could have been the total Genocide of over 20% of the population of Rwanda. In 1990 the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)‚ a rebel group‚ made up of mostly of Tutsi refugees‚ invaded northern Rwanda from Uganda. The Rwandan Civil War‚ fought between the Hutu regime‚ and the RPF‚ with support from Uganda‚ vastly increased the ethnic tensions in the country and led
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Burundi‚ Sudan (Darfur)‚and Comoros. The African Union’s first peace keeping intervention was in Burundi. The Burundian Civil war was an armed conflict that last quite over a decade. The war was as a result of a long standing ethnic tension between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes in the country. This armed conflict was actually sparked up by the gruesome assassination
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Genocide is a powerful word. International law requires intervention if something is deemed genocide. There is no doubt that the Holocaust is the most famous and most studied case of genocide‚ although there have been numerous throughout history. One of the more recent is the Rwandan genocide‚ in which 800‚000 people were killed (United Human Rights). The two have several similarities and differences in their origins‚ exterminations and aftermath. The origin of the Holocaust can be attributed to
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It can be seen that the source that was given supports nationalism to a certain degree. They explain all of the positive things about embracing nationalism while giving only one small negative point. The positive points clearly prevail over the negative point which helps show the reader the author’s position on this issue. It can be seen that only self-determined countries are legitimate. The government that runs the nation-state‚ achieves this self-determination by gaining and keeping the support
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The Power of Film Living in a society where media permeates every realm of our lives‚ one can see the importance of film in the modern world. Often times‚ we only see films as source of entertainment‚ or an escape from reality. But sometimes‚ films can tell a story of reality in a way that makes you open your eyes to a world unbeknownst to you prior watching the film. A film can disseminate information faster and broader‚ thus‚ a wider audience is able to be educated about certain issues and
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Americans. Although this is true‚ the scramble for Africa caused wars and genocide. In a video by McCormack he states that‚ In Rwanda during 1994 there was a genocide because Belgium made the Tutsi extenders of Belgium rule and the Hutu a workforce. (McCormack‚ 2006). The Hutu did not find this fair and started killing people that were Tutsi’s. Innocent people were also being killed all because of something started by colonizing Africa. Colonizing South America may also lead to wars and genocide. In the
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Conflict is prominent in our world today and that is obvious in the small African country of Rwanda where Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups are engulfed in a bloody battle for control of their country. There are many differing ideas as to what the rest of the world‚ mostly Western countries‚ should do about the current conflict. Some would argue that the West must intervene in this African affair in order to establish peace‚ but I do not believe that an intervention would be helpful. As a Nigerian citizen
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The Greek mythology of Pandora’s box may not be well known among many‚ let alone its raison d’être. Pandora was sent to Earth by Zeus with a locked box and was ordered never to open it. It turns out that she opened the box and out flew the embodiment of worldly troubles (i.e. sickness‚ worry‚ crime‚ envy‚ etc.). Pandora became upset at the chaos she had released into the world‚ until she saw one that had remained‚ and this was Hope. This legend explains the existence of evil and more importantly
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systems‚ the development of organizations to put an end to the atrocity‚ and the occurrences have brought awareness to the harm. In Rwanda their political system was disrupted entirely through the dispute between the two of the region’s tribes‚ the Hutu and Tutsi. According
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There are two major ethnic groups in Rwanda‚ the Hutu and the Tutsi. However‚ the tension between these people has been a feature of Rwandan life for generations even though they speak the same language‚ follow the same traditions and live in the same areas. The Belgians made the Tutsi the ruling class‚ giving them the better jobs‚ housing and educational opportunities‚ as well as charging them with keeping the Hutu ‘in their place’ based on the color of their skin.The Tutsi people were slaughtered
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