Rwandan Genocide

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The Mahalo Top 7

1. Remembering Rwanda: The Rwanda 10th Anniversary Memorial Project
2. PBS: Leave None to Tell the Story: The Triumph of Evil
3. BBC News: Rwanda Genocide: 10 Years On (2007)
4. United Nations: International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
5. Wikipedia: The Rwandan Genocide
6. Case Study: Genocide In Rwanda, 1994
7. YouTube Video: Rwanda Revisited (Time: 15:29)

Rwandan Genocide Background and Causes

• PBS: Ghosts of Rwanda
• BBC News: Rwanda: How the Genocide Happened (2004)
• cbc.ca: The Seeds of Genocide (Time: 5:39) 
• National Security Archive: The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994 (2001)
• Wikipedia: Origins of Tutsi and Hutu
• The History Place: Genocide In the 20th Century: Rwanda 1994

Rwandan Genocide Central Figures

• Romeo Dallaire
  • Official Site: Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire
  • Mother Jones: Shake Hands With the Devil: An Interview with Roméo Dallaire (2005)
  • cbc.ca: In Depth: Romeo Dallaire (2005)
  • Wikipedia: Romeo Dallaire

• Juvenal Habyarimana
  • MSN Encarta: Juvénal Habyarimana
  • Answers.com: Juvenal Habyarimana
  • Wikipedia: Juvenal Habyarimana

• Paul Kagame
  • Official Site: His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
  • Woodrow Wilson Int'l Center for Scholars: Director's Forum with H.E. Paul Kagame
  • BBC News: Kagame: Quiet Soldier Who Runs Rwanda (2000)
  • Wikipedia: Paul Kagame

• The Catholic Church
  • NPR: Catholic Complicity and Rwanda Genocide  
  • AFROL Rwanda: The Cross and the Genocide (2001)
  • BBC News: Rwanda's Religious Reflections (2004)
  • Wikipedia: The Church and the Rwandan Genocide

• The United States
  • National Security Archive: The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994 (2004)
  • Guardian Unlimited: "U.S. Chose to Ignore Rwandan Genocide" (2004)
  • United Press International: "UPI Poll: United States and Rwanda" (2007)
  • CNN: Clinton Meets Rwanda Genocide Survivors (1998)

• The United Nations
  • United Nations: Rwandan Genocide Press Release (2004)
  • BBC News: UN Admits Rwanda Genocide Failure (2000)
  • AfricaFocus: "Rwanda/UN: Acknowledging Failure" (2004)

Rwandan Genocide Images

• Houston Chronicle: The College | The Prison | The Church 
• Google Image Search: Rwandan Genocide
• BBC News: Rwanda's 100 Days of Genocide | In Pictures: Remembering the Genocide

Rwanda Genocide Videos and Media

• CBC News: Audio Clip: Survivors of Rwanda (Time: 4:01)
• YouTube Video: Ghosts of Rwanda Documentary (Time: 10:04) 
• YouTube Video: Rwanda Massacre (Time: 7:48)  
• YouTube Video: Rwandan Genocide—Rwanda (Time: 22:24)
• YouTube Video: After the Genocide—Rwanda (Time: 20:34)

Rwandan Genocide Books and Research

• Human Rights Watch: Leave None to Tell the Story: A Genocide In Rwanda (1999)
• Amazon.com: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families (1999)
• U.S. Institute of Peace: Rwanda: Accountability for War Crimes and Genocide (1995)
• informaworld: "Death and Survival During the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda" (2004)  

Rwandan Genocide Blogs and Message Boards

• IMDb: Hotel Rwanda Message Board  
• Topix: Rwanda Forum
• gioLogos: Where was God?
• Technorati: The Rwandan Genocide
• Global Issues: Conflicts in Africa: Rwanda  

Rwandan Genocide Timeline

• April 1994: Rwandan President Habyarimana killed after his plane is shot down
• April-July 1994: An estimated one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus are killed
• July 1994: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RFP) finally captures control of Rwanda's capital city, Kigali
• July 1994: Two million Hutus flee to Goma, Zaire
• August 1994: The RFP establishes a new government comprised of an International Criminal Tribunal to try those accused of crimes against humanity and genocide
• 2004: Hotel Rwanda released worldwide  
• Sept. 28, 2007: White Pine Pictures releases Shake Hands with the Devil, the film version of Romeo Dallaire's written account