Rwanda, while under Dutch control, was an established colonial state. A minority group, the "Tutsis", were given special status and privileges over the majority ethnic group, the "Hutus", by the Dutch colonial powers in exchange for collaboration. Many Tutsis abused their position and repressed the Hutus. After Rwanda gained independence, the Hutu government began a program to oppress the Tutsis, some of whom began a rebellion against the Hutus. After the moderate vice-president of Rwanda was killed by the Rebels, radical Hutus incited a massive country-wide mob to begin the ethnic cleansing of the Tutsis. This is known as the "Rwandan Genocide", which eventually prompted UN intervention, although not until the end of the genocide.
The civil war and genocide only ended when the Tutsi-dominated rebel group, the RPF, defeated the Hutu perpetrator regime and President Paul Kagame took control.
They were not involved in the Rwandan genocide.
In the Rwandan Genocide, the Tutsis were refered to as cockroaches
"The Holocaust" was the name given to the Jewish genocide after the fact. The Rwandan genocide does not have a specific name, but they are both genocides.
The Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide.
The Rwandan genocide.
The Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide and the Armenian genocide.
Yes, there is a very good film about the Rwandan genocide, called Hotel Rwanda.
During the Rwandan Genocide, over 900,00 tutsis were killed by the hutus with machetes.
The Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide and the Armenian genocide.
The genocide ended in 1994.
The Tutsis.
The Rwandan Genocide occurred in 1994