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Rwandan Genocide

Rwandan Genocide. By: Caity Oleson , Markella Ho, Brenda Rodriguez, and Cierra Robinson. Hutu and Tutsi. Live in Rwanda and Burundi Ethnic tension- Belgian routes Hutu beat Tutsi in civil war Genocide discussed before hand. Colonial history 1884-1923. German Occupation.

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Rwandan Genocide

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  1. Rwandan Genocide By: CaityOleson, Markella Ho, Brenda Rodriguez, and Cierra Robinson

  2. Hutu and Tutsi • Live in Rwanda and Burundi • Ethnic tension- Belgian routes • Hutu beat Tutsi in civil war • Genocide discussed before hand

  3. Colonial history 1884-1923 German Occupation • Favored Tutsis for their fairer skin and taller composure • Believed that Hutus were there to serve Tutsis Hutu Tutsi

  4. Colonial history 1923-1962 Belgian Occupation • Replaced Hutu chiefs with Tutsis

  5. President Juvenal Habyarimana’s Assassination • April 6,1994 Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane was shot down and he was killed

  6. Juvenal Habyarimana • Former President of Rwanda • Plane shot down April 6th, 1994 • Aristocratic Hutu family • Became army’s general • “Ousted” the president before him

  7. Revenge • Hutus blamed Tutsis for president’s death • Presidential guards kill political leaders

  8. Paul Kagame • Blamed for the crash • Current Rwandan pres. • Leader of Tutsi • Thinks Hutus did it in order to wipe out the Tutsi

  9. The beginning • Soon after an order of slaughter was issued for more than 30,000 people.

  10. Five days= 40,000 murdered • Within hours Hutu gunmen began killing Tutsis and moderate Hutus-in the next five days they had killed at least 40,000 people

  11. Foreigners leave • April 9th: America, France, and Belgium removed their citizens

  12. The next 100 days • 800,000 people killed

  13. "The most horrible and systematic human massacre we have had occasion to witness since the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis." -Bertrand Russell

  14. Genocide • Killed regardless of age, sex, etc. • Killed many political figures • War rape; many Tutsi women harassed

  15. Today • Fighting continues between Tutsis and Hutus

  16. United Nations • People blame UN for not stopping the genocide

  17. Population • Decreased population to that of 1986

  18. Orphans • Thousands of children were orphaned

  19. Bibliography • " 1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down'." BBC News. 6 Oct. 2009. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/6/newsid_2472000/2472195.stm>. • African News. 7 Oct. 2009. <http://www.africanews.com/documents/10/d5/10d5f910ce6c5f19484d93594ac60eb2.jpg>. • Boddy-Evans, Alistair . "Quotes: Rwandan Genocide." About: African History. 5 Oct. 2009. <http://africanhistory.about.com/od/rwanda/p/qts_Genocide1.htm>. •  "Congo: No fighting role for Rwandan forces." MSNBC. 22 Jan. 2009. 5 Oct. 2009. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3580247.stm>. •  Jones, Adam . "Case Study: Genocide in Rwanda, 1994." Gendercide. 6 Oct. 2009. <http://www.gendercide.org/case_rwanda.html>. •  "Rwanda Civil War." Global Security. 7 Oct. 2009. <http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/rwanda.htm>.

  20. Bibliography (continued) •  "Rwanda Orphans." I Love Parks. 7 Oct. 2009. <http://www.iloveparks.com/images/rwandaorphans.JPG>. • "Rwanda Population." Nation By Nation. 5 Oct. 2009. <http://www.historycentral.com/NationbyNation/Rwanda/Population.html>. •  "Rwanda: How the genocide happened ." BBC News. 6 Oct. 2009. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1288230.stm>. •  "Timeline." PBS. 1 Apr. 2004. 3 Oct. 2009. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/etc/crontext.html>. •  "Timeline: 100 days of genocide." BBC News. 6 Apr. 2004. 5 Sep. 2009. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3580247.stm>. •  "UN Events." UN. 7 Oct. 2009. <http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/2007/images/idp-poster-07.gif>. • War Crimes. 7 Oct. 2009. <http://warcrimes.tv/files/photos/6512bd43d9caa6eL.jpg>.

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