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Africans played a significant role in preventive diplomacy and peacekeeping, but were not capable of acting forcefully to stop the 1994 genocide. Regional military observers supervised the March 1991 N’Sele agreement, and the entire Arusha process was primarily an African effort supported by the OAU and driven by Tanzanian diplomacy. The deployment of NMOG and NMOG II were also important African attempts to deal with the Rwandan crisis on a continuing basis. In addition, specific Africans actively carried out institutional responsibilities in the furtherance of conflict management, most notably OAU Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim, UN special rapporteurs on human rights Bacre Waly Ndiaye and Rene Degni-Segui, and UN special representative Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh.
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Klinghoffer, A.J. (1998). African Limitations. In: The International Dimension of Genocide in Rwanda. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375062_9
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