How has the environment of Zaire been affected by the refugees of the Rwandan genocide? The mass movement of about 2 million Rwandan refugees to Zaire occurred in 1994. The refugees moved not only to Zaire‚ but they also moved to Burundi‚ Tanzania and Uganda. Kivu‚ where the majority of the Rwandan refugees were located‚ was already the most overpopulated region in Zaire. After the refugees moved in‚ the population was estimated at 8 million‚ nearly 2 million more than the earlier population. Moreover
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my existence. On November 1999 I was born in the Mayukwayukwa camp‚ a refugee camp located in Mongu Zambia. It’s a community where refugees take shelter because their past home has been shattered. The origin of this is because of the Rwandan Genocide. The refugee
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The Holocaust‚ also known as Shoah‚ was a mass genocide in which Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany along with collaborators killed about six million Jews. “Holocaust” or the final solution is the word originated from two Greek words “holos” meaning whole and “kaustos” meaning burned or all together‚ “sacrifice by fire.” Historically‚ Holocaust signifies sacrifices offered on the altar. After 1945‚ the word modified to take horrible meaning of mass destruction and loss of life. Owing to the brutal murder
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In just three months‚ from April to July of 1994‚ more than half a million Tutsi people were murdered. Some sources say that the Rwandan genocide should be renamed “The genocide against the Tutsi” because not both groups were affected. The mass killing took place in Rwanda‚ located in Africa near the equator. It is one of the most populated countries in Africa‚ and is also one of the poorest countries in the world. The feud started because Rwanda was under the Belgian administration and the Tutsi
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In the controversial castle in Elsinore‚ Denmark a fatal duel took place in which three influential men died and the queen. It all started when the prince of Denmark‚ Hamlet‚ was challenged to fence Laertes in the banquet hall. An on looker reported that Laertes stabbed Hamlet with his sword‚ Hamlet recovered quickly and just barely hit Laertes with his own sword. After getting hit Laertes screamed out that “it is fitting that he die by his own sword’s treachery” making the police suspect him of
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happened in the small African nation of Rwanda in the spring of 1994‚ Hutu extremists spent three months killing Tutsi‚ and Hutu sympathizers. A genocide that tragically put families and neighbors against each other. A country was torn and scarred from a massive tragedy that lasted 100 days. Even though I was not personally affected by the events of the genocide‚ it still has had a defining impact on my life because six years (2010) after my trip to this tiny nation of Rwanda‚ I spent two weeks listening
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Exiting onto the unpleasant frigid city walkways of Oslo‚ Norway in the early winter morning of the Walk. The wind was blowing over the rough scene of the rural city. He is pacing down the bustling roads and pondering which foot will come next. "Left‚ Right‚ Left‚ Right‚ Right‚ Left. No‚ no‚ that can’t be correct." He murmured under his chilling breath. He slipped on the newly solidified walkways‚ he stood up and glanced around‚ feeling humiliated… he saw nobody‚ heard nothing‚ it was as peaceful
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Omnia’s faction started soon after the bombs dropped. Starting off as a small band of scavengers‚ and going onto raiders they did everything they could to get ahead of everyone else. Lot’s of the members of Omnia consisted of psychopaths‚ cannibals‚ and just consisted of horrible human beings. They were widly considered one of the baddest‚ richest‚ raider groups in the Wasteland at some point. It didn’t take long for Omnia to bathe in their riches‚ and realize the horrible things they did to get
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Civil War and Genocide in Guatemala Hundreds of families are fleeing from their small villages because an army invaded their land that was once their home. In Guatemala the rise of the civil war and postwar has caused a disruption in the nation and extreme violence. A war that has lasted about 34 years has forced entire villages to migrate and put the nation in a state of genocide. The cause of migration varies because it is believed that there were different factors that contributed to the rise
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Throughout Rwanda’s history‚ the nation has encountered many difficulties. Most of these difficulties are a result of The Rwandan Genocide of 1994. This devastating event demolished Rwanda’s economy and has left a long lasting impact on the nation. In the past few decades‚ Rwanda has managed to surpass these difficulties and is now one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. However‚ this does not mean that there are not ongoing issues within the Rwandan government and society. For instance‚
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