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1 Genocide in Africa World Geography

2 Rwanda – 1994 Rwanda: How the genocide happened

3 Rwanda Civil War between the two largest ethnic groups in Rwanda. The Hutu killed approximately 1,000,000 Tutsi’s in approximately 100 days. Hutu vs. Tutsi (Civil War)

4 Rwanda Largest Problems –Government Sanction and Support of Genocide. –Lack of International Support for Tutsi’s.

5 Rwanda

6 Darfur region of Sudan – Current

7 Darfur Government Sponsored Militia: the Arab Moslem Janjaweed are attacking small black villages where Christian Africans live.

8 Darfur Since 2003, an estimated 300,000 people have died as a result of the conflict in Darfur and as many as 2.7 million people have been displaced within Darfur, with several hundred thousand more fleeing into neighboring countries such as Chad, the Central African Republic, and Egypt.

9 Darfur In September 2004, President George W. Bush declared the crisis in Darfur “genocide” – the first time a sitting American president had made such a declaration regarding an ongoing conflict. Despite the world’s growing outcry, the violence continued in Darfur and the number of dead and displaced increased considerably.

10 End the Genocide in Darfur Economic and Military interventions have not been exhausted. 80% of the oil exported from Sudan goes to China. The government of Sudan has not allowed UN peacekeepers into the region of Darfur.

11 Darfur


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