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Examines the ethnic conflicts, periodic war, and genocide in Rwanda and Burundi.

Table of Contents

Foreword Rwanda and Burundi in Figures Introduction: From Auschwitz to Central Africa Central Africa: History of a Troubled Region On the Historical Background to Pre-announced Genocide in Central Africa Destructive Interaction between Rwanda and Burundi The Genocide in Rwanda and Its Consequences Preparations for the Genocide--The Complicity of the Churches and the Donor Countries--The Failure of the United Nations Rwanda: Chronology and Analytical Summary The State-Organized Genocide in Rwanda Mass Murder, Mass Flight, and the Role of the UN The Impact of Aid Donor Complicity and Failures in Rwanda New Aid Priorities since the Genocide Crisis in the Great Lakes Region Burundi--Rwanda's False Twin Regional War in the Congo Background to the Congo Crisis Conclusions and Prospects Appendixes Bibliography Index

About the Author

CHRISTIAN P. SCHERRER is the head of the Ethnic Conflict Research Project, an independent research project founded in 1987. Dr. Scherrer conducted field research in four areas of violent intra-state conflict and worked for a number of international organizations, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. In this capacity he conducted genocide investigations in Rwanda's southern Butare province and elaborated a study on Justice-in-Transition and Conflict Prevention in Post-Genocide Rwanda.