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I've seen quite a number of movies and documentaries about Rwanda, but last night I finally managed to watch Sometimes in April.Along with Un Dimanche à Kigali, believe it's one of the best, a mixture of documentary and "fiction."

Trailer

You can watch it the movie online by the way.It's sometimes tough to watch obviously but the film puts an emphasis on the role of radio in inciting genocide, which I think is important to mention.

In other news, I watched a small CNN documentary on the DRC the other, which I thought was pretty good.It's nice that a big channel finally talks about the issue.I'm not sure a lot of people watched but it's an important step.I'm always a little skeptical about celebrities getting involved in these issues, in this case Ben Affleck, but I guess at least more people will listen.

CNN

Stop conflict rape

I discovered these websites not too long ago.As you know in Rwanda, I will work with an organization who help women who were raped during the genocide or families affected by conflict rape.I also have done and still do a lot of research on the use of rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Very little is done to prevent rape or conflict in the DRC.There is a lack of peacekeepers on the ground.I believe Kosovo , a very small country compared to the DRC, had approximately 50,000 while Zimbabwe has 18,000.A lot of research has been done on the DRC.It is extremely complex and violent but few people outside the field of politics, human rights or development know what is going on so I just wanted to show you these websites.You can even send a picture of you doing the 'cross sign.' I'm not saying this is gonna change a lot but it's a start.They have links to a bunch of advocacy and NGO websites.

http://www.stoprapenow.org/

http://www.saynotoviolence.org/join-say-no/get-cross-200000-show-solidarity-end-conflict-rape

This was drawn by a Sudanese child

Source: "Darfur Drawn: The Conflict in Darfur Through Children's Eyes" http://www.hrw.org/legacy/photos/2005/darfur/drawings/12.htm