Why Did The Rwanda Genocide Happen

On April 6th, 1994, the Hutu President’s plane was shot down by Hutu rebels, but they said the Tutsis did it. On April 7th the Rwandan genocide began. For 100 days, Hutus killed innocent Tutsis and any Hutus that sympathized Tutsis. Roads were blocked, houses were broken into, nowhere was safe and they couldn't escape. The RTML, a hate radio, broadcasted propaganda against the Tutsis and gave instructions such as “cut down the tall trees” and “crush the cockroaches” to the Hutus. During this genocide, the world just watched. If countries would have done something earlier, this genocide could have been stopped.
Countries could have worked together and sent their military to Rwanda. A few countries could have put some of their military together so they could have gone to help fight. If they had enough people and weapons they could have stopped the Hutu extremists from killing people. The Hutus didn't have a lot of guns because they were expensive, so they mainly had machetes. Richer countries had guns so they could have had an easier time stopping the Hutus.
The UN and Belgians were there but weren’t allowed to kill anyone. After 10 Belgian peacekeepers were killed, the Belgians and UN peacekeepers left, but the UN did later come back to help rescue the Tutsis. Towards the end of the 100 days, the French were deployed to Rwanda to help end the genocide by setting up a safe zone. France was accused of not doing enough to stop the killings in the area they were in. They supported the Hutu led government, so they probably knew about the genocide. If they would have taken action as soon as they heard about it, they could have stopped the Hutu extremists. If other countries would have sent their military when the genocide first began not as many Tutsis would have been