heritage while surviving in the Saharan desert of northern Niger. Social relations of the Tuareg have remained relatively the same through the generations, including the relationships between the Tuareg and other people who reside in the countries they travel through, and with other members of their cultural group as…