PPT-The Rwandan Genocide

UN Peacekeeping Josh H ombrebueno Background Before the 1960s Rwanda was ruled by the country of Belgium The Belgians favoured the ethnic group known as the Tutsis who made up 15 of the nations population because they looked more European than the other ethnic group known as the Hutus. Project report. BCM390, “Media, war and peace,” autumn session, 2013. University of Wollongong. The project report had two components. For details of the assignment see . http://www.bmartin.cc/classes/BCM390_13outline.pdf. Canada’s Peacekeeping Failure. 5Ws (Background). Who: Tutsi and Hutu. Tutsi. and . Hutu. – two main ethnic groups in Rwanda, Africa.. In the 1400s the Tutsi’s formed most of the population of nobility and the Hutu majority (85%) of the population was mostly poor peasants.. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Formerly called Zaire (1971-1997). 3. rd. largest country in Africa (land size). Second Congo War beginning in 1998 devastated the country. Involved 7 foreign armies. MWH - CORNING. GEoGRAPHY. Rwanda. , in east-central Africa, is surrounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. . http://. www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/04/23-End/rwanda_sm00.jpg. By Justin Oates. The Beginning. King . Rwabugiri. a Tutsi, during his reign . unitied. all the regions of Rwanda under one central government in the late 19. th. century.. Chiefs from the royal court mostly Tutsi replaced the king in reigns like . By: Cecilia, Elizabeth, and Anton 802. By: Cecilia. Introduction to Rwandan Genocide. What was the Rwanda Genocide ? . The . Rwanda Genocide involved the Hutus and the Tutsis. From April to July 1994, people of the Hutu ethnic majority killed approximately 800,000 people, a large percentage of the Tutsis ethnic minority. The genocide began by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal . (CNLG). KWIBUKA23 AND THE FIGHT AGAINST GENOCIDE DENIAL AND IDEOLOGY. Presented . by:. Jean-Damascène Gasanabo, PhD. Director General. Research and Documentation Center on Genocide. CNLG. Berlin, 7 April 2017. The conflict between the Rwandan Tutsi and Hutu communities took place between April and June of 1994, and caused a massive genocide of an estimated 800,000 people, mostly consisting of Tutsis. The attacks began with two Hutu government officials being shot down in their plane, which Hutus believed was caused by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a Tutsi rebellion group. The RPF, however, denies this. They believe the Hutus performed this act for an excuse to start war. . on April 6, 1994, and for . the next . hundred days, up to 800,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutu militia using clubs and machetes . It was sparked . by death of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on April 6, 1994. Twenty Years On: Rwanda Remembered. ©. WorldAIMS. Rwanda Remembered. In 1994, the African country of Rwanda witnessed one of the most brutal and swift genocides in recent times.. Within the space of just 100 days it is estimated that over 800,000 Rwandans were killed.. Rwanda. History/facts:. 85% of Rwandans are Hutus but for most of Rwandan history the country was dominated by the Tutsi minority.. Tutsi in early Rwandan society were in charge of the cattle while Hutu tended the land. . of 1994 . By: Abby, Bryce, Jose . Date it Began . It lasted 100 days and in that time between 500,000 and one million Rwandan Tuties where murdered . Cause of conflict . Causes of the conflict arose from the tensions between the religious groups called the Hutu and Tuitses.. onomic stressors during a ten year period. In this section I will inve ethnic violence: the symbolist political theory developed by Political Science scholar Stuart Kaufman, and the rational choice th 25 26 African Studies Review innocent, provide reparations, establish the truth, promote reconciliation between the Hutu and the Tutsi, and heal a nation torn apart by genocide and civil war in 1994.