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The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6) through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate.[1] Estimates of the death toll have ranged between 500,000 and 1,000,000,[2] or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62 and overthrown the Tutsi monarchy.[3]
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∙ 11y agothe population of rwanda was approx 7000000 in 1994(i think)
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What directly resulted from the death of Rwanda's president Habyarimana?
The assassination of Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana in 1994 caused massive conflict between the Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups. This conflict became the Rwandan genocide, which killed up to a million people in just 100 days.
Were the Twa people of Rwanda affected by the genocide?
Yes, twas were killed along with Tutsis and so called "Hutu traitors" in the rwandan genocide of 1994.
Who started the Rwandan genocide?
The Hutu began slaughtering the Tutsis on April 6, 1994. The killed over 800,000 people over a 100 day period.
What are two instances of genocide since the 1930s?
The holocaust(1939) and the Rwandan Genoside ( around 1994)
Who was Famous in 1994?
In 1994 there was the occurrency of the Rwandan genocide
What is an example of genocide apart from Hitler killing the Jews?
The Rwandan genocide in 1994, where about 800 000 Tutsis were killed in about 100 days.
What are some major events that happened in 1994?
Thousands of people were killed in the height of the Rwandan genocide in 1994. OJ Simpson was arrested for the murder of his ex-wife and her acquaintance, and Kurt Cobain of the popular rock group Nirvana committed suicide.
What were the months of the rwandan genocide?
April to July 1994
What example of genocide occurred in 1994?
The Rwandan genocide.
What is going on now in Rwandan genocide?
The genocide ended in 1994.
Why was the rwandan president killed?
the president was killed because his plane was shot on 6 April 1994 and he was a Hutu.
What happened in Rwanda?
800,000 were massacred during ethnic conflicts.
