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April Showers Bring... Genocide?

James Boyce | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia, Holocaust, Genocide Prevention Month, Documentary, Cambodia, The Last Survivor, Armenian Genocide, Armenia, Turkey, World News

Survivors of genocide have joined together and declared April "Genocide Prevention Month" and are observing the 30-day span to remember those they lost in their struggle to escape systematic extinction.

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League of Democracies

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Democracy, Security Council, Darfur, Intelligence Squared, Rwanda, United Nations, World News

Power politics and national interest have crippled the Security Council even as humanitarian crises claimed millions of lives. The purpose and relevance of the UN is being contested.

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Genocide in April

Heidi Kingstone | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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

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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Holbrooke Draws Comparisons To Rwanda In Advocating Obama's AfPak Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Maulana Fazlullah, Holbrooke Rwanda, Richard Holbrooke, Afghanistan Pakistan, Genocide, Rwanda Afghanistan, Pakistan Terorrism, Rwanda Holbrooke, Rwanda, Politics News

The rollout of Barack Obama's Afghanistan-Pakistan policy has largely focused on a variety of military and diplomatic objectives, from the training of...

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War still rages on in corners of eastern Congo

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 04.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Congo, Rwanda, Home News

A woman displaced by fighting between Rwanda and FDLR, outside Pinga, North Kivu. Photo: Michael J. Kavanagh PARECO rebel soldier at an ...

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The Last Survivor: Stop Saying 'Never Again'

Michael Pertnoy and Michael Kleiman | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Genocide, Righteous Pictures, Genocide Prevention Month, Darfur, Sudan, The Last Survivor, Rwanda, World News, World News

It is only by recognizing that genocide will happen again that we can insist that our government take on a policy of genocide prevention rather than one of reaction.

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Hope in Rwanda

Margee Ensign | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Catholic Church, Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, United Nations, World News

In fifteen years, the government and people of Rwanda have written a constitution, established free education for all children, and are rebuilding their economy. Rwanda is demonstrating a new model of development.

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Endangered Mountain Gorillas' Safety Signals Optimism In Congo

New York Times | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Africa, Gorillas, Virunga, Animals, Congo, Rwanda, Green News

Violence near Congo's Virunga National Park has subsided, allowing residents and rangers to return to the area. The military conflict there has threat...

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Who Is Laurent Nkunda? Savior or Villain in Congo?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: War, Joseph Kabila, Barack Obama Hilary Clinton, Human Rights, Congo, Refugees, Laurent Nkunda, Rwanda, Media Distortions, World News

Nkunda is a militant revolutionary in the tradition of, say, a George Washington, or Fidel Castro; men with visions of unity and independence for their countries and peoples whose methods were indeed martial.

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Emmanuel Rukundo Convicted Of Genocide

AP | SUKHDEV CHHATBAR | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Genocide, Emmanuel Rukunko, Emmanuel Rukundo Genocide, Un Tribunal, Interahamwe, Rwanda Genocide, St Leon Minor Seminary, Tanzania, World News

ARUSHA, Tanzania — A U.N. tribunal convicted a former Rwandan military chaplain Friday of attempted rape and genocide for crimes that included k...

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Almost is Not Enough

Jack Healey | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: South Africa, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bush Administration Torture, Burma, Criminal Justice System, Argentina, Chile, National League for Democracy, Rwanda, Torture, Politics News

As we move into the new year, with a new administration and a new outlook on the world, let us work toward "no on torture" both at home and around the world.

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Hutu Rebels Return To Rwanda After Years In Congo Hideouts

Washingtonpost.com | By Stephanie McCrummen | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

Read More: Rwandan-Congolese Military, 1994 Genocide, Leonard Hakorimano, Africa, Rwandan Genocide, Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda, Hutus and Tutsis, Hutu Rebels, Mutobo Camp, Congo War, Rwanda, World News

The 958 Express arrived at last. In the early-afternoon sun, Leonard Hakorimano, with his wife and two sons, squeezed into a crowded bus that was soo...

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A Heroine for Human Rights

Kenneth Roth | Posted 03.18.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Hrw, Alison Des Forges, Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch, World News

The human rights movement has lost one of its true heroes. But we are far stronger for the many years Alison Des Forges spent among us and for the example she set for us all.

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Time to Invest....In the Poor

Josh Ruxin | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Land Titles, Poverty, Investment, Food Crisis, Millennium Development Goals, Millennium Villages Project, Food, Food Prices, Local Farmers, World News

At a time when the stock market is providing dizzyingly negative returns, it may be time to look at the conservative but positive returns that can be had by investing in subsistence-level farmers.

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A Sign that Family Planning is Desperately Needed

Josh Ruxin | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

The so-called gag rule has been a tragic mistake in the real world, especially in Rwanda, where HIV/AIDS and unplanned pregnancies are rampant.

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Goucher Professor Accused Of Genocide In Rwanda Arrested

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Leopold Munyakazi, Rwanda Professor, Genocide, Goucher College, Goucher College Professor Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide, Genocide Professor, Goucher Professor, World News

TOWSON, Md. — A Maryland college professor accused of genocide in his home country of Rwanda has been arrested for being in the U.S. illegally, ...

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Congo: Rwandan Hutus Seek Repatriation, UN Overwhelmed

Washington Post | Stephanie McCrummen | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Rwandan Militias, Hutus, Africa, United Nations, Congo, Un, World News

With their wives and children, the Rwandan militiamen are arriving from the bush here in eastern Congo by the truckload. Skinny and tired, they have v...

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Goucher College Removes Rwandan Professor Accused Of Genocide

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Goucher Genocide, Maryland College Genocide, Rwanda, Goucher College, Genocide, Goucher Rwanda, Maryland College Rwanda, Goucher College Rwanda, Goucher, Goucher College Professor Rwanda, Rwanda Goucher College, World News

BALTIMORE — A Rwandan professor has been suspended with pay from teaching French at Goucher College while officials there investigate claims tha...

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Justice Threatens Peace in Congo & Rwanda

Olivier Kamanda | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Rwanda, Amnesty International, International Law, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Laurent Nkunda, Criminal Justice System, Africa, Criminal Justice, World News

In recent months, a number of warrants, arrests, and prosecutions have provided African countries with an opportunity to test the international criminal legal regime.

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The Peace Corps Returns

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Rwanda, Health, Barack Obama, Peace Corps, World, Volunteering, Giving Back, Africa, Community, Jfk, Peace Corps., World News

Though the Peace Corps was founded nearly 50 years ago, the program is still extraordinarily vital, and the need for Peace Corps volunteers is greater today than ever before.

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Rwandan Troops Invade Congo To Wipe Out Hutu Militias

afrol News, Lesotho | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

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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What it Means to Be American

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, Rwanda, Obama Election, Americans Abroad Obama, Health, Millennium Development Goals, Obama Inauguration, Africa, Obama International Reaction, Americans Abroad, Kenya and Post-Election Violence, Democracy, Africa Obama, International Relations, Obama Kenya, World News

I'd like to go back to Rwanda or Kenya or Ethiopia on Jan. 20. I could point to the TV and say: "Look. Listen. This is what it means to be American."

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Congo Rebel Faction Holds Landmark Talks With Government

AP | T.J. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

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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Kerry's Historic Opportunity on Genocide Policy

Susan Morgan | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Darfur, Susan Rice, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, Genocide, Genocide Prevention Task Force, Hillary Clinton, World News

At last, US rhetoric on genocide may mature into effective policy against genocide. What better place to begin than the confirmation hearings to be held Tuesday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee?

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Top 10 Reasons to Become a New Radical

Julia Moulden | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Paul Gillespie, Right to Play, Nicole Pageau, Melissa Dyrdahl, New Radicals, Suzanne Seggerman, Teach for America, Bring Light, Mark Brayne, Ron Dembo, Kids Internet Safety Alliance, Games for Change, Johann Koss, Julia Moulden, Zerofootprint, Wendy Kopp, Tony Leighton, Rwanda, Living News

[This is a refreshed repeat of one of Julia's most popular posts.] When I was writing my book about New Radicals (that is, people like you and me who...

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