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I thought you may need to read this. Rwanda: Habyarimana killed by his own army, UK experts report The East African (Kenya) / Monday, 11 January 2010 Nairobi (Kenya) — Rwanda is this week expected to release the findings of an investigation by UK defence experts into the causes of the April 6, 1994 air crash that killed president Juvenal Habyarimana and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntaryamira, triggering off a 100-day genocide in which nearly a million Rwandans, mainly Tutsi, died. Africa News Update (ANU) Africa News Update offers news, background and feature articles from African sources two times a week. The newsletter is free of charge and is edited by the Norwegian Council for Africa. Some of the articles may be shortened. Other stories on Rwanda: Rwanda: Kagame listed among 50 faces that shaped the past decade Nairobi (Kenya) - A survey conducted by the Financial Times named President Kagame alongside othe... Read more > Rwanda: Report clears the
Will Peace prevail? Will peace prevail when we still have people who do and act the way it is happening all over? Will peace prevail when some people think that other people’s lives mean nothing? Will peace prevail when people don’t value lives? Will peace prevail when killings continue to be the Breakfast, lunch and dinner to some people? Will peace prevail when we still sleep under terror? Will peace prevail when we still hear grenades? Will peace prevail when we can see the tears of children crying for their beloved ones? Will peace prevail when we still hear the sounds of bullets? Will we ever achieve peace in our world today? Will we ever achieve human rights? Will we ever achieve tolerance in our hearts? Will we ever get rid of thirst and hunger for power? Will we ever get the satisfaction of our hearts to end violence? Will people ever stop their greed and learn to leave with others instead of elimination? Will we ever learn to be human before we
Will Peace prevail? Will peace prevail when we still have people who do and act the way it is happening all over? Will peace prevail when some people think that other people’s lives mean nothing? Will peace prevail when people don’t value lives? Will peace prevail when killings continue to be the Breakfast, lunch and dinner to some people? Will peace prevail when we still sleep under terror? Will peace prevail when we still hear grenades? Will peace prevail when we can see the tears of children crying for their beloved ones? Will peace prevail when we still hear the sounds of bullets? Will we ever achieve peace in our world today? Will we ever achieve human rights? Will we ever achieve tolerance in our hearts? Will we ever get rid of thirst and hunger for power? Will we ever get the satisfaction of our hearts to end violence? Will people ever stop their greed and learn to leave with others instead of elimination? Will we ever learn to be human before we
Promoting Education for the Future
As UNESCO is celebrating World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April by highlighting the need to preserve creativity from piracy. The Day also marks the launch of celebrations in Ljubljana (Slovenia), World Book Capital for 2010. I was thinking of what this date means to Rwandans after the week of mourning and the continued 100 days of commemoration of the 1994 Genocide, I was imagining the meaning of World Book and Copyright Day and I thought I could visit some schools around to see what it really means. One thing that I believe for my Rwanda is that education is a necessary step in Rwanda’s reconciliation work from the 1994 genocide. Rwanda’s current population is about 9 million, but it is estimated to double by the year 2020 with 60% of the population below the age of 20. Rwanda is the most densely populated and the most impoverished country in Africa, in order to grow from poverty to middle income, Rwanda’s poor must benefit equally to the upper classes. Over half the popul