The failure of the West to intervene, mainly the United States, impacted the intervention of the genocide as it slowed down the process of decision making. For instance, when Belgium decided to withdraw its troops from Rwanda the U.S. was in favour of the decision and urged for a total withdrawal of UNAMIR members. (SOURCE) The decision made by the U.S to support the motions of Belgium was largely due the consequences it had suffered in the battle for Mogadishu, in 1993. The aftermath of the civil
Reaction to the Rwandan Genocide During the year of 1994, the tiny country of Rwanda saw the slaughtering of of nearly one million people in a period of one-hundred days. It was a genocide, the mass murder of African Tutsis that resided in Rwanda. The aftermath of the event left the international community feeling ashamed in their inability to intervene in the catastrophe. Even after the Genocide’s 20th anniversary people were still concerned for who was to blame.. In particular, Bernard Lévy, a
The Rwandan Genocide The Rwandan genocide was the genocide that occurred in Rwanda, 1994. From the capital Kigali, Hutu extremists killed the Tutsis starting the genocide. This soon spread to the whole country, and the Hutu government encouraged citizens to stand up and go against their Tutsi neighbors telling them that the Tutsis will kill them if they don’t kill the Tutsis first. The genocide ended when the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) took control over most of the country in July, 1994. In
the lack of or in a superficial democracy. Such difficulties include the state controls, the monopoly of ownership, laws and sometimes, an unserious reporting due to market competition or lack of professionalism. As the 4th state power, Rwanda media also has faced those challenges from its very beginning in 1962. As a result of being controlled and manipulated by the government, Rwandan media was characterized
Nowadays, in the era of the globalization process and the revolution in information and communication technologies, diplomacy has different types, approaches and practices. This paper aims to introduce the various practices of diplomacy by critical analysis of three articles, which are “Diplomacy as Negotiation and Mediation” by William Zartman, “Diplomacy and Intelligence” by Jennifer E. Sims and “The Study of International Mediation: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence” by Jacob Bercovitch