Rwanda, Ten Years on: From Genocide to Dictatorship

Filip Reyntjens
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Filip Reyntjens: University of Antwerp

Chapter 1 in The Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region in Africa, 2005, pp 15-47 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the spring of 1994, a small and poor country hitherto unknown to the public at large suddenly became international front-page news. Following the shooting down of President Habyarimana’s aircraft, a low-intensity civil war that had started in 1990 and been supposedly ended by the Arusha Accord (August 1993) resumed; a genocide and large-scale massacres claimed the lives of over a million Rwandans between 7 April and the beginning of July 1994. Although the violence could be seen almost live on television, the international community did nothing to stop the carnage. The United Nations peace-keeping mission United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) was all but withdrawn and it took weeks to formally recognize the violence for what it was — genocide.

Keywords: Civil Society; Security Council; Parliamentary Election; Press Freedom; Illegal Exploitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523890_2

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