citizens viewed themselves as one people. In 1916‚ Belgium colonized Rwanda‚ introducing a system of identity cards separating the majority Hutus from the minority Tutsis. The Tutsis were given preference in education‚ jobs and power. In 1959‚ when Rwanda gained independence‚ the Hutus rebelled and took over the government‚ exiling and killing Tutsis. In 1990 a Tutsi-led‚ multi-ethnic rebel group‚ the Rwandan Patriotic Force (RPF)‚ invaded from Uganda. French troops intervened. The invasion ended when
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Case Study- Genocide in Rwanda Anita Zeltsman Summary The Rwandan Genocide‚ which began on April 6th‚ 1994‚ was the mass slaughter of the Tutsis by the Hutus in the East African state of Rwanda. Lasting approximately 100 days (ending on 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
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is Tutsi. Paul does everything he possibly can to keep his family safe. He works as a manager in a hotel‚ which later on becomes a refugee camp for the surviving Tutsis. The UN sends troops to help keep the peace but they are forbidden to interfere with the civil war. When they can nothing more for the Tutsis the UN retreats leaving the Tutsis and Paul’s family behind. Paul then goes to a Rwandan Army General‚ Augustin Bizimungu‚
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Landlocked in the heart of Africa with a population of just over eight million and a Gross Domestic Product of USD 700 ‚ Burundi differentiates itself as a unique outlier among case studies of African democratic experiments. Its first attempt at a democratic transition in 1993 spiraled into a decade long bloodbath‚ though this latest stretch of warfare continues a history defined by cyclical violence. Often omitted from the history books‚ what Stephen Weissman calls “the first clear genocide since
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groups in Rwanda‚ the Hutus the dominant and the Tutsis the smaller are at war. The Rwandan Genocide started because of a death of the Rwandan president‚ but no one knows who caused it. To start‚ the Rwandan Genocide was a war between two groups in Africa. There were 2 groups‚ the Hutus and the Tutsis. To start‚ it was originally called the Genocide against the Tutsis.(“Rwandan Genocide”) The Hutus‚ The dominant of the 2 made up about 85% of the population while the Tutsis and another small group
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Genocide 6 million exterminated. That number rolls off of our tongues as we sit and learn history in the 6th grade‚ or we write a paper on WW1. How about 800‚000 murdered in 100 days‚ while Americans attempted to keep our troops of the conflict yet watched the bloody images daily on CNN. Genocide in our world is something that is impossible to justify or embrace‚ but we must attempt to understand it. It is only through this understanding will we be able to prevent or stop one of the most horrific
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ethnic tensions were already high with the power struggle between the Hutus and the Tutsis. Since its independence from Belgium‚ the Hutus suppressed the Tutsis increasingly until the Tutsi rebel army forced the President to sign an agreement that equalized power. On April 6‚ 1994‚ a plane carrying the Rwandan President was shot down and resulted in an outbreak of violence by the Hutus‚ who began killing all Tutsis and moderate Hutus (United Human Rights). In 1941‚ the Nazis began initiating the "Final
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lead the conflict between the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda because The Belgians put the Tutsis in power. The Tutsis were well dressed and the minority of the population of Rwanda and also had all the power. The Hutus were treated with little respect and were limited with jobs that would bring them great wealth. The main character Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager but was also a Tutsis who housed Tutsis refugee and helped people try to survive the riots that the Hutus were starting and the many killings
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Three groups stood in Rwanda‚ Hutu which took up a majority of the population about 85%‚ Tutsi around 14% of the population‚ and Twa 1%. Around the time of the 1880’s the first group of missionary European explorers set foot in Rwanda. It became a part of East Africa in 1899. After World War I in 1923‚ Rwanda was under the League of Nations authority of Belgian. Belgian ended up causing Tutsi‚ Hutu‚ and Twa to divide into three groups. It was never their intention to have the three groups divide
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composed of three ethnic groups: Hutu (approximately 85%)‚ Tutsi (14%) and Twa (1%)” (www.unitedhumanrights.org). The Hutu population felt intimidated‚ and resented the Tutsi population. The Tutsi had previously ruled oppressively‚ and the Hutu had not forgotten. After President Habyarimana of Rwanda‚ a Hutu‚ was killed when his plane was shot down while flying over the capital of Rwanda‚ the Hutus used the shroud of war to eliminate the Tutsi population. Around
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