The country that I have chose to focus on for this assignment is Rwanda. Rwanda is a country in Africa. I had heard a lot about Rwanda on the news in past years, but I never really had a clear idea of what was going on in their country. After the research I have done I now know that they have been really shaky for the past ten years. I will begin with a brief chronology, continue with the current status and conclude with my view point.
In October of 1990, the Rwandan Patriotic Front attacked bases in Uganda. The Rwandan Patriotic Front consisted of mostly refugees, or descendants of refugees. There were refugees that had left Rwanda in the 1960’s because of another government conflict. For the next two years there was an invasion of the Rwandan Patriotic Front along with a civil war. During this time there was grave concern about anti-government conspiracy, and several thousand people were arrested. Tensions grew when the government failed to respond to citizens wanting to see an acting democracy developed. The country’s political leader, Habyarimana, was conspiring against alliances, and was forming militias that would kill anyone t
hey suspected of antigovernment activities.
In reviewing the above evidence I do not know if there is a potential for resolution.. There are way too many wild cards in the deck. There appears to be no one whom can be trusted. The government has conspired against the people, the military has conspired against the government and the people. Even the people may be planning their own attack on the country. There is no baseline of trust. If no one will even being to trust anyone there is no opportunity for peace talks. Peace efforts have failed numerous times and I do not see why anyone would want to believe in them now. Rwanda needs to do a complete overhaul, which will more than likely not happen. I don’t believe that the refugees will come back because they are in constant fear of betrayal and death. Many of the refugees are in camps but they are armed and ready to attempt destroying the new government if the camps are shut down and they are forced to return to Rwanda. Though in a much better world I would like to believe that resolution is possible in reality I find it to be very unlikely.
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