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Discusses US apathy toward & neglect of genocide in Rwanda. Humanitarian intervention following the Cold War is differentiated by an increasing guardedness against intervening when no national interest exists; this wariness is explained by the US intervention in Somalia. US passivity regarding genocide in Rwanda is deemed a moral failure of US foreign policy. Treatment of the events in Rwanda by mass media, US intelligence, & various government agencies is analyzed, with discussion of the reasons provided for not intervening. The belief that the US should only intervene for vital national interests is considered morally deficient. L. Collins Leigh

All the [South African] media—with the exception of the alternative press—violated the public's basic right to information on what had been done on their behalf in the name of apartheid. … By keeping the public in the dark, they contributed to a climate in which human rights abuses against blacks could and did prevail.

In this groundbreaking study of post-conflict Sierra Leone, Lyn Graybill examines the ways in which both religion and local tradition supported restorative justice initiatives such as the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and village-level Fambul Tok ceremonies

Africa in a world in change / Pauline H. Baker -- Civility, incivility, and democratization : the politics of civil society in Africa / Robert Fatton -- The constraints on democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa : the case for limited democracy / John F. Clark -- Traditional authorities and the Mozambican transition to democratic governance / Harry G. West -- Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire as a nondemocratic presidential leader / John F. Clark -- The Nigerian press under the military : persecution, resilience, and political crisis (1983-1993) / Adeyinka Adeyemi -- The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe / Anthony B. Gubbay -- The role of Christianity in the transition to majority rule in South Africa / Peter Walshe -- The impact of Christianity on the struggle against apartheid / Lyn Graybill

"Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone and Religious Mediation" published on by Oxford University Press.