What happened in Kosovo (Albania) in 1999?
Answer:
- A massacre was being carried out by the army of their own country, working under the directions of a leader, Milosevic, who came to power through democratic election.
- This was one of the worst instances of killings based on ethnic lines in recent time.
- Finally, several other countries intervened to stop the massacre. Milosevic lost power and was tried by an International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity.