Word: rwandans
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...tragedy. For example, early Islamic leaders defended both their faith and religious diversity within their kingdoms.The connections between such examples and modern events often seem tenuous. Still, Sen’s demonstration of how the concept of group identity can be manipulated has obvious applications to such subjects as Rwandan genocide and Al Qaeda terrorism. Sen offers his most profound observation when he addresses current attempts to decrease inter-group tensions in countries like Britain, where immigrant groups have not been able to fully assimilate.According to Sen, when governments support moderate voices within religious factions, they “bolster...
...Such are the scaled-back hopes of Africa these days. Call it realistic optimism. Delight is neither as optimistic as his grandfather was at independence nor as pessimistic as his mother. His generation has lived through the time of the Rwandan genocide, in which Hutu militias killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus; the brutality of Sierra Leone, with its arm-chopping gangs of child soldiers; the elemental fighting in Congo, beginning in the mid-'90s, known as Africa's First World War, a series of conflicts that killed 4 million people. But he and the millions of young Africans...
...Limit on children per family proposed by Rwandan legislators to curb rising poverty levels...
...Refugee Camp in the City exhibit, organized by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is a touring camp replica that has already appeared in the U.S., Italy, Germany and Hong Kong, where it recently drew more than 8,000 people. Photos of victims of the Kashmir earthquake, Rwandan genocide and Ethiopian famines are displayed. But behind the tragedy, the camp is testament to human resourcefulness. Dick van der Tak, MSF's executive director in Hong Kong, points to sandals made from tire scraps and toys from tin cans. "It's important to remember the normalcy of everyday life...
...Photos of victims of the Kashmir earthquake, Rwandan genocide and Ethiopian famines are displayed. But behind the tragedy, the camp is testament to human resourcefulness. Dick van der Tak, MSF's executive director in Hong Kong, points to sandals made from tire scraps and toys from tin cans. "It's important to remember the normalcy of everyday life, and every person's humanity," he says. For information, go to msf.org...