General information

Call No.:

350-3-1:42/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-3-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Africa: Rwanda

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #42 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009755

Date of production

1994

Date

1994

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

22 min.

Notes

Approximately 2 min. without image between 11'22" and 13'26".

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

Continuation of the BBC News on Rwanda covering the period between April 1994 and April 1995. Clip 1 (June 22, 1994): News report about “Operation Turquoise,” the extent of the French involvement in Rwanda, and the UN’s approval of a mission to Rwanda under French control. It includes an interview with French Prime Minister Édouard Balladur as well as with the representative of the RPF at the UN. Clip 2: News report on the deployment of French troops in Rwanda and the reactions to this action in Belgium, Rwanda and France. Clip 3: News report about the withdrawal of the French troops from Gikongoro, Rwanda and the continuous flux of people fleeing Rwanda to get to Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo). It contains interviews with former ministers of Rwanda in exile, including Jean Kambanda, Prime Minister of Rwanda between April 1994 and July 1994, who claims that they are not responsible for the mass killings. Clip 4: News report about Goma and Kibumba refugee camps in Zaire where UN is considering pulling out the aid workers and separating the soldiers and the civilians for safety and security reasons – extreme Hutus seek to regroup and return to Rwanda, extreme RPF fighters seek revenge, former RPF fighters share the camp with Hutu extremists and each party seeks to gain control, hit lists were being drawn, including names of aid workers, lawlessness and lack of control replaced the rule, food is distributed through Hutu militiamen, and perpetrators took over the camps. Clip 4 (December 25, 1994): Interviews with aid workers who have had enough of aiding the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide. It includes footage from the refugee camps. Clip 5 (December 28, 1994): News report on Kigali’s central jail and the inhumane conditions for the almost 6000 prisoners residing there. It includes interviews with Faustin Twagiramungu (Prime Minister of Rwanda from July 1994 till Aug. 1995), Richard Goldstone (Chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda), and François Karera (Prefect of Kigali-Rural Prefecture in Rwanda). Clip 6: Report on Tutsis returning to Rwanda, while Hutus remain in refugee camps outside of the country due to fear of retribution.

Context

Associated Names

Rekkas, Faria (Investigator)

BBC (Copyright holder, Creator/Author, Producer)