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Rwanda

Rwanda. By: Divya and Diana. Background. The Belgians divided the people of Rwanda into 2 groups: Tutsis and Hutus The Tutsis treated the Hutus very harshly and considered themselves as the higher class. By 1960s, the Hutu party won in a general election

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Rwanda

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  1. Rwanda By: Divya and Diana

  2. Background • The Belgians divided the people of Rwanda into 2 groups: Tutsis and Hutus • The Tutsis treated the Hutus very harshly and considered themselves as the higher class. • By 1960s, the Hutu party won in a general election • During this time, over 20 000 Tutsis were killed and over 300 000 fled to other countries. • In 1990, a rebel army know as Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) was created. This army was made up of the children of the Tutsi refugees. • The RPF tried to invade Rwanda, but was unsuccessful because of the support President Habyarimana (Hutu) got from France. • Due to these complications a civil was arose producing many casualties and refugees. • To retain power, the Hutu government realized this it needed to eliminate the Tutsis. • In 1994, the plane carrying President Habyarimana was shot down. • So a small group of Hutus planned on using this attack to start a genocide against the Tutsis.

  3. The Genocide • In 3 months (1994), about 1 million Tutsis and some Hutus were killed. • Women and children were specifically targeted. • Also, millions of Rwandans were displaced or became refugees.

  4. How did Canadian peacekeepers help? • In 1994,General Romeo Dallaire sent an urgent warning to UN headquarters (“genocide fax”). • He explained that the Hutus were planning to register all Tutsis so they could exterminate them and they killed 1 000 Tutsis in 20 minutes. • Dallaire asked for 2 000 more peacekeepers to the 3 000 he already had. Instead, after 10 Belgian peacekeepers were killed, the UN cut Dallaire’s men to 500. • He believed that the UN could have stopped this genocide. • The UN didn’t agree to his requests because not even one of the UN countries were ready to pay the cost. • Romeo Dallaire maintained some safe areas for the threatened people in Rwanda.

  5. Outcome • This genocide is know as an “extreme failure” of the international community to protect people who were the targets of this genocide. • On July 4th 1994, the genocide had officially ended when the government was set up in Kigali and controlled by RPF. • The UN, the United States, Belgium and the Anglican Church have all apologized for failing to stop the genocide.

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