In 1994‚ there was a mass genocide between the Hutus and the Tutsis of Rwanda. Rwanda is located near Uganda‚ Congo‚ and Tanzania. These countries are located in Africa. Due to the location of Rwanda it caused controversy because many countries surrounding it wanted to take control over it. It caused tension between multiple countries and sparked a war which lead to a genocide. There are three groups in Rwanda – Hutu‚ Tutsi‚ and Twa. The Twa group was initially the first group to settle in Rwanda
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Genocide in Rwanda Research By 1899‚ when Rwanda and Burundi were incorporated into German East Africa‚ their centralized monarchies had operated for centuries. In Rwanda a mwami (king) ruled a state dominated politically by a Tutsi clan‚ the Nyiginya. Belgian forces occupied Rwanda after World War I and administered it from 1920 on as part of the Ruanda-Urundi territory‚ prompting a massive conversion to Christianity. By the early 1990s‚ Rwanda‚ a small country with an overwhelmingly agricultural
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The Rwandan Genocide was the systematic murder of the Rwanda ’s Tutsi minority and the moderates of its Hutu majority‚ in 1994. This was both the bloodiest period of the Rwandan Civil War and one of the worst genocides of the 1990s. With the preliminary implementation of the Arusha Accords‚ the Tutsi rebels and Hutu regime were able to agree to a cease-fire‚ and further negotiations were underway. The diplomatic efforts to end the conflict were at first thought to be successful‚ yet even with the
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1‚071‚000 people were killed in three months due to the genocide. This genocide is considered as the conflict between the two tribes in Rwanda---Hutus‚ carrying out the genocide‚ and Tutsis‚ having been massacred. Since it was really an amazing unfortunate event‚ many people in the world sympathized with that sad incidence. However‚ most people today think that we‚ as the citizen of the democratic society‚ are inconsequential to that genocide; it just happened because of the conflict of those two
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This shows that there might have been some evidence of advanced planning. Violence‚ trust‚ hate‚ and planning all play huge roles in the genocide that took place in Rwanda. According to the source there were four main episodes of the Rwanda genocide that date back to 1963. But before 1963 little is know about the hatred between the Hutu and Tutsi. In 1963 The Rwandan army killed 10-13‚000 Tutsi and left 150‚000 refugees. In 1972 The Tutsi dominated army killed 80-100‚000 Hutu and left 150-300‚000 Hutu
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centralized Belgian rule in Rwanda. In an attempt to silence this movement‚ the Belgian Government shifted their support towards the Hutu Majority who lacked experience in domination. Soon after‚ with the Communist nations in the United Nations supporting Rwandan Independence‚ Clashes between the weaker Tutsis and the now Dominant Hutus broke out. In 1959 without intervention from either the UN or the Belgian Government‚ Hutus began to Burn down Tutsi villages‚ and kill freely. This conflict left an estimated
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Over 800‚000 people were killed in the Rwandan Genocide! The Rwandan Genocide negatively impacted the people and country of Rwanda by igniting widespread violence‚ creating tension between the country’s the Rwandan genocide was fought in‚ and having poor economy system. Their was a lot of violence between citizens that caused them to get hurt. Rwanda is still having trouble with citizens getting into fights. After the genocide the citizens have not been making a lot of money and have not been able
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Loyalty to Self versus Conformity in the Rwandan Genocide & Cypriot Liberation Remember that life is made up of loyalty: loyalty to your friends; loyalty to things beautiful and good; loyalty to the country in which you live; loyalty to your King; and above all‚ for this holds all other loyalties together‚ loyalty to God. -Queen Mary‚ Buckingham Palace‚ March 23‚ 1923 On that day in history‚ Queen Mary had reminded her people to be loyal to their values during a time of savagery. The people who
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What do you think about when you hear the word genocide? Probably the Holocaust and if someone said name another genocide in human history you would draw up blank. . True without the Holocaust we probably wouldn’t have all of the laws preventing genocide or groups monitoring conflicts of signs of genocide‚ but it still would have happened. Even with all of the precautions we have to prevent it‚ it still happens. Without the knowledge of all of the horrible things that we do to each other we are ignorant
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In just 100 days in 1944 over 800‚000 tutsis were killed in the Rwandan genocide. That is a horrible and shocking fact‚ but the worst fact is that no one stepped in to help them. From 1922 to 1962 Belgium came and took Rwanda over. There were two different kinds of people in Rwanda‚ the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Hutus made up about 85% of Rwanda while the Tutsi was a minority making up only about 14%. Despite being a minority Belgium favored the Tutsi people because of their longer noses and brighter
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