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Do attempt to cover the following:

• History of Rwanda, before, during and post the colonial era, leading to the genocide

 • Fear and mistrust spread through propaganda and division created by racial ideology

 • How preparations for genocide began and the circumstances surrounding the events: eg. the economic crisis, the refugee problem following the waves of massacres since 1959, the complex situation which arose because of the civil war and how the situation in Rwanda were reported in the West

 • The Arusha Peace Process

 • The silence of the international community

 • The UN’s withdrawal of troops from ETO

 • The genocide

 • The aftermath of the genocide – the first 5 years

 • The aftermath of the genocide – subsequent 5 years

• The aftermath of the genocide – post 2004

 • International response and culpability during the genocide, post-genocide, and how the country was subsequently rebuilt.

 • The issues of choice, responsibility and citizenship

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