Rwanda

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.

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.

In 100 days ,an estimated 800,000 people were killed in the Rwanda genocide.

It was the culmination, largely influenced by the Belqen colonization which favored the Tutsi minority group because of their more "European" appearance, 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 1959-1962 and overthrown the Tutsi monarchy.

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.

There were certainly many Rwandans who disagreed with what the Hutus did, and they wanted to oppose it, but it would have meant sacrificing their own lives in trying to stop a genocide which could not be stopped. People who think such a genocide would not be allowed in their own country should take a close look at the Rawandan massacres, and ask themselves what they would have done differently.

Well, some think that the genocide in Rwanda is still happening though down in their hearts/thoughts it is. i am saying that genocide in Rwanda is not happening... though its kind of confusing but it's not. :)

It wasn't solved, it was reversed. When the genocide ended in Rwanda, the Hutu perpators fled into the eastern Congolese provinces of Ituri, South Kivu, and North Kivu. Then Tootsie militants followed them and now they are simply adding to the blood shed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To learn more go to the archives at http://africaignored.blogspot.com/

Ultimately, yes. The oppression of the Rwandan people by European imperialists began a cycle of violence perpetuated by those in power. Europeans put Tutsis in charge, even though they were a minority, and Europeans and Tutsis together abused the Hutu majority (and the Twas, another minority). The angry Hutu majority (made angry by European favoritism) revolted against the Tutsis in power. To get revenge and to keep their power, the Hutus oppressed the Tutsis, just as they had been oppressed by the European imperialists' Tutsi puppets. To profit from the Rwandan people's exploitation, Europeans had long ago made a Rwandan economy based on tea and a few other goods that all began to do poorly in international markets in the 1960s. To distract people from the poor economy, the Hutu government began to use the Tutsis as scapegoats for all Rwanda's problems, going so far as to condone the murder of all Tutsis, setting the stage for subsequent events.

RAWANDA WAS A BELGIAN COLONY. WHILE UNDER THE BEGIUMS THE POWER WAS GIVEN TO THE LIGHTER SKINNED NEGRO,S AND THE DARKER PEOPLE WERE OPPRESSED.I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE 2 GROUPS. FINALLY WHEN THE BEGIUMS GAVE RAWANDA INDEPENDANCE THE DARKER COLORED PEOPLE BEGAN SLAUGHTERING THE LIGHTER COLORED PEOPLE.

Although the UN took a more active role in recognizing the atrocities in Darfur, it had little impact in either case.

many tutsis were killed with ma-shine guns and machetes and thousands of women were raped the hutus. The radio was used to encourage ordinary people to attack tutsis.

It is not known for sure. Estimates range from 800,000 to 1,000,000 people.