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...Without a firearm, machete or any physical weapon, you caused the death of thousands of innocent civilians." NAVANATHEM PILLAY, presiding judge of a U.N. tribunal that convicted Ferdinand Nahimana of using his Rwanda radio broadcasts to incite the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi minority...
...Without a firearm, machete or any physical weapon, you caused the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians." Navanethem Pillay, presiding judge of a U.N. criminal tribunal, convicting Ferdinand Nahimana of using a Rwandan radio station to incite the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi minority...
...honest, I did not even know the people we went to kill," says Gerard Uwize, clutching a Bible and songbook. In 1994, Uwize joined a venomous swarm of Hutu militia that, with Rwandan government backing, unleashed hell against their Tutsi neighbors. In 100 days, using guns, machetes, clubs and spears, they slaughtered some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. And now Uwize and thousands of other killers are coming home. At the end of January Uwize, 37, walked out of a Kigali prison carrying a small green plastic bag containing his entire wardrobe and a sack filled with the odds...
...which he designed for Japan’s Odawara Festival, he is also known for his humanitarian work. Ban’s lightweight, inexpensive and simple paper tube structures, dubbed “log cabins,” were used to create temporary housing in 1994 for Tutsi refugees from genocide in Rwanda and in 1995 for victims of the Kobe earthquake...
...Channel Tunnel led at least 75,000 refugees to try sneaking illegally into the U.K. since 2001. Six immigrants died and 100 were injured making the crossing. The camp currently holds about 1,500 people, mostly Iraqi Kurds and Afghans. BURUNDI Peace Out of Time Negotiations between Tutsi President Pierre Buyoya and ethnic Hutu rebels ended without a cease-fire deal. The talks followed fighting in Gitega province that forced 55,000 people to flee their homes. Leaders of East Africa's Great Lakes states - including Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania - will now decide which side was responsible for the deadlock...