In 1994, 5,000 ethnic Tutsis fled into this church in Ntarama to escape Hutu militias during the genocide in Rwanda. The militias followed, murdering men, women and children indiscriminately. Yoray Liberman/Getty Images News/Getty Images Nailing down an exact definition for "...
Rwandan Genocide:The Rwandan genocide took place over a period of 100 days during the Rwandan Civil War in the spring of 1994. Estimates vary, but approximately 800,000 Tutsi, Twa, and moderate Hutu were killed in attacks planned by the Hutu elite....
After I did that, I discovered that Riedel says that it has been working actively on reducing the environmental footprint of its packaging and replacing traditional plastics by plant-based plastics (which break down) is part of Riedel’s strategy. I also noticed that Mars has started using rec...
There was a lecture at the school of public health by a gentleman named Paul Farmer. Paul Farmer was talking about converting military bases in Rwanda to hospitals. And this was just after the genocide and the military had been implicated in that as well. So the idea of convertin...
kidnapped him as he walked home from school. After the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda, both Rwandan refugees and génocidaires (those responsible for the mass killings) had come into the DRC, causing extreme tension for the local agrarian border tribes. The First Congo War of 1996-19...
This year's event, exec produced by Beverly Kaskey, senior director of the Hsus Hollywood office, is dedicated to ending the Canadian seal hunt. The contenders in the best feature film category are the animated film "Bolt," the family movie "Marley & Me," the revenge drama "Red" and "...
to sustain their rapidly growing populations. Failing states are highly likely to experience a breakdown in law and order and the loss of personal security. The conflicts in a failing state often spread to neighbouring countries, as when the genocide in Rwanda spread to the Democratic Republic of...
of burglaries in August and September, he gave the information to the police. “We knew where the burglar was and where the stolen goods were. He had stolen so much from us and from other firms that he had hired a garage to store everything,” Hjemaas said, but the police did ...
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people that I know at finding perspective in the face of atrocities. He recently wrote a piece commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide, which he reported on in the 90s. And he’s here with us today to talk through some of these questions. Alec, hi. Welcome to the show...