Veneranda Mukamubano and her children at a transit centre in Rwanda
after returning from Uganda on a UNHCR-organised convoy.
© UNHCR/B.Heger
The UN declared 7th April 2004 as the International
Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in
Rwanda. In 1994,over
900,000 Rwandans were killed during
a 100-day period between April and July.
The mayhem produced a massive refugee crisis
and left almost 100,000 children orphaned.
Research Guide
Documents
Selected full-text documents (for more, search in the Digital Library)
- Action Aid, Understanding the Great Lakes crisis: an international conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, 30 November to 2 December 1996 (1996)
- Bunting, Ikeweba et al., Summary report from the International Workshop on Refugee Crisis in the Great Lakes Region August 1995, Arusha (1995)
- Connelly, Maureen, Refugees or hostages? (1997)
- Lautze, Sue, Strategic humanitarian coordination in the Great Lakes Region 1996-1997: An independent study for the inter agency standing committee (1998)
- Macrae, Joanna, ed., Special issue: Masking a policy vacuum: reviewing the lessons of international response to the Rwanda crisis, Disasters 20(4) (1996)
- Sangara, Aime B. Understanding the present conflict in Rwanda: a look at some key factors which contributed to the outbreak of the Genocide, (1994)
Web Resources
Selected web-based information resources (for more, search the FMO website)
Relevant Organizations
Contact details for organizations based in Rwanda (for more, search in the Organizations Directory)
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