Rwanda genocide - part II

Thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutu tried to escape the massacre by hiding in churches, hospitals, schools, and government offices. These places that have been places of refuge during the majority of conflicts, suddenly turned into places of mass murder. During the Rwanda genocide in an effort to further degrade the victims, Tutsi were not allowed to bury the dead. Rwandan Patriotic Front finally gained the upper hand in the conflict and seized power in the country. President Kagame took office and brought stability to the deeply wounded nation. The international community provided the new government with unprecedented levels of aid. Few years after the genocide, President Kagame received high-profile commendation for the way he unified Rwanda and masterminded economic recovery. The atrocities of the Rwanda genocide remain a constant reminder in history of the other side of human nature. Read more on the genocide here. You can also watch a documentary on the horrible event.

Black Death documentary

The documentary is centered around the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in Europe. It shows the migration of the Black Death with trading ships from Asia to Mediterranean, as well as the incident at the city of Crimea. It also describes the living conditions at the time and the effect on common people.

Libyan civil war

Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya for more than 40 years and made corruption, torture, executions, lack of respect for human rights daily occurrence. His methods of banning anyone opposing his ideology, along with criminalization of the peaceful protests and denying the right to free speech led to a major conflict. In 2011, as the wave of revolutions hit the Arab world, the Libyan people rebelled against their formal leader and started a civil war. Urban fights that were fought daily took a death toll over 6000 people and lasted for several months. Finally, Gaddafi was captured alive from a drain under a motorway in Sirte, where he was hiding with a small group of bodyguards. Some claim that he was killed while putting up a desperate last fight for freedom. Read more on the course of Libyan civil war...