Friday, February 13, 2009

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

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