genocide in rwanda
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Genocide in Rwanda. Rwandan People. Rwanda’s estimated population (2008) 10,186,063 Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1% CIA Factbook. History. Rwanda had been a colony of Belgium - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Rwandan People
Rwanda’s estimated population (2008)
10,186,063
Hutu (Bantu) 84%,Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%,
Twa (Pygmy) 1%CIA Factbook
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HistoryRwanda had been a colony of Belgium
European colonial powers often ignored tribal lands when drew the boundaries of colonies
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HistoryIn 1959, three years before gaining independence, the majority Hutus overthrew the ruling Tutsi king
Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed
Some 150,000 Tutsis were driven into exile in neighboring countries
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Civil WarChildren of these exiles formed a rebel group -- the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
In 1991, the RPF began a civil war.
This civil war would exacerbate ethnic tensions and culminate in a genocide.
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Attempts at Peace -- 1993The warring parties agreed to a cease-fire
This agreement called for the Hutu government to share power with the Tutsi minority
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First the Hutus refused this, then the RPF (Tutsi) refused it
United Nations peacekeepers deployed to patrol ceasefire and assist
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What sparks the GenocideOn April 6, 1994, a plane
carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundi President Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutus, was shot down as it approached the airport in Kigali
Both presidents died
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Next…Approximately 2,000,000 Rwandan Hutus, fearing Tutsi retaliation, flee to neighboring countries
Tension and conflict continues sporadically
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Both the RPF and the Hutu extremists were blamed for shooting down the plane…
Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and other moderate Hutu leaders were assassinated
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April 7 to mid-July 1994:Approximately 800,000 Tutsi and Hutu moderates are murdered
RPF seized control of country and genocide ends
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In a March, 1998 visit to Rwanda, President Bill Clinton states:“We come here today partly in recognition of the fact that we in the United States and the world community did not do as much as we could have and should have done to try to limit what occurred”