INTRODUCTION Within the borders of most of states there exist numerous ethnic‚ national‚ racial‚ linguistic or cultural groups. In other words‚ the majority of states are composed of more than one ethnic group. Sometimes these groups are not accepted as full members of this state or the nation‚ which it purports to be or presented‚ or who actually excluded from it. In such circumstance number of ethnic groups demands more rights and recognition that leads in many cases to ethnic conflict If not
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death of the majority of the Tutsi people‚ the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal‚ and the spread of HIV in Rwanda and the surrounding area. The racial tensions that fueled the mass killing of the Tutsi people began long before April 1994. The majority Hutu and minority Tutsi and Twa people of Rwanda lived in relative peace until their country came under Belgian rule in 1916. In an effort to retaliate
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in terms of genocide‚ you put them into specific distinguishable groups. Both the Rwandan Genocide and the Holocaust included this step in their genocides. Jews and Germans were known and people could identify themselves in their countries as Hutus and Tutsis are in Rwanda. Though the way they were classified was not the same. “The Jews‚ according to Hitler‚ were the racial opposite[of the Germans]‚ and were actively engaged in an international conspiracy to keep this master race from assuming its
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the population of the Rwanda was overtaken by Hutus; about 85% and 14% of Tutsi‚ A number of Hutus believed they were the superior race over the Tutsi. The Hutus considered the Tutsi as “inhuman” and wanted to get rid of number of Tutsis (Genocide in Rwanda. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5‚ 2015.) Paul Rwanda took over 1268 Tutsi refugees over the three month period of the civil war. But along with the number of refugees he did protect over one million Tutsis and rebels
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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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supplied the Hutus with machetes and how much did they cost? They came from China‚ each one cost ten cents. 3. Describe the guests at Paul’s Hotel. The most part was rich people from other countries. 4. What does Paul tell his wife when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested Victor (the neighbor)? He told that someone who didn’t liked him must denounced him as a rebel spy. 5. What does the Rwandan journalist tell Jack (the American reporter) is the difference between the Hutus and Tutsis? That the
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Genocide in 1994 is known as one of the worst genocides since the Holocaust. The very name is sketched into our histories consciousness as a place of evil and unimaginable pain. Between April and mid-July 1994‚ between 800‚000 and 1‚000‚000 Tutsi civilians and moderate Hutus were brutally slaughtered in a genocidal
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nation. Rwanda is a country that consists of 85% of Hutus‚ 14% of Tutsis‚ and 1% of Twa. Both Germany‚ and Belgium took over the control of Rwanda in 1916; however‚ Belgium‚ exclusively‚ is responsible for such an echo of tragedy. Belgium‚ as it is mentioned‚ conquered over Rwanda in 1916 and started giving privileges to Tutsis only since Tutsis had a better ethnic features: a whiter skin color‚ longer nose‚ and many others. The privileges only for Tutsis included a high-quality-education‚ military supports
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promised to do all they could to prevent future genocides. However this was a promise they were unable to keep. In 1994 when Rwanda went through genocide the United States and U.N were absent‚ leaving the Tutsis to be brutally murdered by the Hutus. As a consequence 800‚000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed and dumped into mass graves. Once again the United States and U.N promised to do more‚ but this time it was too late. Before the genocide‚ Rwanda existed as a country the size of Vermont with
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again let anything like this happen.” In the spring of 1994‚ all hell broke loose as one million people died in the Rwandan Genocide. What happened to the promise to never let another genocide occur again Racism‚ competition of land between Hutu and Tutsi‚ and denying the situation in Rwanda as genocide‚ the killings occurred and continued for 100 long days. However‚ that all happened because of European colonization in Africa. Doc 1‚ by Gerard Prunier‚ states how the Belgians divided Rwanda people
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