What caused ethnic conflict between the Hutu's and the Tutsi's?

Answer 1

the war was started when a plane was shot down.the president of Rwanda and the president of burundi were in that plane.....the president of rwanda was the guy who kept order there.rwanda is the state the hutus and tutsis occupy. so when there was no one in control the tutsis took over and ran the state for awhile.and the hutus didnt like it.so it is basically a war for control over the state.

Answer 2

The Belgians separated the Hutu and Tutsi because they needed someone to be in charge and they chose the lighter skinned, tall, thin-nosed people whom they called Tutsi to do it.

Ever since then the Hutu (not all of them of course) have resented the Tutsi. When the Belgians left the country the majority which were Hutu took over the government and exiled the Tutsi. The Tutsi then started a rebel group. The Hutu and Tutsi slaughtered and raped each other but the Hutu wanted to get rid of ALL Tutsi and killed to the extent of genocide.

Answer 3

Because when Belgium took over Rwanda they put the Tutsi in charge making them government officials and other good jobs while the Hutu were poor with nothing to eat, but when Belgium left they put the Hutus in power and the Hutu's decide to take revenge on the Tutsi

Answer 4

The hutus were angry about the fact that the tutsis got better pay and healthcare ect. A while later the president of rwanda was killed when his plane was shot down. the hutus blamed the tutsis and three minutes later the hutu radio announced cut down the tall trees. (Kill all tutsi )