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Articles on Rwanda genocide
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Many believe that the international community could have acted earlier, to prevent the genocide before it started.
Rwanda is touted as one of the leading nations when it comes to strides toward gender equality. But the role of female ‘rescuers’ in the 1994 genocide is being downplayed.
The 1994 Rwanda genocide has left lasting scars. Children born of sexual violence and mothers have shown immense strength in overcoming their histories of violence.
Important factors, such as conflict, are central to understanding a country’s degree of press freedom, development and democratisation.
Ali Hassan Mwinyi successfully drove economic and political reforms in Tanzania, all in the shadow of his predecessor, Julius Nyerere.
The birth rate was lower and the death rate markedly higher in areas outside government control in the Central African Republic.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not faced official investigation or prosecution over his role in Operation Gukurahundi – 40 years on.
The circumstances, challenges and history of Rwanda are intertwined with Paul Kagame’s own life story.
Recent studies on mass violence have turned the spotlight on the resilience of targeted individuals and communities.
With Africa’s solid support and his pro-west military and policy adventures, Kagame is able to take on critics.
The International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have tried dozens of individuals. An investigation looks at how the accused experienced these trials.
There isn’t one, clear-cut way to prevent genocide. But there are effective methods of prevention that governments can take.
Consolidating peace efforts across the vast territory has proved difficult for close to three decades. Scholars explain why.
Rwanda has rebuffed international pressure to release Paul Rusesabagina, a man made famous by Hollywood.
The US has become one of Rwanda’s staunchest defenders.
When a patriarchal society is combined with a history of colonialism, women in that country are at heightened risk of gender-based violence.
All terrorism in the region has domestic origins but is linked to regional and international events.
Domestic and geopolitical factors mean that the Ethiopian conflict has enough fuel to burn for some time.
Africa needs to embrace a new approach that focuses on what countries in an embattled region – as a ‘community’ of regional states – can do to intervene.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London
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Professeur des universités, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Children, Families and Armed Conflict, McGill University
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Researcher in conflict, peace and security, University of Nottingham
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Research Associate, International State Crime Initiative, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Associate Professor in the Department of Political Sciences and Director of the Centre for Mediation in Africa, University of Pretoria
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Assistant Professor, Journalism and Director of Graduate Studies, Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Professor of Anthropology, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor, Department of Communication and the Master of Development Practice, Regis University
