Word: rwanda
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Still haunted by the images of children in Rwanda, Dallaire has become outspoken about the suffering of youths living in war-torn areas...
Dallaire first arrived in Rwanda on August 19, 1993, for a 12-day fact finding mission. He returned for a longer stay in October of that year, at which point he began the difficult task of advancing a peace between the Hutu-controlled Rwandan Government Forces (RGF) and the Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front...
...April 6, 1994, a plane carrying the President of Rwanda was shot down— setting off a collapse of the nascent Rwandan government. Extremist Hutus killed the Prime Minister and the 10 Belgian troops who were protecting her, and a campaign began to rid the country of Tutsi...
Less than three weeks later, the U.N. decided to withdraw its troops from Rwanda. By that point, tens of thousands had already been killed...
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