1 million Rwandan were killed‚ covering 20% of the population of Rwanda and 75% of the Tutsi population (Melvern‚ 2009). The underlying cause is the uneven allocation of power in the colony era and the Rwandan Civil War‚ between the Hutu and Tutsi in 1990. When Rwanda was still a French and Belgian colony‚ Tutsi-supremacy has been advocated by the suzerain. Thus‚ the seed of racial conflict has been sowed. Also‚ after WWII‚ Rwanda started to gain independence‚ meanwhile‚ the tension between the Tutsi
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INTRODUCTION TO LIT REVIEW This section of the study analyses literature on conflict‚ conflict system‚ and conflict management‚ mediation of internal conflicts‚ various peace process (Rwanda‚ Somalia‚ and Sudan‚ DRC‚ Uganda and Mozambique). Uganda and Mozambique will be the case studies. CONFLICT In his book‚ Stagner[1] presents conflict as a situation in which two or more parties desire goals which they perceive as being obtainable by one or the other but not both. The parties
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was shot down. Even though this was a starting point to the genocide‚ there were other factors that contributed to the Genocide. In this essay‚ I will explain why the Belgians are to blame for death of the Hutu President and causing the Genocide. Rwanda gained independence from Belgium (another group that is highly blamed for the genocide) in 1962. The Belgians left the country leaving the divide they created to suit their needs in maintaining their society well-structured and functioning the way
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events on the ground.[6] The print media in Rwanda is believed to have started hate speech against Tutsis which was later continued by radio stations. According
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of two tribes would be beyond incorrect. Hatred between the two tribes‚ the Tutsi and the Hutu‚ was present for even a century. Before Belgian colonization‚ both tribes in Rwanda lived in relative peace. There was no civil war‚ ethnic hatred‚ or genocide ever recorded before they were colonized. When the Belgians colonized Rwanda (1914-1962)‚ they created division immediately. They categorized the Rwandans into two groups - Hutu and Tutsi. They gave Tutsis identification cards as well as more political
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SPE Assignment Piyush Rathi Roll No - 131556 The videos ‘crisis in Congo’ and ‘fault lines’ have a tremendous resembelance to Colonialism. The difference being that it is much more indirect and manipulative form in which the exploiter not even takes the responsibility for exploitation. This smarter and
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dichotomy between the advantages of being Tutsi and the disadvantages of being Hutu increased enormously in the following period o this notion of ethnic differences between Hutu and Tutsi was first constructed by the Germans who originally colonized Rwanda. the Belgians further entrenched this distinction o Extremely tall and thin‚ and often displaying sharp‚ angular facial features‚ these cattle herders were obviously of a different racial stock than the local peasants o They lived side by side
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DISCRIMINATION ON ETHNIC GROUNDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Introduction Many societies all over the world have had to grapple with the problem of inter-group relations. Such concepts as apartheid‚ discrimination‚ prejudice‚ pogrom‚ ethnicity‚ hatred‚ fanaticism‚ intolerance‚ war and even terrorism are terms in common use all over the world. It is manifest that many societies tend to stratify themselves based on the strength of race or tribe. Ethnic discrimination represents one of the problems
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all of his time in those few and obtained a job for doing so. I can easily find similarities between him and the Red Cross. For instance‚ both had the bravery to enter at their own risk. The Red Cross members die and almost die because of going to Rwanda. Greg Mortenson sold everything he owned just to go over there and build a school. Similarly‚ they are both kind. Greg and the Red Cross both wanted to help their cause to help man- kind. Another example of their similarities is that they helped in
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