This intervention however never came – overriding political motives hindered an intervention. Even though the Rwandan genocide happened before New Humanitarianism, it showed that the indeterminate[35] rules of humanitarian intervention can lead to the loss of many lives in places the international community's most powerful members deem un-important, and in cases that are not considered politically expedient.
Pia alitumia nafasi hiyo kueleza kuwa ni wakati sasa mataifa ya Afrika yakaangalia namna ya kuendesha masuala ya kisiasa na ulinzi katika hali ya amani pasipo kuharibu utulivu wa Taifa husika ili kuepuka kuharibu maisha ya watu wasio na hatia pamoja na nguvu kazi kubwa ambayo ndio tegemeo la kuleta maendeleo sambamba na kukuza uchumi.