There was a good deal of attention paid to the Rwandan genocide, with last year being the 10th anniversary of it and the release of a book by Romeo Dallaire, the head of the UN force in that country at the time but who was powerless to intervene.
Recently the movie Hotel Rwanda came out on cinema and it was quite moving from what I heard.

A lot of people know about the tragedy that occured during the genocide, how from an alleged assasination of the Rwandan president who was Hutu, events continued out of control until Hutus went on a rampage killing over 500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
However the history behind that is generally unknown or little-known. Rwandan's colonial masters, the Belgians had a major part to play in creating and building up the tensions from the 1930s when they classified the native peoples into 2 different tribes, the Hutus and Tutsis.
This article on Zmag is a review of a book "Conspiracy to murder" that describes in detail the history behind the genocide going back 100 years. The article itself gives a good brief summary of these events in history which educates many viewers a little more on the genocide.


These recent years have seen an astonishing amount of arrogance shown by America's government, as well as destruction and deceit. It's no surprise that America's prestige and reverence around the world has been eroded and replaced by annoyance and hatred. Not just prestige, but respect and admiration for aspects of American society including its system of democracy, economic and foreign policies and universities are steadily declining and countries all over are looking to other emerging powers for inspiration and leadership.