Rwanda

Rwanda measures 10,169 sq miles, approximately the size of Maryland.

Don Cheadleas Paul RusesabaginaSophie Okonedoas Tatiana RusesabaginaNick Nolteas Colonel Oliver (based on Roméo Dallaire)Joaquin Phoenixas Jack DaglishFana Mokoenaas General Augustin BizimunguCara Seymouras Pat ArcherJean Renoas Sabena Airlines President Mr. Tillens (uncredited)Desmond Dubeas DubeHakeem Kae-Kazimas Georges RutagandaLeleti Khumaloas Fedens

The Iraq genocide results of death was over 200,000- 227,000 and over 300,000 injured

Just around 1,000,000 people were affected physically.

50,000 girls under the age of 15 were raped and killed

Hotel Rwanda is a film made to show the world the violence and cruel things that were going on in South America. Nearly one million people were killed in less than 3 months. Paul Russesabegina (Don Chedle) was an amazing actor in the movie. He made a point, he was a true actor he showed use that he loved his people and weren't going to let himself nor anyone else give up.
ALL TOGETHER THIS MOVIE WAS OUTSTANDING!!!

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.

About 800 000 people.

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 genocide took place in the context of the Rwandan Civil War, an ongoing conflict beginning in 1990 between the Hutu-led government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which was largely composed of Tutsi refugees whose families had fled to Uganda following earlier waves of Hutu violence against the Tutsi. Most of the dead were Tutsis and most of those who perpetrated the violence were Hutus. The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994.

Juvénal Habyarimana was a dictatorial leader of the Republic of Rwanda who death in 1994 sparked the genocide. Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi also died in the plane crash.

According to the 2002 census, the population was 8,128,553. As of April 2008, it was estimated at 10,186,063.

the president

The genocide happened because one group misunderstood the other. What happened after was too sad. If people had taken time to listen, then maybe this would not have happened.

In 1994, the ethnic rivalry and animosity of many years between the Tutsi and Hutus, the two main tribes of Rwanda exploded in a killing spree. The Human Rights Watch estimates that 800,000 people were killed in the hundred days between April and July of that year.

The book, "An Ordinary Man" by Paul Rusesabaggina, was the best book I have read on this subject; it makes it understandable how a "normal" society can, so easily, turn into chaos and horror. I think this book should be in every high school library. The author is the main character featured in the movie "Hotel Rwanda", it is his story.

Just as with the rest of the African continent, it was colonized by the European powers for the purpose of empire (money, expansion of global influence, to "civilize" the "dark continent"). I believe Rwanda's cash crop was coffee... Germany ruled Rwanda until WW1, then the territory was handed over to Belgium, then independence from Belgium in the 1960s.

because he supposedly ordered the shooting of Habyarimana's Plane which contributed to triggering the 1994 ethnic massacres

The Rwandan genocide was not really a war, since the aim of this genocide and any genocide is to exterminate a certain group of people. In the Rwandan genocide the aim was to kill all the Tutsis. Fortunately not all the Tutsis were killed in this genocide, but hundreds of thousands were and Rwanda still has to bear the scar of what happened during that horrible time to this day, so nobody won the genocide, everybody just lost.

The Rwandan genocide begun in April after Juvénal Habyarimana was assassinated It went on for approximately 100 days and ended in July.

it was duly noted that the end was near when there wasn't very many people walking around to slaughtered. thus food became more plentiful and once again more people were coming onto the scene for future genocides.

They are similar in some ways for example they were both separated and lots of people were killed. Another similar thing is that the Germans were made superior and when the Belgians came they separated the Hutu's from the Tutsi and made the Tutsi superior and also they used propaganda. There are also many differences

In the century before European colonialism, the Tutsi, a nomadic cattle-herding people, moved into Rwanda and neighboring regions. The Tutsi took control of the area from the Hutu, who had centuries before taken it from the Twa (pygmies). The Hutu were primarily subsistence farmers and the Tutsi were able to establish themselves as dominant over the Hutu.

During World War I, Belgian troops from the Congo routed Germans controlling Ruanda-Urundi. Belgium took control of the region. After the end of the war the League of Nations confirmed Belgium's right to the territory.

The Belgians left intact and in fact reinforced the social order in the country. They issued racial identity cards. Hutu were relegated to farming and manual labor while the Tutsi were given authority and rights of aristocracy.

When independence came in 1962, the Hutu people were very tired of being dominated and treated as second class citizens in their own country. However, they never had the political strength to change the situation. Hutu Power and other underground organizations attempted to build strength to rebel but were repressed. A sudden, chaotic, and horribly destructive rebellion finally occurred in 1994. Hutu death squads targeted Tutsi leaders and their families and eventually slaughtered whole villages. Tutsi revenge squads attacked Hutu farms and towns. Because Rwanda is deep inside Africa and because it has no compelling national treasure (oil or minerals), western countries had little incentive to step in to stop the violence. The level of violence quickly exceeded anything that western armies could deliver to stop it, and no one wanted to risk whole airborne divisions stepping in to a situation they did not fully understand.

The genocide took place in the context of the Rwandan Civil War, an ongoing conflict beginning in 1990 between the Hutu-led government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which was largely composed of Tutsi refugees whose families had fled to Uganda following earlier waves of Hutu violence against the Tutsi. Most of the dead were Tutsis and most of those who perpetrated the violence were Hutus. The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994.

On the surface, life in Rwanda today seems to be on the up. Mobiles, internet cafes, new construction and a veneer of calm make it appear one of the calmest African countries.

Rwanda has previously been colonised by Germany, who first arrived to Rwanda in 1897 and took control over it soon after.

In 1989, Belgium seized Rwanda from Germany in 1916 after the defeat of Germany in World War I.

Imperialism in Rwanda, particularly during German and Belgian rule, exacerbated ethnic divisions between the Hutu and Tutsi populations, with colonial powers favoring the Tutsi minority for administrative roles, leading to deep-seated tensions. This legacy of division contributed to social stratification and resentment that ultimately culminated in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, where Hutu extremists targeted Tutsis. Today, Rwanda continues to grapple with its colonial past, as the government promotes national unity while navigating the complex memories of ethnic violence and reconciliation efforts. The impact of imperialism is still felt in the socio-political landscape, influencing policies and identity in the post-genocide era.

A genocide is when a person or a group of people try to exterminate a whole race or culture. The Hutu's were trying to extermanate the Tutsi's because of their race. That's what made it a genocide.

Between April and June 1994 for only 100 days appx. 800,000 Rwandans were killed. The two ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis were involved in the mass genocide. The Hutu extremists attempted to carry out their plan to wipe out the entire Tutsi population.Basically among the killed were : Any Hutu moderate, suspected Tutsi, and Tutsi was systematically murdered. These killings took place in homes and even while Tutsis tried to flee.