... in Turkey. Its roots lay in the colonial occupation of Africa by such countries as England, France, and specifically Germany and Belgium. The genocide in Rwanda has been an ongoing critical situation since the early 1950's. The unfortunate thing about this genocide is that it was ignored at the height of its mass murder spree by the UN and the United ... and watched. The Hutus systematically killed educated and upper class Tutsis in an effort to rid the country of what they now viewed as immigrants. The Belgian Government took the stance that the Hutus had been suppressed by the Tutsis ...

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... Burundi government. International efforts, especially those of the United States government, to get the OAU to mediate an end to the slaughter of Bahutus in Burundi was a failure. During the critical months of June and July, when most of the killings took place, OAU leaders assured the outside world that Africans would stop the genocide in Burundi, if indeed it were ... , 1973. He demanded that the OAU "concern itself actively" in the civil strife in Burundi. The OAU, Nyerere insisted, must mediate in Burundi to prevent another bloodbath. President Nyerere's strong stance might have prev...

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