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African Genocide

African Genocide. Rwanda & Darfur. African Genocide. Genocide is not unique to Africa but is a problem that persists even to this day. Genocide is the systematic killing of a group of people based on race, religion or ethnicity.

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African Genocide

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  1. African Genocide Rwanda & Darfur

  2. African Genocide Genocide is not unique to Africa but is a problem that persists even to this day. Genocide is the systematic killing of a group of people based on race, religion or ethnicity. Africa has seen several genocides in the last 20 years in Sudan, Democratic Rep. of Congo, Somalia, Rwanda and Ethiopia.

  3. African Genocide Two of the worst were/ are in Darfur and Rwanda. Genocide in Africa has been abundant because of the hundreds of ethnic groups that live close to each other and because of the lack of strong government since the withdraw of the colonial powers.

  4. Rwanda Rwanda is a tiny African nation in the heart of the Congo in central Africa.

  5. Rwanda The Rwandan genocide started in 1994 when President Jevenal Habyarimana’s plane was shot down by most likely by a Hutu group, who then blamed the ethnic group the Tutsis.

  6. Rwanda Hutus’ vs. Tutsi’s: The Tutsi made up only about 14% of the population but were part of the ruling class when Belgium ruled the country. The Hutu were a majority but were oppressed under Belgium rule and went looking for revenge.

  7. Rwanda Most of the Tutsi’s that were killed in the Rwandan genocide were hacked to death by machetes.

  8. Rwanda When the blood shed was over, hundreds of thousands ofpeople were dead and thousands more displaced. Mass graves were discovered and the remains gathered.

  9. Rwanda Thousands of people were hacked to death and the bodies were just left behind creating mass graves.

  10. Rwanda Many men remain wanted by international authorities for the Rwandan genocide. 800,000: the number estimated to be killed by the Hutu during the genocide in Rwanda. It only lasted a few months. So many people were murdered because the government armed a militia that killed unarmed civilians.

  11. Darfur The region of Darfur is mainly the southeastern part of the nation of Sudan in central Africa.

  12. Darfur Because there has been little attention to the genocide in Darfur, actors like George Clooney use their fame to be very out spoken about stopping the genocide.

  13. Darfur Attacks by the Muslims on the Christian population of Sudan have resulted in people being shot, hacked to death and burned alive.

  14. Darfur While the people of Sudan have been attack by their own government, there are armed resistance groups trying to stop the genocide such as the N.R.F.

  15. Darfur One of the side effects of the genocide in Darfur is the mass exodus out of Sudan. Make shift towns likes these are made to house the 2 million or so refugees that have tried to flee the country.

  16. Darfur People around the world have asked whose responsibility it is to stop the genocide. A poll taken said that the U.S. & China should step in and help.

  17. Darfur The genocide in Darfur has been led by President Omar al- Bashir trying to eliminate the non Muslim population in Sudan.

  18. Darfur In 2011 South Sudan won its independence from Sudan to form its own nation. Unfortunately it has not ended the violence in the region. Today the two countries continue to fight.

  19. African Genocide So why don’t we ever hear about it?

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