Serbian children while attempting to annihilate the entire Bosnian male population. The Rwandan genocide also used rape as a weapon of war. From April to July in 1994‚ 250‚000 to 500‚000 Rwandan women were raped (Brouwer‚ 1998). The conflict in Rwanda was between two ethnic groups‚ the Hutu and the Tutsi‚ who had historically been pitted against each other by their European colonizers. In 1994‚ the Hutu president was assassinated and the Tutsis were promptly blamed‚ beginning 100 days of slaughter
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3. Where: Where is the volcano located? It is located inside Virunga National Park‚ . 4. in the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ about 20 km north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda. 5. Where did the people move for safety? Rwanda‚ fled from the city 6. When: When did it erupt? 18th of January 2002 at approximately 9.30 am 7. Why: Why did it erupt? Tectonic plate’s movement made ground to fracture and make lava flow from ground fissures out of
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Mental Health in East Africa I was born and raised in a city of Kigali in Rwanda. Growing up in a war torn country was awful. However‚ it gave me opportunities to move around East Africa. This allowed me to live in 3 different countries excluding the U.S.‚ to speak 5 languages and to learn a lot about different cultures in the East African region. When I came to the U.S‚ a lot changed and one of many things I could not understand was why there are so many mental health disorders. Before I came
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addition‚ Wiesel is trying to convey the fact that no matter how much power one has‚ one must be the greatest change‚ when facing an evil such as the violation of human rights. On a similar note‚ in the movie Hotel Rwanda‚ Paul Rusesabagina delivered a speech to the refugees of Rwanda
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while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize of 1986‚ it could cause a reaction; in this case any reaction could occur depending on a person’s morals‚ ethics and even values. But‚ what does this quote really mean? Does it define the horrific situations that Rwanda‚ the Nazi’s‚ or Syria went through or is it a lesson that needs to be taught worldwide? In my opinion it’s a lesson that needs to be taught and focused on throughout the world to decrease the severity of all the horrific problems that are still occurring
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Humanitarian Intervention has gained much attention in International relations‚ in protecting civilians from the atrocities committed by governments of states has resulted in further problems. Humanitarian intervention has seen the worlds most powerful intervene and engage in military action in conflicts‚ which states justify and legitimize as a humanitarian cause. One of the main reoccurring problems of Humanitarian intervention is the question of what motivates states to go to war‚ is to act as
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charge of the peacekeeping side of the United Nations. The Security Council contained 15 countries in 1995. The countries were Argentina‚ Botswana‚ China‚ Czech Republic‚ France‚ Germany‚ Honduras‚ Indonesia‚ Italy‚ Nigeria‚ Oman‚ Russian Federation‚ Rwanda‚ UK and the U.S. China‚ France‚ UK‚ U.S and Russia are all permanent heads of the council. There are over 50 countries now listed in the Security Council. 5. The UN can be so ineffective because they do not have the power they would like to have
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filmmaker‚ George Gittoes is an eyewitness to the worlds contact zones. Visiting the battle and killing fields of Rwanda‚ Iraq‚ Bosnia‚ Afghanistan- Gittoes produces poignant‚ rare images of the aftermath of terror‚ shock and death on the edge of human experience. His painting ’The Preacher’‚ winner of the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 1995‚ was completed following his visit to Rwanda in 1995 with the Australian peacekeeping forces. In his own words: “The Preacher is probably the most famous painting
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In his essay‚ Deaton claims that sending money to save lives doesn’t have the impact that effective altruists believe and can even cause harm to those they are trying to help. He argues that if we truly want to help the most people‚ we should solve the larger issues that are behind the poverty and lack of healthcare that effective altruists commonly target with their donations. While it is true that only sending money to charities won’t necessarily solve all of the problems in poor countries‚ Deaton
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