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The Reverend Canon Dr. Chris Collingwood, York Minster's Canon Chancellor, lights some of the 600 candles in the form of the Star of David set out on the floor during an event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in the Chapter House at York Minster on January 24th, 2019, in York, England. The ceremony in the minster is one of many international events for Holocaust Memorial Day, held on January 27th. This date marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. The international theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 is "Torn From Home," which encourages people to reflect on how the enforced loss of a safe place to call home is part of the trauma faced by anyone experiencing persecution and genocide. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, which began in April of 1994, and the 40th anniversary of the end of the Cambodian genocide, which ended in 1979.

Viewfinder: Commemorating Genocide Around the World

Six hundred candles in the form of the Star of David are set out on the floor during an event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in the Chapter House at York Minster on January 24th, 2019, in York, England.

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

Ripple Effects of Climate Change Could Damage Mountain Gorilla Populations

As global warming forces farmers in northwestern Rwanda to move to higher elevations, the fragile gorilla population will be put more at risk.

Elham Shabahat

Economics

Tackling the Gender Gap in Rwanda’s Burgeoning Tech Sector

Women in the country are missing out on the tech boom, and those who do work in the industry say companies and the government need to do more to help bolster their ranks.

Rodrigue Rwirahira

Social Justice

How Rwanda’s Government Hinders Female Entrepreneurs

While the statistics illustrate growing economic equality for women in the country, many are still being prevented from running a business.

Rodrigue Rwirahira

Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) greets a crowd of supporters as he arrives for a campaign rally on July 31st, 2017, in Gakenke ahead of the August 4th presidential election. Kagame and his Rwanda Patriotic Front Party have held an iron grip on power since overthrowing the extremist Hutu regime, which perpetrated the 1994 genocide of 800,000 Tutsis.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Gearing Up for a Presidential Election in Rwanda

Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) greets a crowd of supporters as he arrives for a campaign rally on July 31, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

Is Lake Kivu Set to Explode?

Saving the lake—and the two million people who live on its shores—will require something miraculous: a bilateral partnership between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Laura Turner

News in Brief

No Separation: Can the Church Calm the Crisis in Burundi?

The importance of churches across much of sub-Saharan Africa as sites of social gathering, public service provision, and ideational leadership cannot be underestimated.

Rachel Beatty Riedl

News in Brief

20 Years After Rwanda, Why Is It Still So Hard to Stop Genocide?

Our brains are better equipped to process isolated tragedies, while international laws make it easy to ignore anything that isn't the Holocaust.

Paul Hiebert

Social Justice

What Really Happened in Rwanda?

Researchers Christian Davenport and Allan C. Stam say the accepted story of the mass killings of 1994 is incomplete, and the full truth — inconvenient as it may be to the Rwandan government — needs to come out.

Christian Davenport and Allan C. Stam

Economics

We Are Accused of Over-cheerfulness

Letters to the editor: OK, bucko, step outside and say we're afraid of population growth. Go ahead. See what happens.

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