Rwandan Patriotic Front

In the case of the Rwandan genocide, many reporters did not know whether they should classify the killings as a civil war or something more than that. In her essay, Anne Chaon says, “Using the word genocide would have necessitated action, under the genocide convention (UN 1951)…

Boko Haram On January 20th, Boko Haram walked into a Nigerian Village, raiding, and eventually burning it to the ground. The attack was recorded to have taken 65 lives, but the people of Dalori Nigeria, reported as many as 100 casualties, and abducted many more. Boko Haram is a radical Islamic group. Boko Haram is a terrorist origination operating primarily in Nigeria. Founded in 2002 by Muhammad Yusuf, the organizations reasoning for the attacks are the historical imbalance between the north…

iDebate Rwanda Reflection Paper I had heard and written about the events of the Rwandan Genocide prior to when iDebate Rwanda came to our class, and thus was well aware of the struggles during and after the genocide. Knowing about this massacre, it is amazing to see that the younger generation is finding a way to heal and grow through debate. The genocide itself was truly horrific, and around 800,000 people were killed in the short span of 100 days, mostly being Tutsi and Tutsi sympathizers who…

Today’s Genocide But For How Long? Imagine your life being changed forever. Six million people lives have been changed over the past decade and a half in Sudan. The Darfur genocide is murdering of men,women, and children. There is war and a genocide going on in the 21st century and not enough people know about who's doing, it what's being done to those people, and how long it's been going on. In spite of,years of war going on in Sudan, conflicts are only getting worse. In 1973 and again in 1983…

in the prison. Although the world stood up to end the conflict of the Rwandan Genocide, it was not a fair resolution because the only people who were being punished are the Hutus which did played a big rule of genocide, but if the Belgians and the Tutsi could split their land and benefits to make sure that the Hutus were able to feed themselves and gain some profit, then the genocide might not happen.…

Genocides have been studied throughout history as deliberately killing a group of people based on their racial identities. The question that arises is why do people commit such crimes against innocent people based on their race or religion? The two international relation theories that relate to atrocities such as genocides is realism and constructivism. Although, genocides can describe the social construct of how idea has shifted over time, the realist perspective best explains the decision…

multipartyism war. In the chart, only the assassination of the president is written, the reality is that there were other political leaders that were assassinated as well. Straus also titles the assassination as SHOCK. This is because of the shock the Rwandan population faced after the assassination of their leader. Following these two factors are the hardliners response and the space of opportunity. Because of the assassinations, the population was filled with uncertainty, anxiety and…

Rwanda genocide and the spread of HIV/AIDS. During the Rwandan genocide many people were killed, including family members leaving the children without any parents. With the spread of HIV/AIDS, family members also died from it, so the children in Rwanda became orphans. Some orphans are placed in extended families or fostering households. If they did not have anyone, then they were placed in the orphanages. Being an orphan in Rwanda came from the Rwandan genocide and the spread of HIV/AIDS, and…

Genocide and cross-cultural conflicts affect everyone in the world whether directly or not, both Misha Glenny and Samantha Power write about these affects in their books. Though both of these authors write on the similar topic but on very different trains of thought. Glenny focuses on independence movements and how the side which is fighting for independence is always more righteous and right where as Powers focuses more on Political/economical gains and loses then that of right and wrong. In…

The Srebrenica Genoside was the final stafe of the Bosnian Genoside. Genral Ratko Mladic lead the Serb troops into the town of Srebenica, this was the lase Safe Spot. The compound was protected by 450 Dutch peacekeepers and soldures. The compound fell into the hands of the Serb forces in one day, because the peacekeepers them selves said thet they were so unprepaired and unfuncuctional that they could bearly call themselves and army. When the Serb forces entered they expelled or forced to leave…