Rwanda guide
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The genocide in Rwanda in 1994 shook the complacency of UN agencies and the international community to the extent that lessons learned shadow every move in the current crisis in Sudan. As Rwanda itself and its people undergo much-needed reconciliation and recovery in the aftermath of the genocide, development efforts are marred by corruption, mismanagement of government funds and rampant spread of HIV/AIDS
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OneWorld partner Oxfam provides basic information and facts about the events in Rwanda in 1994, their causes, and what is happening today.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain
Related topics/regions: [Rwanda] [Conflict]
Image: Council meeting in Ruhengeri province © Oxfam GB / Oxfam Great Britain
OneWorld partner Oxfam provides basic information and facts about the events in Rwanda in 1994, their causes, and what is happening today.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain
Related topics/regions: [Rwanda] [Conflict]
Image: Council meeting in Ruhengeri province © Oxfam GB / Oxfam Great Britain
The Rwanda genocide, ten years ago, broke down the country including its economy. The current government is now trying to revamp the economy.
more...From: allAfrica.com
Related topics/regions: [Rwanda] [Kenya] [East Africa] [Africa] [Economy] [Corporations] [Trade]
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From: Academy for Educational Development
Related topics/regions: [Rwanda] [International cooperation] [Civil rights]
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is set to close in 2010 but more than half its cases have yet to go to trial. There is a funding shortfall for the tribunal and a lack of international cooperation in the investigations.
more...From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related topics/regions: [Rwanda] [Conflict] [United Nations]
One of the legacies of the Rwandan Genocide has been documented in a forthcoming report by Africa Rights, a human rights organization. The report focuses on the cases of nearly 200 Rwandan women infected by HIV as a result of being raped in the period of genocide.
more...From: International Planned Parenthood Federation
Related topics/regions: [Rwanda] [Aid] [Social exclusion] [Gender] [War and peace]
The UN estimates that between 250,000 and 500,000 rapes were committed in 1994 during the Rwanda genocide. Of the women who survived these attacks 70% are estimated to have been infected with HIV. Most reportedly still suffer from severe trauma and have little hope of receiving adequate medical care or compensation.
more...From: Amnesty International UK
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Rwanda] [AIDS] [Gender] [Justice and crime] [Conflict]
The force that once saved Rwanda has resorted to abuses of its own while the rest of the world looks away again. In taking action against the League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights (Liprodhor), the Rwandan Patriotic Front is suppressing the work of individuals fighting to protect human rights.
From: The Observer
more...From: The Observer
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