Rwandan Civil War

In Rwanda, nationalism has not always been a very present factor. It is only in recent years that there has been an increase in the nationalism of the country. After the 1994 genocide, the Rwandans wanted nothing more than to put the past behind them and to become a unified country once again. This is what has caused a rise in nationalism. The rise in nationalism in Rwanda was caused mainly by the end of the genocide, and also by the unification of Rwanda by the new government. Nationalism…

Purushoth Theivendirarajah Canada’s role in the Rwandan Genocide December 14, 2014 “I was on the ground, I was in command, I had been given the mission, and I took the decision.” (Roméo Dallaire, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda). During April 6, 1994 to mid-July 1994, Rwanda was in a civil war and a genocide was going on at the same time. It was between the two tribes, Tutsi and Hutu. This event started when the plane carrying President Juvenal Habyarimna of…

The Rwandan and Cambodian genocides may have been very different but they still shared many similarities. The first notable similarity is the final number of deaths. In Rwanda there was over one million dead after a three month genocide ("Rwanda Civil War”). In Cambodia it has been estimated that anywhere between one and a half and three million people were killed during the four year period (“Cambodian Genocide”). Also both genocides were products of the government. In the case of Cambodia, the…

phenomena; yet, this is not the case. Gregory Stanton (2013) estimated that since the foundation of genocide watch started there has been around 70 million deaths across 45 genocides (Stokes and Gabriel, 2010). One of the most well-known being the Rwandan genocide. The nature of the Hutu and Tutsi’s historical pastoral or agricultural roles, suggest that the Tutsis were more commonly found to be landowners. Whereas, Hutus worked on the land, normally crop growers. From this division of Labour…

After Rwanda had independence the government had a struggle on the people in Rwanda. The Tutsis who felt like trouble was coming fled to Uganda or other neighboring countries to hide. There they formed the RPF or the Rwandan Patriotic Front. This was a small militia of Tutsis who wanted to go home and take control of Rwanda. Even with the hostility of the Hutus and the Tutsis had, the president Habyarimana began bringing peace but not harmony. In 1990, the RPF decided…

people and the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation, and it follows the 8 stages of genocide. However the events in Rwanda could be considered as a civil war because it fits with the definition of civil war, which is a war between…

dependent on their exports to the Western powers, such as the United States, however, the West was not dependent on Rwanda, due to the fact that other countries exported the same products, such as Columbia, Brazil, and other African countries. Native Rwandans had been segregated into three racial classifications by the Germans and Belgians: Tutsi, Hutu, and Twa. The high ranking officials had been part of the Tutsis and the Tutsis occupied the better parts of society. However, the Hutus did not…

Due to an influx of rebels and militias there has been an ongoing civil war, lasting decades. War and illegally mined goods has been disadvantageous to the living conditions of the Congolese people and to the Congo’s environment. Mountain gorillas have been poached, hunted, and killed as a warning; furthermore, they have lost much of their habitat due to the harsh conditions the Congolese people have put them through, such as war and illegal mining. The protection of Mountain Gorillas…

Every human has civil rights, political rights, and social rights. These human rights were establish by nature and clarified by the philosopher John Locke. He wrote up a social contract that established the authority of state over the individual that make up the state. Mr. Locke claims that individuals have consented, to submit some freedoms and surrender to the government or the law of the land. These concessions are made in good faith that the state or nation can protect civil, political, and…

The doctrine of the “Responsibility to Protect” was formed to replace previous methods of combating humanitarian crises, as these have demonstrated to be ineffective. The Rwandan genocide was one of the most tragic humanitarian crisis in recent history. These atrocities occurred largely due to the International community’s poor response as when the crisis was occurring, most of the world turned away during the genocide, hoping…