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4 is the twentieth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in three months. American development and humanitarian worker, Carl Wilkens was there. Leslie Dewees reports.
Category Archives: Justice/Rights
African Solutions to African Problems Reply
African leaders reflect on their continent’s efforts at peacebuilding and development. Jane McClenahan reports.
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Guatemala: Digging Up the Past Reply
Even during the 36-year-long conflict, a few determined people in Guatemala gathered evidence of the atrocities being committed. Their work contributes directly to hopes for justice today, as Barbara Borst reports.
Alma Vasquez of FAFG explains signs of violent death on bones at La Verbena cemetery.
Photo by Barbara Borst
The Conversation: Snowstorm & No Ceilings 2
Hillary Clinton may no longer be in office but she has no trouble drawing a crowd in New York, as Jane McClenahan reports.
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton with Melinda Gates at NYU. Photo by Leslie Dewees.
Guatemala: Calling on the International Community Reply
Guatemala has asked the United Nations twice for assistance in establishing peace and justice. Barbara Borst reports in the second of four articles on Guatemala.
At Santo Tomas, a Catholic church built atop a Maya altar in Chichicastenango, worshipers use symbols of both cultures.
Photo by Barbara Borst
Guatemala: The Quest for Justice Reply
After decades of armed conflict and violent crime, Guatemalans are striving to build a justice system that works. Barbara Borst reports in the first of a series of articles.
Antigua, Guatemala, once a Spanish capital of Central America, sits below Agua volcano.
Photo by Barbara Borst
Rwanda: Lessons on Preventing Genocide 1
The general who led United Nations peacekeepers during the Rwanda genocide says early warning signs are the key to preventing atrocities. Hadley Griffin reports.
Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire led UN peacekeeping in Rwanda during the genocide. Eugenie Mukeshimana, head of Genocide Survivors Support Network, stands next to him.
Photo courtesy of Africa Renewal/Bo Li
Myanmar’s Forgotten War 1
Hundreds of thousands eek out a miserable existence as the West re-embraces Myanmar. Jane McClenahan reports.
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Zimbabwe’s Poor Restart Reply
Prominent Zimbabwean attorney and human rights activist Beatrice Mtetwa talks about the problems with her country’s new constitution and new government, as Barbara Borst reports.
Beatrice Mtetwa, left, speaking about Zimbabwe at the International Peace Institute, with Mireille Affa’a-Mindzie of IPI.
Photo by Barbara Borst
Preventing Political Violence in Kenya Reply
A new study assesses how Kenya avoided another round of widespread ethnic violence in the March 2013 elections and what steps it still needs to take. Barbara Borst reports.
A teacher in western Kenya speaks to two boys whose families were displaced during political violence. Photo by Barbara Borst (2008)
A family that had to flee political violence in central Kenya. Photo by Barbara Borst (2008)
Egypt: Reflections on Revolution Reply
Cairo professor Khaled Fahmy discusses the political and social turmoil in Egypt since the revolution of January 2011 and the army intervention of July 2013. Barbara Borst reports.
Professor Khaled Fahmy, left, of the American University in Cairo talks about the turmoil in Egypt.
Photo by Barbara Borst
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