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la liberation du Congo-Zaire (ADFL) to power. During the First Congo War, an alliance between Rwanda and Uganda helped to overthrow Joseph Desire- Mobutu, the dictator of Zaire, now known as The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both the conflict in Rwanda in 1994 and in Burundi in 1993, coupled with the First Congo War, led up to the current conflict. Involved in the conflict are the states of Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Namibia, Chad, Burundi, The Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Congo. Historical Background:

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

forces with the support of Uganda under Laurent Kabila and the Democratic Forces for Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) loyal forces to the Mobutu regime. The second war was termed the “African First World War” by Alan Doss, a United Nations Special Representative for the Secretary General in 2009 (Doss,2009). It directly involved five other African countries, namely Namibia, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe and Rwanda, as well as DRC government forces and approximately

Rwanda, the landlocked “land of a thousand hills” is one of Africa’s smallest countries. Rwanda is situated in the Central African Great Lakes Region, close to the equator. It is not a large country; it is around 10% smaller than Belgium. Rwanda is a lush country, covered in numerous hills. It is quite fertile by African standards, and there are many swamps, lakes, and rivers. Centuries ago three people settled in the area that comprises present day Rwanda and Burundi: the baTwa in the 6th century

legitimate military presence in the DRC. They can do so by joint military exercises meant to build military capacity and strengthen the DRC government’s ability to deal with threats from armed groups within the country and abroad (namely, threats from Rwanda and Uganda). Finally, we should coordinate with the African Development

wash and prepare their coffee cherries to specifications in a timely manner. Buyers paid US$0.33 per kilogram, a price that kept the farmers poor.[3] In 1999, 220 coffee growers formed an association in the Maraba district (part of the former Butare Province) to tackle this problem. Many of these farmers had lost family members during the 1994 genocide, while others had husbands in prison, accused of participating in the killings and due to face trial in the traditional gacaca courts.[4] They named the

Iweriebor]. From this, Rwanda arose as an entity, as part of German East Africa, after the League of Nations mandate of Belgium following World War I. Rwanda is located inland on the African continent, just below the equator, and surrounded by Congo, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda (as seen in the map on page 3). Roughly 85% of Rwanda’s population consists of Hutus and the remaining 15% Tutsi, with a small population of Twa, a Pygmy group who were the original inhabitants of Rwanda [The Rwandan Genocide

nightmare. The eastern provinces of the Congo see violence every day. Women are getting raped at alarming rates. Children are constantly abused and forced to become child soldiers. There are no sources of medicine or even clean water. Anyone can get murdered at any time, and no one is even safe in their own homes. According to ICRtoP, the Democratic Republic of Congo is reported to be the “rape capital of the world” with an estimated 15,000 rape cases in the Congo’s eastern provinces alone. Rape is a tool

Essay Historical Globalization In the period of historical globalization, a lot of horrible events had happen and many people have suffered, also lost what they had such as land, culture, languages, family, freedom, and dignity. Like the Rwanda incidents, Apartheid Law in South Africa and the incidents in Residential Schools in Canada. Although those things had happened, they still survive and right now is rebuilding and moving forward to not let it happen again with the little help of NGOs

History Assignment Tim Human 24 October Rwanda Genocide Introduction: For my research task on the Rwandan Genocide I will be discussing the causes and effects of the Rwandan Genocide and I will be stating the events prior to the genocide. My research will be focused on three main questions, what caused the Genocide?What were the events prior to the Genocide? And what effects did the Genocide have on the countries involved?I will be talking about belgium and their colonialism as well as the Tutsis