Genocide began on April 6 1994 in Rwanda‚ Africa. This occurred when the political leaders of the Hutu nation blamed the Tutsi minority for the political‚ social and economic issues that Rwanda was facing. The Tutsi nation was also accused of supporting a Tutsi dominated rebel group‚ the Rwandan Patriotic Front also known as RPF. President Habyarimana‚ who was a Hutu‚ increased division between the Hutu and Tutsi nation by using propaganda. On April 6 1994 a plane carrying President Habyarimana was
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ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITEIT VAN SURINAME Faculteit der Maatschappijwetenschappen Public Administration Term paper Case-study: The United Nations in Crisis Situations Subject: The Failure of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in 1994 Rwandan Genocide Written by: Michelle Simson Course: International Relation II Semester: B-II Educator: R.A. Franklin Place: Paramaribo Date: 18 august 2009 Foreword This term paper is part of the course International Relations
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Naomi Weir 2012 A central theme of this module is that conflict seemingly inspired by ethnic hates is in fact driven by the aims of political leaders. Discuss with reference to one of the ethnic wars or genocides that took place in the 20th century. Introduction This question asks what causes ethnic conflict‚ while particularly focussing on the degree to which ethnic conflict is driven by political leaders. The argument that ethnic conflict is driven by the aims of political leaders is
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The Tutsi were getting killed by the Hutu. It all started when the Tutsi killed the Hutu president trying to overthrow the government. They were getting their houses destroyed and had no weapons. although the Tutsi were getting killed in large numbers they rallied and came back to get control of Rwanda. The Whole thing started with the Tutsis killing the Rwandan president because the government was run by the Hutu and were being unfair to the Tutsi. The next person in line ordered a attack later
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mid-July‚1994)‚ 800‚000 Tutsis and Hutu sympathizers were slaughtered (as much as 20% of the country’s total population). The tension and longstanding ethnic competition between the minority group-Tutsi’s‚ who had had power in the land for centuries‚ and the majority group- Hutu’s‚ who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62‚ culminated and resulted in the mass genocide. Background Prior to the genocide‚ most of the Rwandan population was made up of the Hutu ethnic group who were traditionally
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represented a last attempt at survival. The Hutu and Tutsi people have a similar past to each other. When Rwanda was settled‚ the Tutsi people were the people who owned most of the cattle and the rest of the people were the Hutu. It was when the Germans colonised Rwanda
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during the Rwandan genocide. To understand why these women were treated this way you first need to know the background off the genocide. The Rwandan genocide was caused by a power struggle between the two dominant tribes in both Rwanda and Burundi. The Hutu and the Tutsi. They had been massacring each other in those two countries for decades after independence and a civil war between the two groups
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population of seven million people was composed of three ethnic groups: 1. Hutu (approximately 85%) 2. Tutsi (approx. 14%) 3. Twa (approx. 1%) Who Are the Hutu‚ Tutsi and Twa? The Hutu and Tutsi are two peoples who share a common past. When Rwanda was first settled‚ the people who lived there raised cattle. Soon‚ the people who owned the most cattle were called "Tutsi" and everyone else was called "Hutu." At this time‚ a person could easily change categories through marriage or cattle
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of the most populated countries in Africa‚ and is also one of the poorest countries in the world. The feud started because Rwanda was under the Belgian administration and the Tutsi were being treated better than the Hutu people were (Longman 2-3). In Rwanda two people lived. The Hutu occupied the majority of the population‚ while the Tutsi people made up the rest. These two groups lived together in Rwanda for many years with
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control. The Hutu and Tutsi‚ the two native groups of Rwanda‚ saw conflict between each other grow as “continued insecurity among Hutu and further bitterness toward capricious rule of Tutsi chiefs was advanced by the Belgian authorities” (WT‚ 65). Soon‚ Belgium implemented an indirect government ran by the native Tutsis‚ but‚ in return‚ created a hierarchical distinction between the natives of Rwanda. After many years of “Tutsi and Belgian authorities not introducing reforms that could allow Hutu participation
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