Essays Tagged: "Burundi"

Hutus' and Tutsis' of Rwanda

s. In 1973 Kayibanda was accused of being lenient with Tutsis who slaughtered thousands of Hutus in Burundi. The army was unhappy about this so they took over the government. General Habyarinew was ap ... n killed and just as many have fled to Zaire and Uganda.Today Rwanda is dominated by the Hutus, and Burundi is controlled by the Tutsi. The most current news is that the United States have sent 1,000 ...

(6 pages) 214 0 3.9 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Rwanda

ch countries it is surrounded byon the north it is by Ughanda, on the east by Tanzanian the southby Burundi and finally on the west it is next to Zaire. Rwanda is oneof the poorest countries in the wo ...

(2 pages) 116 2 3.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Refugees in Africa

dan Hutus were currently in this country. In addition there are about 500,000 Angolan, Sudanese and Burundi refugees in Zaire.® Malawi is inhabited by 700,000 refugees from Mozambique.® Sudan: ... 000 refugees in Guinea. Most of them are from Liberia and Sierra Leone.® Tanzania hosts 500,000 Burundi's and refugees from MozambiqueThese are only the five most significant African refugee host ...

(5 pages) 118 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Ethnic Clashes.

ere massacred and many more fled to Zaire and Uganda to seek refuge. Both the nations of Rwanda and Burundi had significant populations of Hutus and Tutsis, both traditional tribes. In Rwanda, Hutus w ... es. In Rwanda, Hutus were the majority and had political and economic dominance over the Tutsis. In Burundi, the opposite is the case with Tutsis in power. Ethnic differences had resulted in seven-yea ...

(2 pages) 84 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

This essay seeks to compare and contrast the approaches taken by Keith B. Richburg and Karl Maier in discussing Africa.The title is "Woes of Africa"

cowardice. Richburg undoubtedly has an iota of truth about the problems in Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, and Liberia. However, he makes no mention of the countries, which have made great strides t ... g the Hutus feel inferior"."The genocide started when president Habyarimana and Cyrien Ntayamira of Burundi were killed. The Hutus blamed the RPF guerillas for the murder and that planted the seed of ...

(14 pages) 110 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Developing Nations in Africa - Rwanda

untry of Rwanda lies east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and also borders the countries of Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda. The countries' total area is 26,338 square kilometres and is landlocke ... , but approximately 2 million Hutu refugees - many fearing Tutsi retribution - fled to neighbouring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zaire. Since then, most of the refugees have returned to Rwanda.Rwand ...

(2 pages) 67 0 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

A Response to Dr. Philip Lancaster's Lecture

Listening to Dr. Lancaster's personal account of his humanitarian involvement overseas in both Burundi and Afghanistan was not only inspirational as a student of anthropology, but also humbling a ... a soldier gave him a direct and personal familiarity with the suffering by innocent inhabitants of Burundi, which just happened to be at the hands of a brutal misuse of this same militaristic means.T ...

(2 pages) 28 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Summary Response: We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We will be Killed with our Families. Pag. 280-355.

people on the 50's and 70's, many people decided to fleet to other regions, they went to Zaire and Burundi mostly; these people stayed in those countries for generations, but always cursed by their T ...

(1 pages) 26 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Location         Burundi is in Central Africa, just east of Democratic

Location Burundi is in Central Africa, just east of Democratic Republic of the Congo, south of Rwanda, and we ... oordinates are 3 30 S, 30 00 E. Brazil, Malaysia, and New Zealand are at about the same latitude as Burundi. At the same longitude is Turkey and the very western point of Russia. Burundi is a bit smal ... ia. Burundi is a bit smaller than Maryland with a total area of 27,830 sq km.Place-Physical Burundi is the edge of the watershed of the Congo and the Nile rivers, while the Ruzizi River in the ...

(6 pages) 2209 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

East Timor

integrity of their country. Like minority peoples in the former Republic of Yugoslavia, Iraq, Chad, Burundi and many other places, the succession-minded East Timorese are facing brutal repression from ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Sample Essay

integrity of their country. Like minority peoples in the former Republic of Yugoslavia, Iraq, Chad, Burundi and many other places, the succession-minded East Timorese are facing brutal repression from ...

(2 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Art Essays