Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
Posted 14 April 1996

The International Response to Conflict and Genocide: Lessons from the Rwanda Experience

March 1996

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Study 1: Historical Perspective: Some Explanatory Factors

by Tor Sellström and Lennart Wohlgemuth
The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
with contributions by
Patrick Dupont and Karin Andersson Schiebe
Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction and Summary
• Chapter 1
  • Country Brief
  • The physical setting
  • Demographic and social features
  • The land question
  • The position of women
  • The economy
• Chapter 2
  • Pre-Colonial Period
  • Patron/client relationships
  • Ethnicity in pre-colonial Rwanda
• Chapter 3
  • Colonial Period and Independence
  • The colonial era
  • Transition to independence
  • The events of 1959-62: reversal and confrontation
  • The Second Republic
• Chapter 4
  • Towards Crisis in Rwanda 1990-1994
  • General outline: main actors/main factors
  • Evolution of the conflict
• Chapter 5
  • April 1994 and its Aftermath
  • The genocide
  • Churches
  • The civil war
  • The role of the international community
  • The refugees
  • Rwanda after the war
  • The internal political situation
• Annex 1
  • Rwanda in the Region
  • The Banyarwanda
  • Rwanda and regional organization
  • Rwanda and Burundi in crisis: comparative and regional perspective
  • The national dialogue in Burundi: a way towards conflict resolution?
• Annex 2
  • Arming Rwanda
  • Rwanda government
  • Rwandese Patriotic Front
  • International peacekeeping
• Appendix 1: Tables: Economic Indicators
• Appendix 2: Chronology
• Appendix 3
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Pre-colonial period
  • Colonial period/independence
  • 1990-1994
  • April 1994 and after
  • Bibliography
• Appendix 4: Interviews and Meetings
• Appendix 5: List of Abbreviations

ISBN: 87-7265-335-3 (Synthesis Report)
ISBN: 87-7265-331-0 (1. Historical Perspective: Some Explanatory Factors)
ISBN: 87-7265-332-9 (2. Early Warning and Conflict Management)
ISBN: 87-7265-333-7 (3. Humanitarian Aid and Effects)
ISBN: 87-7265-334-5 (4. Rebuilding Post-War Rwanda)