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Genocide in Rwanda. Belgium created a system of identification cards in order to distinguish the Hutu from the Tutsi during their imperialistic rule. Hutu verses Tutsi. An estimated one million Tutsis were killed in three months. Individual Causes: Remote:
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Belgium created a system of identification cards in order to distinguish the Hutu from the Tutsi during their imperialistic rule.
Individual Causes: • Remote: • Charles de Broqueville, Prime Minister of Belgium, 1933. • Proximate: • President Habyarimana • President Paul Kagame
State Causes: • Remote: • Identification cards issued by Belgians in 1933. • Decolonization of Rwanda • Tutsi flee Rwanda following the decolonization. • Formation of the RPF
Proximate: • Rwandan Patriotic Front invasion of Rwanda (1990) • Rwandan Civil War: 1990-1992 • Death of President Habyarimana
Systemic Causes: • Remote: • Belgian Imperialism • Decolonization of Rwanda • Churches involvement in Rwanda • Proximate: • Belgian/UN presence in Rwanda