Conflict In West African American Countries

The key obstacle to OBOR in Africa is the state of constant warfare experienced throughout the continent. For as far as can be remembered, war and conflicts have burdened Africa's development. The five types of conflicts that have afflicted Africa include anti-colonial, imperial, international, inter-state and intra-state conflicts. Up to today, many countries in Africa have experienced/are experiencing wars of "regime change" with the Democratic Republic of Congo being a perfect case study, as well as the "War of Devolution" of Greater Sudan that led to the North and South divide. As time passed, South Sudan has also started experiencing its own internal war in what was called "inter-communal insurrection". In addition, African states such

After the atrocities of the Rwandan Genocide and the lack on international intervention, Rwandan was forced to rebuild itself from scratch. Rwanda is a small country located in central Africa. Its population is divided between two ethnic groups: the hutus and the tutsis. The roots of the Rwandan genocide date back to 1924 when Belgium first took over Rwanda, formally a part of Tanzania. The Belgians viewed Tutsi superior to the hutus. Many referred to this as Hamitic hypothesis. It was motivated mainly by the fact that Tutsi were taller and thinner than hutus. This lead to a major boost in Tutsi egos and mistreatment of the Hutus for decades. This angered the Hutus leading to a major conflict between the two ethnic groups.

Rwanda is a country located in Central Eastern Africa, with an extensive history of colonization, after Belgium attained control in 1924. Belgium’s rule however also marked the beginning of a lengthy ethnic rivalry between the Hutu and the Tutsi people. Belgium favored the Tutsi the minority at 14 percent of the population over the Hutu, the majority at 85 percent, simply because the Tutsis were more resembling of the Europeans. “Colonial policy helped to intensify bipolar differentiation between Tutsi and Hutu, by inscribing “ethnic” identification on identity cards, by relegating the vast majority of Hutu to particularly onerous forms of forced cultivation and corvee, and by actively favoring Tutsi in access to administrative posts, education, and jobs in the modern sector,” (Newbury, 12). Belgium’s control fueled the Hutu’s resentment towards the Tutsis because the Tutsis received superior treatment for decades. Thus, when Rwanda finally acquired independence in 1962, the Hutus fought for control over the government, highlighting the first warning sign of the genocide to come. Many Tutsis were killed afterwards, while many others fled to neighboring countries to escape the violence.

Rwanda is a country located in the middle of the African continent. The two ethnic groups present in the country lived in peace under their monarch until the arrival of Europeans. The Belgians arrival into Rwandan is what split the two ethnic groups of the Tutsi and Hutus, making them identify themselves with ID cards. This caused tension between the two groups as the Belgians favored the ethnic Tutsi, and made them the head of the government. Decade’s later Hutu extremists would take over the government and have revenge on the Tutsi. The new government would send out broadcasts calling on Hutus to kill their friends and neighbors. The Rwandan genocide would become the worst genocide to ever happen in Africa and one of the worst in the world. Today Rwanda’s recovery is surprisingly fast with the help of multiple nations and organizations. Rwanda’s recovery is nothing short of a miracle and is an amazing story of a war between two peoples.

Hey Terrian, very Insightful post you brought up some great issues in regards to African America families and conflict resolution. As a black man I understand all too well the issues in the African American family structure. I definitely agree that there’s certain things that you can’t get away with in a black household that you could get away with in a white household. For me growing up any disrespect towards my mother or grandmother resulted in getting hit either with shoes, extension cords, belts or anything either one of them could find, and it taught me respect. I do think it’s somewhat of a problem that black mothers teach their daughters to be overly independent and not depend on a man I watched my mother do it with my sisters and neither

Rwanda was a small country in Africa that had two ethncitys occupying it. The superior ethncity. The Tutsi mistreated the Hutu. When the Hutu were repersented with the chance to retaliate they took it. For a while the Hutu and the Tutsi lived as equals, and lived peacfully. Until power fell into

Two of those are the Tutsis and the Hutus. The Hutus have a much bigger population than the Tutsis. There had been ongoing conflict for a while between the Hutu-led government and the RPF which was largely composed of Tutsi refugees that work to save the Tutsis that currently live in Rwanda. When the plane crashed with the president in it, the genocide began. The Hutus “motivation” was that the Tutsis caused the plane crash although there is evidence out there that it was really the Hutus who did it. They would then blame the Tutsis for the incident which they presumably thought would give them a reasonable excuse to kill off their nation’s

It is an area that we haven’t traditionally taken part in. Not only is the geo-political canvas constantly changing, the language barrier will prove to be a difficult one to overcome. Along the western coast of Africa the lines that define countries are fluid at best. Land is claimed by the warlord or tribe that can hold it and factions within the countries are fighting daily for control. Rebellion is a daily occurrence and with it brings a multitude of ethnic complexities. With the proliferation of technology we may very well see the region turned into a religious or extremist playground with the heads of those organizations hundreds of miles away controlling the fighting on the ground like a puppeteer with puppets, all in the name of a movement or ideology. As fighting continues crime and war “ become indistinguishable, with “national defense” viewed as a local concept”3. Fighting will become a matter of survival as nations and states lose the ability to protect its citizens and survival becomes

In 1994, a brutal battle of discrimination and hatred erupted. In the central African country of Rwanda, a long brewing tension broke out in a battle between the Tutsi and Hutu. Lasting approximately 100 days, the conflict forever changed the lives of 40% of the Rwandan population. About 800,000 Tutsi were killed and many refugees fled the country ( “Rwandan Genocide”). It was a grueling fight, based on land and power, that all started with a lopsided hierarchy created by the Belgians that loomed over the heads of the Rwandan people. Belgium’s colonization of Rwanda, served as a catalyst to the genocide between the Tutsi and Hutu by creating the unjust differences and unequal rights between

What happen in Rwanda happen about a decade ago in 1994.Rwanda’s president at the time was assonated forming a power struggle between two ethnic groups at the time. The Hutu and Tutsi went at it with each other for about one hundred days. Keep in mind that these two groups lived in the same part of Africa and have the same skin color, but they had different views and different ways of living. They disliked each other because they lived different lives. The concept of Power differentials comes into play here also. Because these two groups, “neighbors” killed each other over power and control. Removing Agency, also comes into play here. Because I believe that this people participated in these violent acts, because they feel like they need to. It all about survival and they feel as though they have no choice, it’s the kill or be killed concept. I noticed that all nine concepts can easily apply to any one situation. It was interesting to learn the concepts and apply them to everyday situations. It helps you better understand in a way the actions of other, in certain

Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders;

Rwanda is a small country located in central Africa. It borders with Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. One of the most terrible “ethnic conflicts” occurred here in 1994, two tribes fought each other within the same territory, the rest of the world bizarrely ignored this event and thousands of people were killed. The event lasted 100 days and almost 1 million people died, even though the Rwanda government asked other countries for military

Beginning April of 2004, the Rwandan Hutu started mass murders of Tutsi. This genocide is believed to have spawned from the civil war that was taking place at that time. This civil war was based on issues over power and resentment between the Tutsi and the Hutu. (Rwanda, 2008) Eventually the war escalated to the point where the Hutu began genocide of the Tutsi and anybody who opposed the ideas of the Hutu. The killing of the Tutsis became so common—in a very short amount of time—that it was practically acceptable amongst the Rwandans. (Hintjens, 1999) This was a very brutal and gruesome genocide. In just five weeks, approximately half a million Tutsi and innocent civilians had been murdered. (Hintjens, 1999) This is an astounding number of people, especially because the Hutu murdered the Tutsi at knife point—usually with a machete. (Snow, 2008)

A number of incomplete explanations that attempt to account for the involvement have been posited, normally detailing purely political and demographic trends, and solely considering sociocultural features of Rwandan society. A common thread among political commenters is the role of the Rwandan elite in the fomentation of violence, emphasizing their struggles to stay in power. Whether this includes analyses detailing the effects of the economic crisis in the late 1980s, the Rwandan Civil War, or the internationally mediated peace negotiations, it normally implicates the political elite, those people being the Akazu, a small group of people around Habyarimana (Uvin). Scholars here attempt to look at the political consequences of events such as the RPF invasion and economic events such as the adjustments based on the fall in coffee prices, and connect them with the Akazu. These analyses are distinctly flawed in that they are not able to examine underlying social processes. They simply look at an exclusive group of people, who do happen to be extremely important, without fully understanding the entire picture. This occurs because it is simpler to pinpoint individuals rather than persistent social processes. With crimes that elicit such an emotional response, it is natural to spontaneously find a person or group to blame. Other explanations cite resource scarcity coupled with the country’s high population density and growth rate. Some parties dogmatically claim, through

Genocide is defined by the United Nations as "...acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group..." (UN, 1) While there are many sovereign nations engaged in international politics, only a few engaged (or disengaged) in African politics during the Cold War era. Through realism and liberalism the actions of global leaders and members of the United Nations will be explained and their actions defined that led to the crisis of Central Africa from 1960 through 1994 and ending in Rwanda. These global state actors have an obligation to protect human rights throughout the world, but in 1994 allowed 800,000 ethnic Tutsi to be brutally murdered in their homes and in the streets of a place that once used to be safe. This all occurred because a global power struggle was top priority.