John Garang of Sudan Homework

Who is John Garang De Mabior?
John Garang De Mabior was an army officer that was sent to make peace with the 500 mutiny southern troops.

Congo Homework

1. What events led to the outbreak of war in the DR Congo?
An event that led to the outbreak of war is that the Hutu's fled to the Congo. Some of the perpetrators stayed in Kivus. The Rwandan genocide led to the outbreak of war in the Congo. The Hutu and Tutsi people did not stop fighting and made a war start in the Congo.

2. How many have died in this war? Over what time frame has the deaths taken place? What countries and ethnic groups are involved?
It was five million people that have died. The time frame was that it was in 1996 and in 1998 again. The countries that were involved were Rwanda and DR Congo. The ethnic groups that were involved were the Tutsi and the Hutu that were in Rwanda before the Hutu left.

3. What do you think can happen to stop the war/genocide in Congo? I think that the two groups should try and take a sit down and talk about how the plane was shot down. Also I think they should try and get past the fact that their president has died and can not come back to this world. I really think the two groups should put down their weapons and just walk away from the past.

Rwanda Genocide Homework Assignment

1. What factors led to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994?
The factors that led to the genocide in Rwanda is when they thought the army soldier named Kagame shot down the president Habyarimana over Kigali airport. Kagame was sent to trial in court for being framed that he shot down the plane. Also the Hutu were said that the Tutsi's were behind all of this. The Hutu started to bring in soldiers while the Tutsi were defenseless and not prepared to fight.

2. What was the time frame of the 1994 genocide and how many people died?1994:
The time frame is that
6 April: President Habyarimana killed in plane explosion
April - July: Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus killed
July: Tutsi-led rebel movement RPF captures the capital Kigali
July: Two million Hutus flee to Zaire, now DR Congo The amount of how many people that died is about over 1 million people.

3. What were some of the after effects of the genocide?

The after effects of the was that the Hutus flee to Zaire where they were trying to hide. Also the after effects of the genocide is that the Tutsi's were forming something called RPF and they captured the capital Kigali