What have been some major issues facing Africa in the 30 last years (3 of them to talk about.) The last semester test question. I'm taking the semester test oral. Then we started blog discussions. 1994 genocide in Rwanda, between the Tutsi and the Hutu. Europe was in Africa to steal the resources instead of helping the Africans. When Belgium left the Hutu took over power. The Belgiums favored the Tutsi when they pulled out the Hutu took power. A meeting between the Hutu and Tutsi the president of the Hutu was killed from a shot down plane. The Tutsi were blamed. This started the genocide. The Tutsi were taken into the countryside and were killed by machetes. Hutu killed 800,000 Tutsi/ Hutu moderates in 100 days. The UN did very little to help. The Hutu were forced out to DRC.
Darfur- Sudan, 2003 the arabs were favored over the black africans (Jem and SOM) by the sudanese. Arabs were in power, 500,000 were killed most by starvation, lack of medication etc. The JEM AND SLMLA were attacking the government. Janaweed means devils on horseback attacked. The Janaweed wanted the land. The Sudanese would bomb the land then the Janaweed would go in. President of Sudanese government is President Al- Bashir. The government won the land. It might be a genocide if the Sudanese were killing because of the black africans or wanted land. 2.8 million people were displaced most went to Chad. Still going on the un has peace keeping troops.
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