Word: rwanda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have very accurate information," declared Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin Dada last week, as he proceeded to rattle off a lengthy list of potential invaders. They included neighboring Tanzania, Britain, Israel, Zambia, India, Rwanda, Sudan, "some countries in NATO," plus "two other countries"-one of them presumably China-all conspiring with Algeria, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, Malawi and Guyana. But Ugandans should not worry, Amin added, because "the Uganda armed forces are prepared to deal with the threat," and he was in direct command...
...firing 29 of the country's top police officers on another. Most of the army remained under control, but drunken soldiers went on rampages in the provinces. About a dozen European and American tourists were beaten, and Pierre Shostal, the newly appointed U.S. deputy chief of mission in Rwanda, and his wife were roughed up and threatened as they crossed the border on their way to their new post...
Amin himself was more than usually unpredictable. He declared that tiny Rwanda was harboring thousands of Israeli agents bent on sabotaging his regime; Rwanda nervously asked Belgium for help in case it was invaded by Uganda. At home, Amin ordered a ban on teenagers' dances and announced that men should bow to him before stating their business, and that women should kneel...
...verdant, mountainous beauty, the tiny African nation of Burundi (pop. 4,000,000) has a bloodied and tragic history. Untold thousands have been killed in both Burundi and its neighboring sister-state of Rwanda during periodic tribal wars involving the Hutu majority and the tall, legendary Tutsi overlords. Last week Burundi was recovering from a brief but violent civil war that left an estimated 10,000 dead -including the country's last Tutsi King-and at least 500,000 homeless...
Eighteen refugee students from Rwanda and Sudan who are currently attending Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, have no funds to pay tuition and residence fees. Donations great or small will be gratefully accepted, and should be sent to "Makerere Rufugee Appeal", Charities Aid Fund, 48 Pembury Road, Tonbridge, Kent, England...