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Rwanda

Rwanda. Genocide 1994. Rwanda. Significance of Rwanda Genocide. Since 1950 largest # of murders was Cambodia, then Bangladesh, then Rwanda, then Burundi Since 1950 largest % of victims to population was Cambodia then Rwanda. Burundi was 7th. Recent History. Control by Germany 1897

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Rwanda

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  1. Rwanda Genocide 1994

  2. Rwanda

  3. Significance of Rwanda Genocide • Since 1950 largest # of murders was Cambodia, then Bangladesh, then Rwanda, then Burundi • Since 1950 largest % of victims to population was Cambodia then Rwanda. Burundi was 7th

  4. Recent History • Control by Germany 1897 • Control by Belgium 1916 • Identity cards 1930 • Independence 1962 • Hutu control in Rwanda 1963 ( killed 20,000 Tutsi) • Burundi Tutsi control 1965 ( killed 100,000 Hutu) • General Habyarimana (Hutu) controlled Rwanda 1973 • 1989 decline in coffee, tea prices World Bank imposed austerity • 1990 civil wars • 1993 Hutu mass killings in Burundi, Hutu pres. killed by Tutsi • April 6 1994 Habyarimana and Burundi Presidents killed in airplane. • July 18 1994 Tutsi rebel army Rwanda Patriotic Front took control of Rwanda

  5. Make Up of Rwanda • Area 26,800 sq km 10 times C-K • Population density 320/ sq km equivalent to 800,000 in C-K • Hutu 84%, Tutsi 15%, pygmy 1% • Europeans considered Tutsi closer in appearance to whites and easier to deal with • Hutu where farmers • Tutsi where herders

  6. Slaughter • Within an hour of shooting down the presidential plane extremists took over govt. • Military started killing Tutsi, civilians then took over with encouragement on the radio. • Largest killings in refuge areas (church, schools, hospitals) • “This genocide resulted from the deliberate choice of a modern elite to foster hatred and fear to keep itself in power.”

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