Paul Kagame

The Rwandan genocide occurred in 1944. The Belgians were the ones who initially created a strong divide between the Tutsi and the Hutu, the two African groups living in Rwanda. In the 1930s, Belgium, the current ruling power, defined specific physical characteristics to differentiate between the Tutsis and the Hutus. The Tutsis were perceived as the superior group in comparison to the Hutus, so the Belgians saw them as partners in enforcing Belgium law. In 1933, the Belgians mad identity cards…

Bystanders actually encourage bullies to continue to bully the victim. When a bully doesn’t get stopped, they feel more powerful and they continue when all you have to do is report it. Inaction, or remaining silent, can create dire consequences. In 1944, the Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda were fighting. Over 1 Million out of the 8 Million population were killed. This event is the Rwandan Genocide. The Hutu had to flee their country and thousands of the Hutu people died because no country, included…

The 2005 film, Sometimes in April, depicts the 1994 Rwandan Genocide through two Hutus brothers, Honoré and Augustin. The film is set in two time periods, April 1994 and 2004, to show the acts that occurred during the genocide and the aftermath of the systematic slaughter of the Tutsis. Honoré, who one of the voices that helped expose Hutu propaganda on Radio RTLM, awaits trial for inciting the genocide while his brother, Augustin, has flashbacks of the horrific event that resulted in the death…

Gihembe Refugee Camp Facts and Statistics Rwanda is a country in Africa that is located in the region currently affected by the ongoing tensions in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) other African nations. It has been hosting refugees for several decades, and at the same time has been receiving and reintegrating thousands of Rwandan returnees. The majority of these refugees are hosted in camps, and Gihembe is one of these settlements. The others are Kigeme, Kiziba, Mahama, Mugombwa…

along with one another. (Wikipedia. 2016). Paul Rusesabagina was an amazing indivual during the terrible massacre. He had a job, as a hotel manager at the Hotel des Mille Collins in Kigali, Rwanda. Paul hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees in the hotel. (MyHero.com. 2016). He had a feature presentation made about him, made in 2004. It was called ‘Hotel Rwanda’ and received much acclaim from audiences and critics. The actor, Don Cheadle portrayed Paul Rusesabagina in the film as well.…

In 1994, in Rwanda, the mass killings of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus occurred. The killings were carried out by the Hutus, due to the tensions that rose between the two groups when the country gained its independence in the 1960s and the Belgians openly favoring the Tutsi. The mass killings that occurred should be considered as a genocide because it fits with the definition of genocide as it was the destruction of a whole/part of a specific group of people and the deliberate killing of a…

The Rwandan Genocide took place over a span of 100 days, from April to July 1994, when the Hutu clan systematically slaughtered the Tutsi minority. Tensions between the two ethic groups had reached a crisis point, when the Hutu’s rebelled against the Tutsi rule and oppression by participating in a massacre of hundreds of thousands of Tutsi men, women and children. Approximately 1 million people were murdered over 100 days, equalling to 6-7 people per minute; and an added 300, 000 people died…

Before Deo was able to escape the harsh conditions of the civil war, he had no other choice but to stay in a refugee camp. Refugee camps aim to meet basic human needs, but the lack of space and infrastructure usually only allows refugees to settle temporarily. Most people seek refugee camps because they have escaped war in their home country and are seeking asylum that is granted in another country. These camps provide food and medicine; however, most people face infectious diseases and…

In 1991, Bosnia-Herzegovina had a population composed of three main ethnic groups: Bosniak, Serb, and Croat. As a whole, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s presence within the reformed Yugoslavia was peaceful and prosperous. When the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in 1992 the region quickly became a war zone. Bosnian Serbs launched a military campaign to eliminate the country of its Muslim civilian population. Which was supported by Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic who help…

Genocide did not start with Rwanda and the terrible, and did not end after the horrifying days that transpired after the events start. During those 100 days in which the Rwandan genocide took place, it has been estimated that Rwanda lost anywhere from a minimum of 500,000 to as many as 1,000,000 people (1). These numbers are even greater when you consider that it makes up as much as seventy percent of the targeted Tutsi people and about twenty percent of the entire population of the country (1).…