rwanda

Provides general information on Rwanda including its physical landscapes, people, culture, and history. Discusses the impact genocide has had on Rwanda and explores what life is like today for Rwandans.

During a one-hundred-day period in 1994 Hutu extremists murdered over a half million Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda using unspeakable methods. Little or nothing was done by the international community to stop the genocide.

Romeo Dallaire was the force commander of the UN Assistance Mission to Rwanda in 1993-1994. His small peacekeeping force found themselves abandoned by the world's major powers and caught up in civil war and genocide. He and his forces managed to rescue thousands but his calls for support went unanswered and he still witnessed the murder of 800,000 Rwandans in one hundred days. He is the highest ranking military officer ever to suffer openly with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He is currently a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Contains a full narrative account of the events surrounding the mass killing of one million people in Rwanda in 1994.

Provides information about the history, geography and natural resources, government, economy, people, culture, and cities of Rwanda, a country located in central Africa, and includes a calendar of festivals, recipes, and other reference materials.

An overview of the history, geography, economy, government, people, and culture of the African nation of Rwanda.

Describes the geography, history, government, economy, environment, society, lifestyle, religion, languages, arts, leisure, festivals, and foods of Rwanda, and includes a color map, fact files, recipes, a time line, a glossary, and a list of further resources.