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Information on Rwanda
- African Rights
(London)
- "Any solution to Africa's problems...must be sought primarily among
Africans. International organizations should see their principal role as
facilitating and supporting attempts by Africans to address their own
problems." Works in Rwanda, Somalia, etc. Publishes a journal,
Witness to Genocide. Has the full text of a 1998 open
letter
to the Pope re Rwanda. The Director is Rakiya Omaar. [KF] http://www.unimondo.org/AfricanRights/
- Akagera Rhein ev.
- In German, some English. Group based in Bonn, Germany opposed to the
Kagame government. "Akagera-Rhein e.V. ist ein deutsch-ruandischer
Kulturverein. Der Name symbolisiert die verbindende Funktion der
Grenzflüsse Akagera und Rhein. Der Verein wurde am 23. April 1994 in Bonn
gegründet. Mitglieder können sowohl Ruanderinnen und Ruander als auch
deutsche und andere Freunde Ruandas sein." Documents, news. [KF] http://www.akagera-rhein.de/
- Amahoro People's Congress
- In French, English, and Kinyarwanda. Formerly Arena-Isangano. "AMAHORO
People's Congress is a Political Party formed in response to the failures
of the political system presently in Rwanda." Is opposed to the Paul
Kagame government. Its President is Alexandre Kimenyi. http://www.newrwanda.org/
- American Refugee Committee
- Has field offices in Guinea, Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan.
Includes a May
2001 report on Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone,
annual report,
photographs taken by
Rwandan refugee children. http://www.archq.org/
- AISI Connect
Online Database. Information and Communication Infrastructure in Africa
- Rwanda
-
Internet service providers in Rwanda, the state of
telecommuncations by country, locate internet / web services by type and
country, list of countries with independent regulators, list of countries
by number of fixed lines, list of countries by access costs, list of
countries by population. Site supported by the U.N. Economic Commission
for Africa (ECA) in support of the African Information Society Initiative
(AISI). http://paradigm.wn.apc.org/africa/
-
Atlantic Monthly - Bystanders to Genocide
- Full text, Sept. 2001, article by Samantha Power. "The author's
exclusive interviews with scores of the participants in the
decision-making, together with her analysis of newly declassified
documents, yield a chilling narrative of self-serving caution and flaccid
will—and countless missed opportunities to mitigate a colossal
crime." http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/09/power.htm
- Avocats sans Frontieres (Bruxelles,
Belgium)
- In French. Has a project,
Justice pour
tous au Rwanda, with reports on Rwanda. http://www.asf.be/
- Belgium. Parlement. Senat.
- No longer on the web. Had information on the
Senate
Commission d'enquête parlementaire concernant les evenements du Rwanda
including the full text of the
Rapport
fait au nom de la Commission d'enquête par MM. Mahoux et Verhofstadt
(a huge file, 505 pages, 2,075 KB; also in PDF format of 3903 KB or
PostScript-6609 KB). [KF] http://www.senate.be/
- British
Broadcasting Corporation - Great Lakes
- News in Kinyarwanda. To listen to the audio, you'll need a sound
card, speakers, Real Player on your computer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/greatlakes/
- Canada's Department of National
Defence
- Canada led the international peacekeeping forces in the 1996 crisis
in Zaire, Rwanda. Use the Search form to find information on Canada's
involvement in the United Nation's Assistance Mission In Rwanda (UNAMIR).
http://www.cfc.dnd.ca/cfc.html
National Defence site: http://www.dnd.ca/
- Canada's
Land Force Command Site
- Government site with information on the 1994-1995
Canadian
Contribution to Rwanda - OP LANCE and the
1993 incidents in
Somalia. KF
Rwanda: http://www.dnd.ca/commelec/nwslettr/vol33/unamir.htm
Somalia: http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/wars/somal.html
- Canadian Military
Journal
- In French. Vol. 2, No. 1, printemps 2001 contains the article,
L'Operation "Assurance:" planifier une force multinationale pour le
Rwanda / Zaire, by Michael A. Hennessy, Ph.D. http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vol2/no1_e/operations_e/ops1_e.html
-
CARE
Campaign for Rwanda
- Describes CARE's projects in Rwanda. http://www.care.org/programs/country_profile.cfm?ID=126
- Carnegie Commission on Preventing
Deadly Conflict
- Established 1994, co-chaired by David A. Hamburg and Cyrus R. Vance.
Has the full text of its final
report pub. 1997, "Essays
on Leadership" by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, George Bush, Jimmy Carter,
Mikhail Gorbachev, and Desmond Tutu, and "Preventing
Genocide: How the Early Use of Force Might Have Succeeded in Rwanda"
by Scott R. Feil (with Foreword by Lieutenant-General Romeo A. Dallaire).
Includes high school and
university curriculum guides. [KF] http://www.ccpdc.org/
- Carter Center
- Information re Jimmy Carter's efforts to
mediate in the
Sudan, information on the Center's guinea worm eradication project ,
Pres. Carter's writing on Burundi and Rwanda, and other Center
projects. Has a keyword search facility.
http://www.cartercenter.org/
- Centre pour la Promotion
de la Liberté d'expression et de la Tolérance dans la région des
Grands-Lacs (CPLTGL)
- In French. "...un organisme à but non lucratif voué à la promotion de
droits à la liberté. Has articles from Agence France Presse, statements
from orgaisations. The web site has some technical problems. http://www.cpltgl.com/index.asp
- Clio en
Afrique
- In French, an electronic journal from the Groupe de recherche (GDR)
1118 du CNRS, "Histoire de l'Afrique: Mémoires et Identités (XVIIème-XXème
siècles)". Based at the Université de Provence.
- No.
2, été 1997 has an article by Fabienne Le Houérou, "Le miracle
erythreen" and an extensive bibliographic essay by Jean-Pierre
Chretien, "Le genocide rwandais".
http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/~wclio-af/
- Coalition for International
Justice (Washington, D.C.)
- The Coalition is an "international, non-profit organization working
to support
the Yugoslavia and Rwanda war crimes tribunals." Has a page,
War Crimes
Investigators' Open Source Factual Resources, with links to documents
on
Rwanda, a FAQ on the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, who's in custody,
detainees' background, released or died. [KF] http://www.his.com/~twarrick/investigations.html
and http://www.cij.org/
- COMESA, Common Market for Eastern
and Southern Africa
- "COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free
independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in
developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their
people'. With its 19 member states and population of 300 million it forms
a major integrated trading block." Has information on customs
tariffs by country, road/transport including road distances, economic
profiles for each country (Angola, Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda,
Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) etc.
Has the text of Doing Business with COMESA: the Handbook,
legal guides to establishing business, etc. [KF] http://www.comesa.int/
- Commission Électorale
Nationale
- In French and Kinyarwanda. Independent body created by the 1993
Arusha Accords to conduct elections. Voter statistics,
national
partners Based in Kigali, Rwanda. http://www.comelena.gov.rw/
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Conference in Support of Democratic Opportunities in the African Great
Lakes Region. Joint Statement and Plan of Action. Montreal, January 22,
1997
- 12 page statement from a conference sponsored by the
International Centre for Human Rights and
Democratic Development (Montreal). http://www.ichrdd.ca/111/english/commdoc/publications/GreatLakes.html
- Congo-L
- In French. Discussion on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Kinshasa). To subscribe, send e-mail to:
LISTSERV@SCRIBE.CMP.ILSTU.EDU
Leave the Subject area blank. In the message area put: sub Congo-L
YourFirstName LastName
Was formerly Zaire-L until July 21, 1997. The list owner, Dr. Andre
Kapanga, formerly of Illinois State University, became the DRC Ambassador
to the United Nations.
- Crisis in
the Great Lakes - Anatomy of a Tragedy
- Full text articles from the No. 110, winter 1997 issue of Refugees
magazine. Includes a chronology. Pub. by the U.N. High Commissioner for
Refugees. http://www.unhcr.ch/pubs/rm110/rm110toc.htm
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Dallaire, [General] Roméo A. - Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of
Humanity in Rwanda
- Transcript of a speech by Dallaire, at the Carnegie Counci on Ethics
and International Affairs, on his role in Rwanda. Includes photograph.
"The Council was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1914 to work toward
the ideal of world peace." Based in New York city. http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/viewMedia.php?prmTemplateID=2&prmID=848
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Derscheid, Jean-Marie
- Guide to the Derscheid microfilm collection of notes, reports and
other documents on Rwanda, Burundi and eastern Congo's Kivu and
Oriental provinces (primarily from the late 1920s - early 1930s).
Compiled by Daniel A. Reboussin. Derscheid was "Professor of Colonial Law
of the Institut des Territoires d’Outre-Mer at Antwerp, Secretary-General
of the Parc Albert, co-founder of the Institut International pour la
Protection de la Nature,..." The master negative of the film is at the
University of Florida Library, Gainesville. http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/derscheid.htm
[Stanford users see the collection at Call number: DT449 .R8P22 MFILM
Author: Derscheid, J. M. Title: [J. M. Derscheid collection of materials
on Rwanda and Burundi, 1877-1933] [microform].
- Destexhe, Alain
- Le Rwanda et la Commission d'enquête sur les événements d'avril 1994
- In French. Belgian Senator Alain Destexhe's web site has a page on
his role in creating the Belgian Commission on the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
"Alain Destexhe est l'initiateur parlementaire de la
commission d'enquête
sur les événements du Rwanda." [KF] http://www.alain-destexhe.com/
- Diplomatie
Judiciaire
- In French. Information on Rwandans
accused of
crimes against humanity such as Rwanda journalist,
Hassan Ngeze.
Ngeze was editor of the newspaper, Kangura. Has full text issues of
Le
Verdict, Mensuel sur les procès de génocide au Rwanda,
édité par la Ligue Rwandaise pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits
de l'Homme (Liprodhor). Has the text of
Statut
du tribunal pénal internationational pour le Rwanda, the
Rwanda law on genocide, etc. Site édité par Chroniques Pénales
Internationales, Paris, France. [KF] http://www.diplomatiejudiciaire.com/
- Domaine Name Registration
- Information on registering internet domain names for .rw, the
top-level domain name for Rwanda.
http://www.nic.rw
- Forces Démocratiques
de Libération du Rwanda, FDLR
- In French and Kinyarwanda. Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda.
"Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda -FDLR- sont les Rwandais
décidés à défendre leur Patrie et le peuple menacé d’extermination par un
régime tyrannique, oligarchique, impopulaire, sanguinaire, usurpateur et
belliciste du FPR qui se maintient par le mensonge et la terreur."
Military organization, partly composed of Hutu forces which left Rwanda
after the 1994 genocide. Press communiques, documents, links to related
sites. [KF] http://mitglied.lycos.de/FDLR/
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France. Assemblée Nationale. Mission d'information sur le Rwanda
- In French. Report (and annexes) of the Quilès Mission on the role of
France and the international community in the events surrounding the 1994
Rwanda genocide. Published 16 December 1998. It includes a chronology of
events 1959-1996, information on key political parties and
organizations, the main Rwanda government leaders 1990-1994,
facts about the Rwanda military forces, an extensive listing of French
government officials 1990-1995, list of acronyms, etc. http://www.assemblee-nat.fr/dossiers/rwanda.asp
For articles about this report, see:
Le
Monde (Les parlementaires rendent leur rapport sur le rôle de la
France au Rwanda, par REMY OURDAN) and
La
Liberation, 16 decembre 1998. [KF]
See also
"Audition de M. Faustin Twagiramungu, Premier Ministre désigné par les
accords d'Arusha, Premier Ministre du Rwanda (juillet 1994-août 1995)"
12 mai 1998 on www.reseauvoltaire.net. 23 pages.
-
Friends of Burundi and Rwanda
- "The Friends of Burundi & Rwanda is a group of Returned Peace
Corps Volunteers (as well as friends and associates) who served in
Burundi or Rwanda. This groups is affiliated with the National Peace
Corps Association." http://www.egroups.com/list/burundi-rwanda/info.html
- Frontline
- The Triumph of Evil: How the West Ignored Warnings of the 1994
Rwanda Genocide...
- Site for the public television program. Includes interviews with
Philip Gourevitch and others, a chronology of events, the influence of
the 1993 Somalia events, excerpts from related books, a summary of
actions by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the text of
crucial cables between the UN commander and Kofi Annan, special reports
(The Rwandan Girl Who Refused to Die, by Fergal Keane, The Crime of
Genocide by Alain Destaxhe, The Rwandan Crisis by Gerard Prunier), map,
etc. [KF]
http://www.pbs.org/frontline/shows/evil/
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Garreton, Roberto - The Massacres in Former Zaire. Mission
Impossible
- Article in Le Monde Diplomatique, December 1997. http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/md/en/1997/12/garreton.html
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Global IDP - IDPS in Rwanda
- Very fine site. Profiles of internally displaced persons in over
twenty countries. Extensive historical background, political situation,
protection issues, international response, statistics, graphs, maps,
sources used with links to sources. From the Norwegian Refugee Council,
Global IDP Project, based in
Geneva, Switzerland. [KF] http://www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/idpSurvey.nsf/wCountries/Rwanda
- Global Information Network In
Education (GINIE)
- Based at the University of Pittsburg, GINIE helps "provide
governments, donor and relief organizations with on-line information,
both current and historical, on crisis- and change-oriented educational
services and materials.". Their
Land Mine Awareness Education Project includes Angola,
Rwanda, Somalia, Zaire. [KF]
http://www.ginie.org/
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Gourevitch, Philip - "Speed of Rwandan genocide frazzled an
uninformed press"
- Brief account on why the genocide was not covered by the press. Use
the Freedom Forum's Search to find other Rwanda stories.
Freedom Forum has a
radio
interview (for those with sound cards) of a November 1998
interview with Philip Gourevitch on the 1994 Rwandan genocide based on
his book, "We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with
our families: Stories from Rwanda." [KF]
http://www.freedomforum.org/international/1998/11/23rwandan.asp
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Great Lakes Monitor
- Discontinued news service on political events in Burundi, Rwanda, the
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), and Uganda. By Dirk Peters,
graduate student in Germany.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/8080/index.html
- Great Lakes Press
- In French and English. News articles from 1998-1999, commentary about
Burundi, Rwanda and surrounding countries. Site generally opposed to the
present Rwanda government. [KF] http://pages.infinit.net/glp/
- Great Lakes
Region - Environmental Aspects of the African Great Lakes Region
- From the United Nations Environment Programme, Global Resource
Information Database (UNEP/GRID). Has landsat maps of the Lac Kivu area
showing population centers of refugees, maps illustrating land cover,
elevation, human population growth, vegetation, etc. and related Great
Lakes and gorilla conservation web sites. http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/greatlakes/
- Greater Horn
Information Exchange
- Excellent site with information from FAO, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank,
U.S. Geological Survey, etc., as well as USAID. Includes human rights
reports. Covers Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda,
Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. Has maps, for ex. street map of Addis
Ababa, administrative boundaries of Ethiopia.
http://www.info.usaid.gov/HORN/
- Heritiers de la Justice.
Service des Eglises Protestantes pour les Droits Humains et la Paix
(Bukavu, Congo)
- In French and English. Current political news, reports on the plight
of "Pygmies" in Congo (Kinshasa), Cameroun, and Rwanda, the situation of
churches in Kivu, work in conflict mediation and human rights. http://www.heritiers.org/
- Hirondelle Foundation
(Lausanne, Switzerland)
- "The purpose of the Hirondelle Foundation is to provide useful,
impartial and independent information to populations deprived of such by
a conflict or natural disaster." The foundation, from its Arusha office,
provides coverage in French and Kinyarwanda of proceedings of the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. It also funds the
independent station, Radio Agatashya.
http://www.hirondelle.org
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The History Place. Genocide in the 20th Century - Rwanda 1994, 800,000
Deaths
- Includes a map. Part of The History Place web site. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/rwanda.htm
also has
Stories from Rwanda - excerpts from Philip Gourevitch's book, "We
Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families."
http://www.historyplace.com/pointsofview/rwanda.htm
- Holder,
M. K.- Primate Handedness and Brain Lateralization Research Site
- Includes her East African Primate Research Sites with photographs,
audio files, information acquired during the course of field research in
Rwanda, Uganda, and Congo (former Zaire). Holder is an
anthropologist with the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal
Behavior (CISAB), Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/index.html
- Human Rights Watch - Reports on Rwanda
- 2003 World Report:
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k3/africa9.html
2000 World
Report: http://www.hrw.org/wr2k/Africa-08.htm#TopOfPage
1999 World
Report: http://www.hrw.org/worldreport99/africa/rwanda.html
1998
World Report: http://www.hrw.org/hrw/reports/1999/landmine/WEBAFR1.html
1999
Landmine Monitor Report: http://www.hrw.org/hrw/reports/1999/landmine/WEBAFR1.html
All
Rwanda reports: http://www.hrw.org/hrw/pubweb/Webcat-84.htm#P1339_175409
- Human
Rights Watch - "Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda"
- Full text of the print report. Includes historical background ("The
Meaning of “Hutu,” “Tutsi,” and “Twa,” Colonial Changes in the Political
System, The Transformation of “Hutu” and “Tutsi”), a
chronology. By Alison Des Forges. Pub. by HRW (New York) and the
International Federation of Human Rights. www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/
- Human Rights
Watch - "Rwanda, Lasting Wounds: Consequences of Genocide and War for
Rwanda’s Children"
- Full text report. Published March 2003, 80 p. "Rwandan children still
suffer the devastating consequences of the 1994 genocide and the war that
preceded and followed it,..." "Hundreds of thousands of children were
orphaned and many now try to cope on their own." http://hrw.org/reports/2003/rwanda0403/
- Human Rights
Watch - "Rwanda: Observing the Rules of War?"
- Published December 2001. Concerns battles May 2001 between soldiers
of the Rwandan government army (Rwandan Patriotic Army, RPA) and fighters
of the rebel Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (Armeé pour la Libération
du Rwanda, ALIR I). http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/rwanda2/
- Human Rights
Watch - "Rwanda: the Search for Security and Human Rights Abuses"
- Full text report in English and French. Concerns human rights abuses
by Rwanda government forces. Published April 2000. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/rwanda/
- Human Rights
Watch - "Uprooting the Rural Poor in Rwanda"
- Full text report. Edited by Michael McClintock. Pub. May 2001. 91
pages. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/rwanda/
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Human Rights Watch. California Committee - "The Killing Ground: A Journey
to Rwanda, The Church at Ntarama"
- Report (1995) by Mike Farrell, Co-Chair of Human Rights Watch,
California Committee.
http://www.hrw.org/about/california/rwanda.html
-
INCORE
Guides to Sources on Conflict and Ethnicity
- The Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE), is a
joint initiative of the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland and the
United Nations University. INCORE has annotated guides to internet
sources on conflict and ethnicity in Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan,
Uganda, and Zaire.
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html
- Inshuti
- In Spanish, Catalan, French, English. The site is opposed to the
present Rwanda government; it is based in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. "At
present our principal task is at the informative level, spreading news
about what is happening in Great Lakes district of Africa, especially the
genocide being perpetrated against the Hutu people." Has press releases,
articles from many sources. http://www2.minorisa.es/inshuti/
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Institut National de Recherche Scientifique, INRS (Butare)
- List of their publications on the natural sciences, anthropology,
archeology, the humanities. On the web site of the
Royal Museum for Central Africa,
Turvuren, Belgium.
http://www.africamuseum.be/Nl/Docdienst/Publinl/inrs.html
- International
Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. The Responsibility to
Protect
- Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State
Sovereignty. Co-chairs were Gareth Evans and Mohamed Sahnoun. Full
text. (Pub. Ottawa, Canada: IDRC, 2001. 110 p. plus cd-rom) "The
report's central theme is "The Responsibility to Protect", the idea that
sovereign states have a responsibility to protect their own citizens
from avoidable catastrophe, but that when they are unwilling or unable to
do so, that responsibility must be borne by the broader community of
states." Commission was established partly in response to the genocide in
Rwanda. http://www.iciss-ciise.gc.ca/report-e.asp
- International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania)
- Official site. Is difficult to access. Biographies of judges, press
releases, full text judgments, annual reports, transcripts, photographs,
U.N.Radio broadcasts (need sound card, RealPlayer), etc. This United
Nations tribunal handed down "the first-ever verdict on the crime of
genocide by an international court" and imposed the "first-ever
sentence for genocide."
http://www.ictr.org/
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International Crisis Group - Central Africa
- The ICG is "a private, multinational organisation committed to
strengthening the capacity of the international community to anticipate,
understand and act to prevent and contain conflict." Has many full text
reports on Central Africa (Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda). Based in
Brussels, Belgium. http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/projects/project.cfm?subtypeid=5
- International Crisis Group - Rwandan Hutu Rebels in the
Congo: a New Approach to Disarmament and Reintegration
- Full text report. May 2003.
In Adobe pdf. "The main Hutu rebel group to be disarmed, the FDLR,
has many allies among the warlords and militias of eastern Congo. And
until Rwanda moves towards greater political openness and reconciliation,
they will not disarm. The fact that Rwanda and the Congo (DRC) have so
far kept their military options open further diminishes prospects for
disarmament and demobilisation of Rwandan rebels."
Executive Summary.
Press
Release. [KF] http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=979
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International Crisis Group - "Uganda and Rwanda: Friends or Enemies?"
- Full text report published May 2000. In html or Adobe .pdf format.
How two allies clashed over differences in approach to the Congo
civil war. http://www.intl-crisis-group.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=37
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International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region
- International inter-university program (based in Geneva, Switzerland)
to collect "grey literature" on the economic, social, and political
aspects of Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Congo-Kinshasa.
The documents, on cd-rom, are sold thru subscription. http://www.grandslacs.net/home.html
- International Rescue Committee
(New York, N.Y.)
- An NGO which "helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic
persecution, as well as those uprooted by war and violence." Describes
their work in Eastern Africa, the Great Lakes region, West Africa.
Has a summary and the full report (in PDF format) of "Mortality
Study, Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo" released June 2000.
http://www.intrescom.org/
- The
International Response to Conflict and Genocide: Lessons from the Rwanda
Experience
- The full-text in ASCII or Wordperfect of the print publication (1996)
by the Steering Committee of the Joint Evalutation of Emergency
Assistance to Rwanda, an international effort. The contents are:
Historical Perspective: Some Explanatory Factors, Early Warning and
Conflict Management, Humanitarian Aid and Effects, Rebuilding Post-War
Rwanda, Synthesis Report. The International Response.
http://www.ing.dk/danida/rwanda.html
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Internews - United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda
- Daily coverage of the UN proceedings in Arusha, Tanzania, plus
special reports.Internews
(Arcata, California) is an international non-profit organization
supporting independent media in emerging democracies. http://www.internews.org/activities/ICTR_reports/ICTR_reports.htm
- Journal of Humanitarian
Assistance
- A free e-journal based at the University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K.
Has full text articles on Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire. Also articles on
Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. http://www.jha.ac/
- Kigali Institute of Science,
Technology and Management
- "Born on November 1st 1997, officially inaugurated in April 1998,
..." Campus news, photographs (including Pres. Bill Clinton's visit),
Based in Kigali. [KF] http://www.kist.ac.rw/
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Lemarchand (Rene) Collection
- A detailed list of the contents of the Rene Lemarchand Collection on
Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, at the University of Florida Africana Library,
prepared by Dan Reboussin is at:
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/rwanda.htm
Additional material on the three countries is in the Rene Lemarchand
Collection at Hoover Library, Stanford University.
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-
Magnarella Paul, "Is U.S. Cooperation with the U.N. Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda Unconstitutional?"
- Article (5 pages) from the electronic quarterly,
African Studies Quarterly, (Vol. 1, No. 4) produced by the
University of Florida, African Studies Center.
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/africa/asq/v1/4/6.htm
- Mbele, Joseph L.
- Dr. Mbele, from Tanzania, teaches folklore and literature in
the English Department, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Site
includes a commentary on the current politics of
Rwanda;
Mbele taught at the University of Burundi. [KF] http://www.stolaf.edu/people/mbele/
-
Memory and History, Cape Town, Aug. 9-11, 2000
- Memory and History : Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving in the
life of the Nation and the Community, An International Conference. Has
papers online (some are in French). Topics include
African Modes of Self-Writing, a memory exhibit for the Lubumbashi
Museum, les Luba, Rwanda, Burundi, urban women in
Lubumbashi, etc. Writers wishing to cite the content of papers in their
own work need to request permission from the paper authors. [KF] http://www.fl.ulaval.ca/celat/program.htm?13,12
- Minority Rights Group
International (London)
- Has a Horn of Africa Programme, publications, a newsletter,
Outsider, with an article on the Batwa of Rwanda. http://www.minorityrights.org
- Mouvement Démocratique Républicain
- In French and Kinyarwanda. Rwanda political party. Its President
Founder was Grégoire Kayibanda (1920-1976) who was also Rwanda's first
President. Short news articles, an audio file of the national anthem
and other songs, party
history, history of
Rwanda, a map showing the
prefectures. Party was banned by the Rwanda govt. July 2003. [KF]
http://www.mdrw.org/
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributes 5 films, part of a
Rwanda
series, which includes Sitting on a Volcano, Hand of God, Hand of
the Devil, Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold - Part 1: Blood Was Flowing
Like a...., Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold - Part 2: We Were Cowards,
Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold - Part 3: We Feel Betrayed. http://www.nfb.ca/
-
National Security Archive (George Washington University) - The
U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994, Evidence of Inaction
- A National Security Archive Briefing Book, edited by William
Ferroggiaro, August 20, 2001. Full text of sixteen
declassified US government documents [in Adobe PDF] 'detailing how US
policymakers chose to be 'bystanders' during the genocide that decimated
Rwanda in 1994." http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB53/press.html
- National Unity and Reconcilition
Commission (URC)
- In English and French. Established by the Rwanda Government in 1999.
Has the Report on the
National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation, Kigali, October 18-20, 2002.
Based in Kigali, Rwanda. http://www.nurc.org.rw/
- New Congo Net
- Page by Marek Enterprise, Inc., a U.S. business based in Reston,
Virginia and owner of the Africa Information Service (AfIS). Has articles
on Congo-Kinshasa from the Africa Information Service. "The mission of
this WWW site is to offer the world an information center to monitor the
transition to democracy and electoral process in Congo-K, to strengthen
public support for the people of Congo-K, to build a global coalition for
their emancipation from oppression, ...".
http://www.marekinc.com/NCN.html
-
Nightline Ted Koppel - "Broken Soldier: A Peacekeeper's
Nightmare"
- Full text of the Feb. 7, 2001 television interview of General Romeo
d'Allaire, by Ted Koppel. Includes why the U.S. did not intervene.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/nightline/transcripts/nl010207_trans.html
- Noublions-jamais
- In French and Kinyarwanda, some English. Commentary on the 1994
genocide in Rwanda. "Ce site est dédié à la mémoire de ma famille, de mes
amis et de tous les martyrs de l'apocalypse du Rwanda de 1994."
Maintained by Arthémon Rurangwa. [KF] http://www.noublions-jamais.com/
- Observatoire de l'Afrique Centrale
- In French. News on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi,
Rwanda. Includes articles on the situation of pygmies. Based in Montreal,
Canada. [KF] http://www.obsac.com/
- Omaar, Rakiya and
Alex de Waal - "U.S. Complicity by Silence. Genocide in Rwanda."
- Full text of an article in Covert Action Quarterly
(Washington, D.C.)
http://caq.com/CAQ52Rwanda.html
-
Organization of African Unity. Iternational Panel of Eminent
Personalities to Investigate the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda and the
Surrounding Events
- In English and French. Has full text of the report, biographies,
speeches. The report calls for reparations by countries (U.S.,
France, Belgium) which ignored the genocide and criticizes the role of
Catholic and Anglican churches. Chair: Sir Ketumile Masire
(Botswana's former President). Members included General Amadou Toumani
Touré (former Mali head of state), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (former Liberian
government minister), Stephen Lewis (former Canada's Permanent
Representative to the U.N.). http://www.oau-oua.org/Document/ipep/ipep.htm
See also article in Africa Recovery "OAU
sets inquiry into Rwanda genocide" http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol12no1/rwanda.htm
[KF]
-
Peress, Gilles - Images, Reality, and the Curse of History
- 1997 interview with Peress, a photographer in
Rwanda
and Bosnia, author of the book,
The
Silence, (New York, 1995) on the 1994 genocide. Includes a chat
with middle school students. Part of the Conversations with History
series from the Univ. of California, Berkeley, Institute of International
Studies. [KF] http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/Peress/peress-con0.html
-
Pomfret, John - Covering Human Rights
- 1997 interview with Pomfret, a foreign correspondent for the
Washington Post. Covers reporting about
Congo (Kinshasa) and Rwanda. Part of the Conversations with History
series from the Institute of International Studies, Univ. of California,
Berkeley. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Pomfret/
-
Prunier, Gerard - Burundi: Descent into Chaos or a Manageable Crisis?
- 33 page paper on the history of Burundi from 1850 to the early 1990s.
A WHITENET country paper on the UN High Commission for Refugees web site,
REFWORLD.
UNHCR: http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/country/writenet/wribdi01.htm
For other 1995-1996 UNHCR reports on Burundi and Rwanda, see:
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/refworld/country/writenet/menu.htm
-
Public Broadcasting Corporation - Jim Lehrer News Hour
- Has transcripts of broadcasts on Rwanda. For those with sound cards
has a RealAudio version as well. The site has a keyword search facility.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/africa.html
- Rassemblement pour le
Retour des Refugies et la Democratie au Rwanda / Rally for the Return of
Refugees and Democracy in Rwanda
- "Le RDR réaffirme sa condamnation du génocide commis
contre les Tutsi. Il renouvelle sa condamnation du génocide, toujours en
cours, contre les Hutu." "The RDR reiterates its appeal to the
International Community - to strongly condemn the Hutu genocide being
carried out by the RPF regime." The RDR President is François Nzabahimana.
Branch based in Belgium. [KF]
http://www.rdrwanda.org/
- Rassemblement pour le
Retour des Réfugiés et la Démocratie au Rwanda (RDR)
- In German and French. "Die RDR ist eine politische Organisation, die
sich für eine pluralistische Demokratie und für die strenge Beachtung der
Grundrechte in Ruanda einsetzt." Has issues online of their bulletin,
Forum Rwandaise. Office in the Netherlands. Branch based in Bonn,
Germany. [KF] http://members.tripod.de/RDR/
- Refugees International
- This organization seeks to serve as an advocate for refugees, was
founded in 1979. Conducts emergency missions, is privately funded.
Information on Burundi, Rwanda, food shortages in Central Africa.
Includes the 1995 issues of Rwandan Repatriation Report. http://www.refintl.org
- RUGO, Rwanda United Kingdom
Goodwill Organisation
- Provides education, training for Rwanda. http://www.rugo.org/index.shtml
-
Rutagarama, Eugene - Goldman Environmental Prize 2001
- Mr. Rutagara "risked his life and reached out across ethnic and
political boundaries to preserve precious habitat for [Rwanda's Volcano
National Park's] 355 mountain gorillas, about half the number remaining
worldwide." The Goldman Prize,
the world's largest prize program honoring grassroots environmentalists,
is based in San Francisco, CA. http://www.goldmanprize.org
- Rwanda 1994 Genocide
- In French. A history of Rwanda and the 1994 genocide. Includes a
chronologie. Maintained by Michel Ognier. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rwanda94/
-
Rwanda 2000
- In French. Contains full text letters, analyses, memos, journal
articles, reports (by Filip Reyntjens, Professeur aux Universités
d’Anvers et de Bruxelles, etc). Has publications of the UFDR, Union des
Forces Democratiques Rwandaises, which is opposed to the present Rwanda
government, and a discussion forum in French and Kinyarwanda. Maintained
by R. Monfort. [KF] http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/3643/ufdra.html
-
Rwanda Constitution
- From the Hamburg University (Germany) International Constitutional
Law project on comparative jurisprudence. Contains the full text of the
1991 Constitution.
Hamburg site (difficult to access):
http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/rw__indx.html
Mirror site at Cornell: http://www.law.cornell.edu/law/rw__indx.html
- Rwanda.
Department of Information
- Official Site. Very recent and older press releases. http://www.gov.rw/government/newsupdate.htm
- Rwanda Development
Trust
- Set up in 1994 to aid Rwandans inside Rwanda on projects they
initiate themselves. Projects include assistance to Kigali Hospital,
Remera Academy, and to Avega-Agahozo, a program helping widows reclaim
land. Based in Bromley, Kent, U.K. http://www.charitynet.org/~rwanda-dt/
- Rwanda. Embassy. Pretoria,
South Africa
- http://www.rwanda.co.za
- Rwanda. Embassy. United
States
- http://www.rwandemb.org/
- Rwanda. Government
- Official site. Government news, press releases (January 10, 2002 ICT
development plan launched, etc.),
the President's speeches, biography, country history, etc. http://www.gov.rw/
- Rwanda Hope - Leonard
Uwiringiyimana
- "...an international pacifist organization of concerned people..."
Articles and personal accounts by refugees. Includes a 1994 letter from
Godfrey L. Binaisa, "The demise of International Law in the African Great
Lakes Crisis: Causes, perspectives, and Responsibilities" by John
Philpot, a Sept. 1996 Kigali Press Conference by U.S. Congressman Harry
Johnston, "Goma/Bukavu: Testimony of a direct eye witness, Jan. 1997",
"Countdown to a bloodbath", by Adrian Hastings, historical information,
etc. Maintained by Leonard Uwiringiyimana. [KF] http://www.udayton.edu/~rwanda
- Rwanda Information Exchange
- In English and French. "...information on Rwanda from various sources
including communications from Governments, NGO's and Friends of Rwanda,
as well as from individuals interested in Rwanda." News, sports relating
to Rwanda. "an independent site created in New York in 1995, ........a
window into Rwanda and other countries of the Great Lakes Region."
http://www.rwanda.net/
- Rwanda. [National
Assembly] Transitional National Assembly / Assemblée Nationale de
Transition
- In English and French. Created November 25,1994, members are from
"political parties which did not participate in the genocide: RPF, MDR,
PDC, PDI, PL, PSD, PSR, UDPR and representatives of the Rwandese
Patriotic Army." Information on Assembly Members, legislative procedures,
summary of proceedings, the Agenda, contact information for Assembly
officers. [KF] http://www.rwandaparliament.gov.rw
- Rwandanet
- Discussion on Rwanda. To subscribe, send e-mail to:
listproc@msstate.edu
In the message area, put: subscribe rwandanet YourFirstName YourLastName
- RwandaNet
- In French. Hosts Rwanda Liberation - an
independent monthly from Kigali. Has news on Rwanda, how to count in
Kinyarwanda, documents (articles from Rwanda Liberation on
labor, the number killed, by commune, in the 1994 genocide, excerpts from
the French National Assembly Mission d'information sur le Rwanda
report), children's corner (puzzles, story in French). Maintained by
Jean-Luc Chavanieux. [KF] http://www.altern.org/rwandanet/
- Rwanda Online
- Very good directory of Rwanda web sites, news and e-cards. The
site owner is Multiart GmbH, Markus Stark, Solothurn, Switzerland.
http://www.rwanda-online.org
- Rwanda Page
- This page no longer exists. It was maintained by Mathias Cyamukungu
and J-M Wattecamps. http://mickey.interpac.be/rwanda/
- Rwanda.
President (H.E. Major General Paul Kagame)
- Official site. Speeches, biography, press releases. Based in Kigali,
Rwanda. http://www.rwanda1.com/government/presindex.html
- Rwanda Southern Africa
Alliance
- The Alliance is a "community organisation which consists of
professionals, academics, business persons and people from a range of
other occupations..." promoting Rwandan-Southern African relations.
Information on investing in Rwanda, the privatisation process in Rwanda,
etc. Based in Pretoria. [KF] http://www.rsaa.co.za
- RwandaTel S.A.
- The telecommunications and internet service provider in Rwanda.
http://www.rwanda1.com/
- Rwanda Web Ring
- In French. Web sites about Rwanda. http://rwanda.free.fr//webring.htm
- Sibomana
- List closed May 27, 2000 per owner - "La présente a pour objet de
vous informer que ladite liste a été fermée pour des raisons de sécurité.
J'ai en effet reçu des menaces qui provenaient de quelqu'un dont le nom
est rwandais."E-mail list for Rwanda news, some discussion, mainly in
French. List maintained by Jean Bosco Sibomana. [KF] http://Sibomana.Listbot.com
-
Track Two - "Handling the Great Lakes Crisis"
- Full text articles from Vol. 6 No. 1 April 1997, quarterly
publication of the Centre for Conflict Resolution and the Media Peace
Centre, Univ. of Cape Town.
http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/two/2/index.html
-
Ubutabera "Independent Newsletter on the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda."
- Issues for 1997-1998. Published by Intermedia in Arusha, Tanzania.
http://persoweb.francenet.fr/~intermed/uk/archi.htm and in
French:
http://persoweb.francenet.fr/~intermed/french/archi.htm
- Union des Forces Démocratiques
Rwandaises, UFDR / Union of Rwandese Democratic Forces
- In English, French, Kinyarwanda. Members of the UFDR include the
Rassemblement pour le Retour des
Réfugiés et la Démocratie au Rwanda, Rally for the Return of Refugees
and Democracy in Rwanda, RDR. Press releases , political program. Web
site based in Brussels, Belgium. [KF] http://www.ufdr.org
- United
Nations. Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United
Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. 15 December 1999
- Report chaired by Ingvar Carlsson, which was critical of the role of
the United Nations, the U.S., Belgium, and France in the 1994 genocide.
http://www.un.org/News/ossg/rwanda_report.htm
- United Nations Development
Programme - Rwanda
- http://www.undp.org/rba/
- United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Rwanda Reports
- Has many full text reports. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/country/rwanda.htm
-
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State & Cabinet
Members - Rwanda
- Provides a list of the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of
the Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N.
Representative. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs147.html
-
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook - Rwanda
- Has a map, information on geography, people, government, economy,
transportation, communication, defense. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rw.html
- U.S. Department of State. Report on Human Rights Practices -
Rwanda
- 2002
Report,
2001
Report,
2000 Report,
1999 Report,
1998 Report,
1997 Report,
1996 Report
1995, 1994, 1993: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html
- United States Mission to
Rwanda (Kigali)
- Profile of the U.S. Ambassador, public holidays, Rwanda - Consular
Information Sheet (information to travelers to Rwanda),
doing
business in Rwanda, Rwanda response regarding Sept. 11, etc. http://www.usembkigali.net/
- Universite Libre de Kigali
- In French and English. "Kigali Independent University is a higher
institution of learning...created on 15th March, 1996 by the Rwandan
Association for the Promotion of Education and Culture (ARPEC)." It has
three faculties - The Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management,.The
Faculty of Social Sciences with 3 departments (Sociology, Administration,
Demography), and the Faculty of Law. "ULK has recently been accepted by
the ''Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie'' (AUF) as a full member
(with all rights)." [KF] http://www.ulk.ac.rw/
- Universite Nationale du Rwanda
/ National University of Rwanda
(Butare, Rwanda)
- In French and English. University history, the Research Committee
(e-mail:
research@nur.ac.rw), information on the town of Butare, the
Faculties, the Centre de gestion des
conflits / Centre for Conflict Management, the Centre de recherche et
d'information en socio-economie rurale, the Centre Universitaire des
Arts, the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Contemporaines en Sciences
Humaines (CERCOSH), etc. [KF] http://www.nur.ac.rw/
- Université Nationale du
Rwanda. Centre de gestion des conflits / National University of Rwanda.
Centre for Conflict Management (CCM)
- "an action research centre at the National University of Rwanda,
dedicated to the management of the Rwandan conflict through social
dissemination of university research results on overcoming conflicts in
form of educational tools, action policy papers, advisory and
consultation services." Publishes Cahiers. [KF] http://www.ccmrwanda.org/
- Université Nationale
du Rwanda. University Center of Arts and Drama
- "the University Center for Arts aims at dynamising arts and culture,
in order to bring its contribution to the strategies of reconciliation,
peace and national unity. Moreover, it will promote the international
extension of Rwandan culture." Based in Butare, Rwanda. [KF] http://www.nur.ac.rw/artcenter1.htm
-
University of Pennsylvania Rwanda Page
- U.S. C.I.A maps, embassies, travel, language information, etc.
Created by Julie Sisskind, now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn's vast
African studies web site now has a
keyword search
engine.
Rwanda Page: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Rwanda.html
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/Search/AS-search.html
-
Volcanoes in Africa
- Has photos of volcanoes in Rwanda, and other countries. Each entry
has references to articles. One can
search issues of the Bulletin of Volcanology by keyword.
Located on the Volcano World site which is designed to distribute remote
sensing data to non-technical users.
African volcanoes: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/africa/africa.html
Volcano World:
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html
- Washington
Office on Africa / Africa Policy Information Center
- The Washington Office on Africa, Africa
Policy Information Centera non-profit advocacy organization, has
reports from 1995-1997 on Rwanda. There is a keyword search facility.
- They have a mailing list or reports covering the continent. To get on
their mailing list write to:
woa@igc.apc.org
- Willum.com
- Articles on Rwandan politics originally published in the Danish
publication, Aktuelt, by free-lance journalists, Gunnar Willum and
Bjørn Willum. [Site likes to set cookies.] http://www.willum.com
- Witness to
Genocide: Children of Rwanda. Edited by Richard A. Salem
- (New York : Friendship Press, c2000. 48 pages. Foreword by Hillary
Rodham Clinton.) One page on the book which "tells the story of the 1994
Rwanda genocide through drawings by its child survivors." http://www.cmi-salem.org/witness.htm
- Women's Commission
for Refugee Women and Children (New York, NY)
- Their Fall 2000 Newsletter has articles on the Lord Resistance Army (Uganda)
and on Burundi. They issue press releases (Burundi,
Uganda), have an online slideshow from a 2000 Rwanda
Delegation Trip. http://www.womenscommission.org/
- Has full text reports -
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Conflict and Displacement in Burundi
(in Adobe PDF, 52 p. Oct. 2000)
A
Child's Nightmare: Burundian Children at Risk.
Report of Women's Commission delegation visit to Burundi/Tanzania border
camp to investigate the situation for refugee children. (February 1998)
Rebuilding Rwanda: A Struggle Men Can Not Do Alone
(in Adobe PDF, Jan. 2000)
Rwanda's Women and Children: The Long Road to
Reconciliation (Sept. 1997)
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