In 1915, amid the chaos of World War I, the Ottoman Empire began a brutal campaign against its Armenian population—an event that would later be recognized as one of the first modern genocides. Over the course of several years, an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were systematically killed through mass executions, forced death marches, and starvation. …
On April 7, 1994, one of the darkest chapters in human history began—the Rwandan Genocide. Over the course of just 100 days, nearly one million people, mostly Tutsis, were brutally murdered by extremist Hutu militias. Fueled by deep-rooted ethnic tensions, propaganda, and decades of colonial influence that exacerbated divisions, the genocide unfolded with shocking speed …
