Word: rwanda
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...R.P.F. checkpoint just up the road, the soldier handed the Hutu prisoner over to one of his uniformed comrades, who shoved him behind a stand of trees. Was the man mistreated? Was he killed? That question writ large is preoccupying the whole of Rwanda. Are the Tutsi who now rule the country killing many, some, or any of the Hutu who have returned to their homes...
...murders keeps more than 2 million Rwandan refugees huddled in disease-ridden camps along the country's borders. Some observers believe the horrifying stories are not just propaganda from defeated extremists of the Rwandan army. A U.N. relief official claims large numbers of Hutu are still fleeing from Rwanda: "They are scared of something, and it's not other Hutu." Two weeks ago, he says, U.N. aid workers driving near the border with Burundi saw about 50 bodies lying beside the road. "They weren't able to stop," he says, "because there were so many R.P.F. soldiers around." Last week...
...response to a question from the audience about why the Simpson case overshadowed the escalating struggle in Rwanda, Bates said people simply wanted to know more about...
...opinion is that as a society, we have ourpriorities out of whack," Bates said. "I thinkpeople were very concerned about Rwanda--for awhile. And then it fell off the front page. Andthat's due to a lack of interest on the part ofnot everyone, but a lot of people. I don't think amajority of Americans care...
...government's victorious guerrilla army will move into the French-protected "safe zone" when French troops leave on Monday. That move could activate the fears of several hundred thousand Hutu refugees huddled there, many of whom don't trust their old foes to spare the rod of revenge after Rwanda's civil war. U.N. officials, who had begged France to extend its Rwandan mission, today said the number of Hutus poised to flee to refugee camps across the Zairian border had reached "critical but not yet catastrophic" proportions. U.N. peacekeepers now believe they can effectively replace the French...