Genocide and Crisis in Central Africa Conflict Roots, Mass Violence, and Regional War

Name: Genocide and Crisis in Central Africa Conflict Roots, Mass Violence, and Regional War
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ISBN: 9780275972240

ISBN-10: 0275972240

ISBN-13: 9780275972240

Edition: 2001

Authors: Christian P. Scherrer, Robert Melson

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Scherrer examines the ethnicized conflicts, periodic war, and genocide in Rwanda and Burundi. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda may have resulted in the murder of a million Tutsi and moderate Hutu, while the mass killings in Burundi, especially in 1993 when some 200,000 Hutu and Tutsi were killed, and the current ongoing war in the Congo appear to have the potential to escalate into another round of genocide in the region. Scherrer explores the background to the conflicts in the Great Lakes Region as well as what the international community might do to break this tragic cycle of violence and despair. Following a chapter on the history of the region before independence in 1960/61, he examines the…

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List price: $128.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 11/30/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.12" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



Foreword Rwanda and Burundi in Figures Introduction


From Auschwitz to Central Africa Central Africa


History of a Troubled Region On the Historical


Background to Pre-announced Genocide in Central


Africa Destructive Interaction between Rwanda and Burundi


The Genocide in Rwanda and Its Consequences


Preparations for the Genocide--The Complicity of the Churches and the Donor


Countries--The Failure of the United Nations Rwanda


Chronology and Analytical Summary The State-Organized Genocide in Rwanda Mass Murder


Mass Flight, and the Role of the UN The Impact of Aid Donor


Complicity and Failures in Rwanda New Aid Priorities since the Genocide


Crisis in the Great Lakes Region Burundi--Rwanda's False


Twin Regional War in the Congo Background to the Congo Crisis


Conclusions and Prospects


Appendixes


Bibliography


Index