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...fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in today's new world order. And there are other peaceful examples, such as Czechoslovakia, which separated quietly. In Africa colonial powers did not draw borders to accommodate different tribes, and perhaps that is the reason for the ever reappearing ethnic conflict between Hutu and Tutsi, who were bundled into one state (Rwanda). Isn't it time to realize that every nation or group of people with a common descent, language and history should have the right of self-government? JAN RIJN ZEEVAART Pretoria...
...smudge on Kofi?s halo? The New Yorker magazine today reported that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan had been made aware of the planned genocide by Hutu nationalists in Rwanda in 1994, and had ordered U.N. peacekeeping forces not to intervene to stop the slaughter. The unflappable Annan has not denied the report, but says the U.N. acts within parameters set by the political will of the major powers. TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell agrees: ?Most people at the U.N. believe that Kofi had no choice in Rwanda. He would have needed enough troops and the major powers? willingness...
...objective was for ?justice to be seen to be done? -- but apparently not to be seen too widely or recorded: Rwanda staged public executions today of 22 Hutu militants convicted of taking part in the 1994 genocide of the country's Tutsi minority. But police enforced a strict ban on cameras and recording devices. In the capital, Kigali, 30,000 people flocked to the soccer stadium to see three men and one woman shot one by one as they were tied to stakes with black hoods over their heads. Some of the 18 other executions in provincial towns were attended...
Rwandan radio today began broadcasting an unusual advertisement -- an invitation from the government to attend the execution of 33 Hutu militants on Friday. While the European Union has expressed alarm, the Rwandan government believes the executions are essential to pacify the country, says TIME's Clive Mutiso. The government wants to show that "justice" is being done and to send a warning to those Hutu militants who continue to mount attacks...
...hardly practical for Rwanda to try the more than 120,000 Hutu militants held on charges relating to the 1994 genocide against Tutsis. "The government is concentrating on the organizers of the genocide," says Mutiso. "Eventually, they'll release the bulk of prisoners who confess and repent." One factor that may boost attendance at Kigali's soccer stadium by the ghoulishly curious: The execution method hasn't been announced...