Rwanda Genocide
Throughout history groups of people have tried to eliminate other groups for various reasons but in the Rwanda Genocide the Hutus killed many Tutsi. In Rwanda a small, poor, central African country genocide broke out which left 800,000+ Tutsis dead. In this paper I will tell you about the history between the Tutsi and the Hutus, the hundred days of genocide in 1994, also what happened to the people and economy.
The Tutsi and the Hutus tribes weren’t always enemies they lived in peace for many years till 1994 a large scale incident finally sparked the two tribes. Leading up to1994 war between the Tutsi and Hutus there was a couple years of hatred. After World War I Belgium overtook Rwanda as a colony and established the Tutsi as the natural born leaders of Rwanda which made the Hutus enraged. The once peaceful land between the two tribes was no more because the Tutsi had more power than the Hutus. The Tutsis got power hungry and tried to take over Belgium so the Belgium’s helped the Hutus out to stop the Tutsi. When war broke out between the two tribes the Hutus were way more dominant because of their numbers. The Hutus started killing freely they burned down Tutsi villages the conflict left an estimated 300 Tutsi civilians dead. The United Nation tried to promote a peace treaty in order to gain Independence in Rwanda. While the peace treaty was being created, the Hutus were still taking advantage of their dominance by oppressing the Tutsi population. When the Hutus started pushing the Tutsi out of Rwanda the Tutsi went to a neighboring nation of Burundi. When the Hutus went to attack the Tutsi in Burundi the Tutsi were ready and massacred 90,000 Hutus in 4 months. Between 1973-1990 the war stopped and everything was peaceful again until the Rwanda president died, when his airplane got shot down and killed everyone inside. When the Genocide started the Belgium and French withdrew 90% of their troops because the Tutsi and the Hutus started fighting again. In the
The Tutsi and the Hutus tribes weren’t always enemies they lived in peace for many years till 1994 a large scale incident finally sparked the two tribes. Leading up to1994 war between the Tutsi and Hutus there was a couple years of hatred. After World War I Belgium overtook Rwanda as a colony and established the Tutsi as the natural born leaders of Rwanda which made the Hutus enraged. The once peaceful land between the two tribes was no more because the Tutsi had more power than the Hutus. The Tutsis got power hungry and tried to take over Belgium so the Belgium’s helped the Hutus out to stop the Tutsi. When war broke out between the two tribes the Hutus were way more dominant because of their numbers. The Hutus started killing freely they burned down Tutsi villages the conflict left an estimated 300 Tutsi civilians dead. The United Nation tried to promote a peace treaty in order to gain Independence in Rwanda. While the peace treaty was being created, the Hutus were still taking advantage of their dominance by oppressing the Tutsi population. When the Hutus started pushing the Tutsi out of Rwanda the Tutsi went to a neighboring nation of Burundi. When the Hutus went to attack the Tutsi in Burundi the Tutsi were ready and massacred 90,000 Hutus in 4 months. Between 1973-1990 the war stopped and everything was peaceful again until the Rwanda president died, when his airplane got shot down and killed everyone inside. When the Genocide started the Belgium and French withdrew 90% of their troops because the Tutsi and the Hutus started fighting again. In the