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10 Facts About The Rwandan Genocide.
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On this day in 1994, began the Rwandan Genocide. Close to a million people; overwhelmingly Tutsis, were massacred in Rwanda.
Here are 10 facts about one of modern human history's most gruesome events.
Here are 10 facts about one of modern human history's most gruesome events.
10: It took place between two ethnic groups populating Rwanda: the Hutus and the Tutsis.
It wasn’t until European colonists arrived during the 1950s, that a divide developed between the two groups. The Europeans saw the Tutsis, who were taller with European ‘aristocratic’
It wasn’t until European colonists arrived during the 1950s, that a divide developed between the two groups. The Europeans saw the Tutsis, who were taller with European ‘aristocratic’
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Exposing Alex De Waal of @WorldPeaceFdtn
How Alex De Waal was involved in shaping the narrative of #RwandaGenocide and its resemblance with what he is doing in Ethiopia's conflict.
Exposing Alex De Waal of @WorldPeaceFdtn
How Alex De Waal was involved in shaping the narrative of #RwandaGenocide and its resemblance with what he is doing in Ethiopia's conflict.
1. Alex de Waal and Rakiya Omaar co-founded a London based rights group called "African Rights"and wrote a 750 pages book called "Death, Despair and Defiance" showing the Hutu-on-Tutsi violence which was published just weeks after the Rwandan genocide ended.
2. African Rights was endorsed and funded by the RPF (the current ruling party)
..which raises the question "Is Alex de Waal getting paid by TPLF?".
..which raises the question "Is Alex de Waal getting paid by TPLF?".
#Rwanda-A thread: I’ve praised HE @PaulKagame 4 his strategic & speedy interventions in #Mozambique & #CAR. Considering the lethargy in Africa he’s a breath of fresh air. Well trained; disciplined & mobile & agile #Rwanda Defence Forces are good 4 Africa‘s Defence & Security
As a Defence & Security analyst, I don’t focus on the internal politics of #Rwanda. That’s for Rwandans to decide but Pres. @PaulKagame has done well. I was in Kigali in the 90s soon after the #RwandaGenocide. Kagame has restored the pride; ”agaciro ka’banyarwanda & Nat. Security
#Rwanda has recovered through tenacity & focused leadership. @CityofKigali is cleanest & safest City in Africa now. #Gacaca courts a homegrown solution has fostered reconciliation. Extremists & activists may not like Pres @PaulKagame bt #Rwandans like him. I like him too!
Thread: (CW: genocide/rape) Today is Genocide Remembrance Day in Rwanda. The genocide began on this day in 1994 and ended roughly 100 days later. Thousands of babies were conceived during the genocide, many by rape perpetrated against Tutsi women. #aapa2021 #RwandaGenocide
Dr. Glorieuse Uwizeye presents at #aapa2021 4/15 on the impact of duration of intrauterine exposure during the genocide on Rwandan young adults (24yrs at study). Conceived earlier during the 100 days, worse adult mental health outcomes (#dohad) with some intriguing exceptions...
For those conceived via genocidal rape, the stressor isn’t resolved when the genocide ends and lived adverse experiences due to imposed identities play a large role shaping adult health. #ACEs #AllostaticLoad
#THREAD: Trigger Warning: Genocide, murder On the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide we look at the role media plays in state-sponsored violence. (1/10)
Between April and June 1994, an estimated 1 million Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days. Most of the dead were Tutsis - and most of those who perpetrated the violence were Hutus. (2/10)
The Indian mainstream media too has been following the same path, where they propagate the “Us” vs “Them” idea. (3/10)
Today marks 25yrs since the genocide against the Tutsis in #Rwanda. The international community stood by as more than 800,000 people were slaughtered in 100 days.
In 2017, I was honoured to be in Rwanda for the commemoration. #RwandaGenocide
In 2017, I was honoured to be in Rwanda for the commemoration. #RwandaGenocide
A thread I wrote in #Kigali in 2017 during the ceremonies to mark the anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsis. There are 250,000 Tutsi victims of the 1994 genocide buried at #Kigali Genocide Memorial #Rwanda #Kwibuka25
Kwibuka means Remembrance. It was an honour to join The Walk to Remember in #Kigali two years ago to remember the #GenocideAgainstTheTutsi. I send love and solidarity to friends in #Rwanda who are remembering today, the 25th anniversary. #Kwibuka25
My grandfather was a soldier in World War II. My family has a history of military service.
The normalization of racial supremacy, the encouragement of it by some political leaders as a path to power, isn’t just abhorrent, it is a threat to our peace & to our communities.
#yegcc
The normalization of racial supremacy, the encouragement of it by some political leaders as a path to power, isn’t just abhorrent, it is a threat to our peace & to our communities.
#yegcc
As we mark the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide let me say:
- how easy it is to stoke economic fear and pair it with racial fear. We have history to prove it. We know that road.
- Canada is not immune. We must always be on guard for the small wedge that opens the door.
- how easy it is to stoke economic fear and pair it with racial fear. We have history to prove it. We know that road.
- Canada is not immune. We must always be on guard for the small wedge that opens the door.
Atrocity may explode like a powder keg, but it’s never the big event that is the cause, that’s just the effect.
Like the frog in the pot of increasingly heating water, it’s the prejudices, hate & fear that are allowed to spread & given platforms that lead to the boiling point.
Like the frog in the pot of increasingly heating water, it’s the prejudices, hate & fear that are allowed to spread & given platforms that lead to the boiling point.
This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the #RwandaGenocide, which claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and left many more homeless
Here's a look at how it all unfolded...
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Here's a look at how it all unfolded...
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In 1990, rebels of the Tutsi-dominated Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) invaded northern Rwanda from neighbouring Uganda
The RPF’s success prompted President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, to speed up political reforms #RwandaGenocide #Rwanda
The RPF’s success prompted President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, to speed up political reforms #RwandaGenocide #Rwanda
In August 1993, Rwanda and the RPF signed a deal to end years of civil war, allowing for power-sharing and the return of refugees
But President Habyarimana was slow in implementing it and a transitional government failed to take off #Rwanda #RwandaGenocide
But President Habyarimana was slow in implementing it and a transitional government failed to take off #Rwanda #RwandaGenocide
