What Is The Cause Of Rwanda Genocide

Between April and June of 1994, there were roughly 1 million Rwandans murdered in the span of 100 days. This was a genocide brought on by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana. The president was a “hutu,” and it was the hutu’s that caused most of the violence within this genocide. That left the Tutsi rebel group, being the most Rwandans murdered. The death of the president was not the only cause of this heinous genocide; there were many other underlying reasons as to why 1 million people lost their lives in 100 days without much being done to end it. First, there is a history of violence within the people of Rwanda. There was ethnic tension between the Hutus, who were the majority, and the Tutsis, who were the minority. Ironically, the Belgians considered the Tutsis to be superior over the Hutus. The Tutsis were given better
Bill Clinton made this exact Statement. The US had just pulled American troops out of the nightmare of a mission in Somalia. In the United States eyes, why would they get involved with a conflict that they could not understand, ethnic turmoil they did not understand, and as I stated before, in a country where the US had not national interests. Lastly, the genocide was contained in one country. There was no chance that it would spread into another country or cause any other people harm than the people in Rwanda. So, what should be done in the future to decrease the chances of another genocide? If we want to prevent genocide, it requires political will even if states believe that a certain country is not in their national interest. Perpetrators of genocide will be unable to succeed if governments step in. One way that the United States could intervene is to make human rights and genocide prevention core material in its foreign policy. If action is taken and the enablers are stopped, there is a less chance of genocide and we can prevent these