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Report: Former Rwandan President Killed By Military Fire

AP | By PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Rwanda, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Rwanda Investigation, France Rwanda, Juvenal Habyarimana Plane, Hutus, France, Rwanda Paul Kagame, Tutsis, Rwanda-Hutu-Fighters, Juvenal Habyarimana, Video, World News

PARIS -- A French investigation has found that the missile fire which brought down the Rwandan president's plane in 1994 and sparked the country's gen...

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Exhaust the Limits: New Book Speaks to One Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ceuca, Rotary International, Loyola University Maryland, Great Lakes College Association, Catholic Relief Services, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Peace, Sargent Shriver, Martin Buber, Global Citizens, Hubert Humphrey, Afs, Paul Tillich, U.S. Olympic Committee, Africa, Turfism, Harris Wofford, Peter Paul and Mary, Peacemaking, I Have a Dream Speech, Rwanda, Poverty, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Washington D.C., Paul Stevers, Albert Camus, Apprentice House, Experiment in International Living, George Mcgovern, Sister Cities, Operation Respect, Fulbright Scholars, Martin Luther King, Hutus, Colombia, Glca, Jimmy Carter, Carol Bellamy, Peace Through Moderation, Tutsis, Mercy Corps, Thought Leaders, Extremism, Ethiopia, Sam Farr, Social Responsibility, Affluence, Jim Luce, Charles ?€œChic? Dambach, Peace Corps, Fidel Castro, U.N., Kai Dambach, Exhaust the Limits:, Justice, Conflict Resolution, Peter Yarrow, Bill Clinton, Care, Les Miserables, Nea, U.S. Foreign Aid, New York City, Oiww, Appalachia, Fundamentalist Mindset, Bogotá, Three Cups of Tea, Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Techendama, Eritrea, World News
Jim Luce

Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits, that we have much...

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Renewable Energy Expert Steve Smith Mitigates Conflicts in Congo, Rwanda, Sudan

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Peace Corp, Somalia, Darfur, United Nations, Refugees International, Twa, Thought Leaders, Thomas Pakenham, Madeline Albright, Hutu-Tutsi Genocide, Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Wikipedia, Global Citizens, Congo, Laurent-Desire Kabila, Human Rights Monitors, Women in Transition, Belgian Colonies, Tutsis, Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Peace Corp Association, Chic Dambach, Zaire, Ohio, Mobutu Sese Seko, Conflicts Resolution, Tanzania, French Language, Swahili, Uganda, Bill Clinton, Steve Smith, Chevron, Roman Catholic Church, The Scramble for Africa, Kinshasa, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives, Burundi, Hutus, Steven Smith, New York City, U.N. Development Program, Refugee Camps, Geneva, Eastern Congo, Genocide, Jimmy Carter, Sudan, Hillary Clinton, Operation Support Hope, Fortune 500 Companies, Usaid, Hotel Rwanda, Rwanda, Léopoldville, Kinyarwanda, World News
Jim Luce

Multi-tasking is de rigueur these days, so it comes as no surprise that renewable energy expert and conflict resolution specialist Steve Smith has his hands full. His specialty comes from years of practice.

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Protect the Protectors

Kathleen Cravero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hutus, United Nations, Africa, Burundi, International Humanitarian Day, World Food Programme, Unicef, Tutsis, Aid Workers, World News
Kathleen Cravero

For all the humanitarian workers killed in the past ten years, not one investigation has reached a clear conclusion after which someone was punished. Nor has any government been held accountable.

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Rwanda: Heeding History's Lessons Before It's Too Late

Joseph Sebarenzi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, Africa, Hutus, Foreign Affairs, Hutus and Tutsis, Paul Kagame, Tutsis, Advocacy, World News
Joseph Sebarenzi

For Rwanda to thrive, economic performance, for which President Kagame deserves credit, must be coupled with political reconciliation and strong democratic institutions.

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Conflict In Congo Rages On Despite 49 Years Of Independence

Huffington Post Contributor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congo War, Conflict Minerals, Tutsi, Congo Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Hutus, Foreign Affairs, Congolese Conflict-Minerals, Tutsis, Congo Crisis, Hutu, Congo Violence, Congo, Advocacy, Laurent Nkunda, World News

By Rebecca Hamilton Goma, DRC - Jimmy Makozo is ten years old. He should be in school. Instead, he is on the streets of Goma desperately reaching ou...

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Stateless People Number Up To 15 Million People Worldwide (AUDIO)

WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julia Harrington, Jews, Citizenship, Dominican Republic, Bill Berkeley, Ben Piven, Tutsi, Gaza, Dawn Calabia, Foreign Affairs, Palestine, Lisa Biagiotti, Adam Hussein Adam, Haitians, Stateless to Statehood, Barack Obama, Adam Hussein, Tune In, Roma, Human Rights, Samira Trad, Haiti, Statelessness, Tutsis, Weekly Webcast, Europe, Katie Combs, Stateless People, Advocacy, Nubians, Audio, World News
WorldFocus.org

Imagine you have no birth certificate, no passport and no legal rights. You're trapped in the country where you were born, but no document indica...

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Genocide in April

Heidi Kingstone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: April, Coincidences, Genocide, Rwanda, Iraq Kurds, Holocaust, War, Genocide Memorial, Armenian Genocide, Rwanda Genocide, Bosnia, Ts-Elliot, Hutus, Tutsis, Sarajevo, Israel, World News
Heidi Kingstone

I mention April because that month kept coming up as I toured room after room in the genocide museum. One by one 20th century genocides, like the stacks of the bodies of their victims, piled up.

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Rwandan Troops Invade Congo To Wipe Out Hutu Militias

afrol News, Lesotho | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda, FDLR, Human Rights, Democratic Republic of Congo, Hutus, Africa, Tutsis, Congo, World News

Hundreds of Rwandan troops have crossed into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to hunt down Rwandan Hutu rebels under a December agreement between ...

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Congo Rebel Faction Holds Landmark Talks With Government

AP | T.J. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tutsis, Rwandan Militias, Bosco Ntaganda, Goma, Congo Fighting, Congolese Displaced, Congo Rebels, Congo, Rwanda, Laurent Nkunda, World News

GOMA, Congo — The leader of a splinter rebel faction in eastern Congo said Friday his forces would stop fighting the government and the two side...

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Rwandan Musician Convicted of Genocide for Making Songs of Hate

Sean Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Africa, Simon Bikindi, Genocide, Rwandan Genocide, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Rwanda, 1994 Rwandan Genocide, Tutsis, Hutus, Entertainment News
Sean Jacobs

The New York Times reports that a famous Rwandan musician, Simon Bikindi, has been convicted of incitement to genocide.

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