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Genocides happen when ethnic divisions become apparent. Many times, these ethnic divisions were due to colonization from people of different race. These cases are especially true in Africa when Europeans colonized their territory, with clear racial divisions between them (Gavin). These genocides go on because of nations acting on ignorance and refusing to help out the nations in turmoil, allowing the genocides to continue, without wasting their own resources. These nations purposefully ignoring the slaughter of people cause the nations to also be guilty of the genocide underway (“The Heart”). The genocide occurred in Rwanda in Central Africa during 1994. The decades of Tutsi oppression of Hutus and the assassination of President Habyarimana in 1994 led to the genocide in Rwanda.

The UN had failed to resolve conflict in Rwanda there is still some little minor conflict going on in Rwanda this day. The UN had put up some camps for the tutsis and helped alittle for people to seek shelter and safety. The hutus knew that the UN could not do anything physical because they are primarily peacekeepers and trying to resolve the problem so the hutus was still killing everyone so nothing was resolved.

This investigation studies two of the causes of the 1994 genocide of Rwanda. The two causes are examined in order to see to what extent each contributed to the genocide. The social and ethnic conflicts between two Rwandan groups called the Hutus and the Tutsis caused violent disputes and riots. The assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana is often thought of as the event that sparked the mass murders. Did the assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana influence the Rwandan genocide of 1994 more than the ongoing social and ethnic conflicts?

The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass slaughter in Rwanda of the ethnic Tutsi and Hutu peoples. The Rwandan Genocide left 70% of total ethnic Tutsi dead and a total of 20% of the entire country 's population dead. Today, more than twenty years later, Rwanda is a growing society with an ever expanding skyline.

In 1994, genocide unfolded in Rwanda claiming the lives of more than 700,000 Tutsi massacred at the hands of Hutu extremist, while the entire world stood by and watched. Some would argue this event was a result of civil unrest between the Tutsi and Hutu stemming from ancient

The Suez Crisis was an incident that first commenced on the 29th of October, 1956, in which Israeli military forces entered the Sinai Peninsular and attacked Egyptian positions, driving them back. By the next day, Israeli forces had reached the Suez Canal, after taking a majority of the Sinai Peninsular. (Best, Hanhimaki, Maiolo & Schulze, 2008, p.432). Britain and France then both issued an ultimatum, for both Israeli and Egyptian forces to withdraw from the Suez Canal, citing its safety from the violence of war as extremely important. After Gamal Abder Nasser, Egypt’s President at the time, rejected the ultimatum, on the 30th

In October, 1956 Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal, causing the Suez Crisis. They were then joined by French and British forces, creating a serious Cold War problem in the Middle East. Egypt was supported by Soviet arms and money, and also furious with the United States for reneging on a promise to provide funds for a promise construction of the Aswan Dam on the Nile River, Nasser ordered the Suez Canal seized and nationalized, forbidding passage of British and French goods. On October 14, Nasser said “ I am not solely fighting against Israel itself. My task is to deliver the Arab world from destruction through Israel’s intrigue, which has its roots abroad. Our hatred is very strong. There is no sense in

In July 1956, international tensions expanded control of the Suez canal, a 193 km-long man-made waterway in Egypt, where is the strategic importance of tense world politics, connecting the Middle East to Europe and having a significant effect for the trade between Europe and Eastern countries.By 1956, Pearson became a federal cabinet minister to solve many international affairs. Everything was smoothly running until Egypt nationalized Suez Canal and the crisis reached boiling point. Britain and

     Once the Cold War started, the United Nations had its hands full. The Soviet Union created the Cominform in order to get

The Suez Crisis of 1956 was a military and political confrontation in Egypt that involved France, Britain, and Israel. This began when Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt’s president at the time, nationalized the Suez Canal, which was previously controlled by the French and British. Nasser took control of the canal after the United States and Britain withdrew their funds to help Nasser build the Aswan High Dam. The Americans and the British decided not to finance the Dam after inquiring knowledge of Egypt’s military and political ties to the Soviet Union. Once the canal was seized, the British and French feared that Nasser would stop shipping petroleum to them- which would have been detrimental to their economies.

The Suez Crisis began on October 29,1956 when Egypt was invaded by 10 Israeli brigades, British and French troops followed two days later. The invasion was the result of Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalising the Suez Canal Company, Britain and France were concerned about their influence over the flow of oil into Europe. In response to the nationalisation of the Suez Canal, English Prime Minister Anthony Eden, secretly formulated a plan with his allies France and Israel in which they’d retake the canal from Nasser, reinstating British and French authority over the flow of oil from the Middle East while allowing the newly created Israel passage through the canal which Egypt had blocked.

The Suez Crisis was a military and political conflict in Egypt. Directly linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, the Suez Canal was constructed by Egyptian workers under the French and British-owned Suez Canal Company. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser seized the canal and the rationale for nationalizing the canal was to use the shipping tolls to finance the construction of the Aswan Dam. Since, the canal was a vital route for oil travelling to Britain, the move worried western governments because if Egypt blocked the flow of oil, British economy would suffer. As a result of diplomacy failing to produce a solution, without informing the NATO allies, France, Britain and Israel secretly plotted to attack. Canada’s secretary of state for external affairs (foreign minister), Lester B. Pearson, created a peaceful solution, but even though the votes were for the solution, British and French paratroops ignored the vote. The Suez Crisis relates to the themes of peacekeeping and international relations.

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)

In 1956, Gemal Abdul Nassir announced that he wanted the nationalization of the Suez Canal. This canal has been operated by Britain and France since the 18th century and due to this, tensions rose between Egypt, Britain and France. Israel regarded Gemal Abdul Nassir as a threat to its national security and due to this it was easy for Britain and France to convince Israel in the invasion of Egypt and the overthrowing of its president. Israel invaded Sinai Peninsula, Britain and France landed their troops later on the pretence of separating the fighting parties. This was the start of the Suez crisis. The USA condemned their actions and forced the three parties to withdraw and this made it possible

The Suez war began in 1956 when the President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. Due to the canal’s great importance to the British and they colluded with Israel and France to regain control of the canal. The Suez Canal was especially important to the British because it connected the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean through the Red Sea. (Milner) This strategic location allowed them to trade and move across the world giving them control of their colonies. However, on July 26, 1956 President Nasser decided to nationalize the Suez Canal due to his anger at the British for withdrawing their loan offer to Egypt. (Milner) Consequently, the nationalization of the canal was a strategic move to lessen the British’s economic and political control of Egypt, which had lasted since 1882. Many Egyptians were unhappy with British’s occupation of their country so Nasser’s policies were popular in the Middle East. This was because the “expression of national