Universal education- assigned blog #7
1. Rwanda(1993)
1. Parties involved
- majority hutus (harder work, not treated right)
- minority tutsis(europe favored b/c they looked more like white people--better jobs, better educational opportuinities) (taller, skinnier, and smaller noses, lighter skinned, smaller lips)
2. What happened or is happening
- all started due to ethnic tension created by the immigrating Europeans
- hutus were violent, b/c not as many opportunites.. attacks tutsis whenever they could
- hutus shot down helicopter after coming back from uganda that had the president of rwanda and his son.. wanted an excuse to kill their leader
- hutus took ever government
- hutus started fighting and took tutsis by surprised and most of the dead one were tutsis
- threw tutsis bodies into rivers "being sent back to ethiopia"
- those who helped government were greatly rewarded.. governemtn wanted hutus dead
3. Why did it happen
4. How did the international community(UN, US, African Union, NATO) get involved
- UN troops withdrew afte the murder of 10 soldiers(in there as peace keepers only)
5. Current situation/How did it end
- hutus were forced to emigrate from rwanda to zaire (The west)
- average 400 deaths/day in matter of 100 days
- tutsis were able to get a force together and get the hutus out
- tutsis won and took over power
2. Darfur in Sudan
- 1. Parties involved
- janjaweed-arab militia in darfur
- Justice and Equality Movement and Sudanese Liberation Movement
- vs. sudanese government and janjaweed
- 2. What happened or is happening
- janjaweed wants back rebel land
- kill men and torture who try to get away
- hurt black people
- 3. Why did it happen
- janjaweed works for government
- 2003, black africans tried to overthrow government of Khartoum (capital)
- they were pushed from their homes
- sudanese government is prefer arab over african/black
- didn't geed the blacks
- sudanese government is prefer arab over african/black
- 4. How did the international community(UN, US, African Union, NATO) get involved
- un has sanctions on government
- 5. Current situation/How did it end
- 400,000 died-killed and malnutrition
- 3million in camps
- violence still going on
- 200,000 fled in Darfur, caused more violence
- doha agreement 2011 ended the disagreements and gave back money to where it was needed
3. South Sudan vs Sudan
1. Parties involved
2. What happened or is happening
3. Why did it happen
4. How did the international community(UN, US, African Union, NATO) get involved
5. Current situation/How did it end
4. Somalia
1. Parties involved
- somalia national government
- unisom 1 unisom 2 unitaft(americans)
2. What happened or is happening
- somalia civil war
- Somali National Gov. gained control of most of the north
- united somali congress gained control of the south and capital
- terrorist group--al shabaab
- all about food and control
3. Why did it happen
- land occupied by several countries put together to form Syria
- socialist government put in place
- 1991-rebels defeated Barre
- chaos and anarchy followed
4. How did the international community(UN, US, African Union, NATO) get involved
- US and UN sent over troops and aid to people in the country
5. Current situation/How did it end
- no stable government
- 14 attempts at government since 1991
- currently has federal government of somalia
- government has little control
- dominated by al Shabaab (comali terrorist group)
6. Syria
- 1. Parties involved
- Ba'ath party(party in charge), Hafez al-assad, bashar al-assad, people of the country (against the gov.)
- 2. What happened or is happening
- syrian civil war began on march 2011, still going
- arab spring-demonstration, protests and civil wars in arab
- 3. Why did it happen
- school kids arrested for writing anti-gov graffiti on walls
- protest started killing people , army shot at mounrers to those dead
- protestors wanted democracy and greater freedom
- president refused to resign, and promised to change the ways or the way the country was run
- 4. How did the international community(UN, US, African Union, NATO) get involved
- hasn't
- helping people leave the country: can't go into country to solve problems
- 5. Current situation/How did it end
- fighting probably won't end soon
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