Paul Kagame

Rumors were going around that the plane carrying Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana was shot down by Tutsi youths ordered by Tutsi president Paul Kagame. Of course Kagame denied this, and said that it was done by Hutu extremists. Either way, this angered the Hutu people, which caused the killings of the Tutsi people to start the next day.The genocide began in April of 1994 and lasted for 100 days. According to BBC News there had always been disagreements between both ethnic groups, but the death of the Hutu president is the main reason that caused the violence to…

Despite these divides, the book can be easily divided into to main categories. The first is of the historical role of ethnic identities before, during and after the colonial period. This period includes the 1959 Hutu Revolution, 1962 Independence, First and Second Republic under President Gregoire Kayibanda and Juvenal Habyarimana respectively, the genocide and the rebuilding process since under the control of Kagame. The second section examines how the crafting and education of historic and…

Why a Trump Presidency might be a welcomed changed in Rwanda It might appear to be contradictory, but Rwanda could welcome a Donald Trump Presidency. While President Paul Kagame congratulated Trump over Twitter after he won election, others in his government have suggested their disapproval with some of his executive orders. One in particular is his order to halt migration from seven nations. What could appeal to Rwandans is one of the reasons for why he is disliked by many other nations: his…

Their new president Paul Kagame was a member of the Tutsi rebel army, the RPF, believes that the way Rwanda will come out of poverty and advance more in the world will be due to economic development. Rwanda now uses tea and coffee production as the main influence on their economy. As for the conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi, the people drafted a constitution that will ban the provocation of ethnic hatred. There is definitely still tension however. It’s difficult to forget the gruesome…

than the execution of the Jews during the Holocaust.”(Matuszak) Close to one million Hutu fled the country in fear of retaliation or imprisonment. As soon as Kagame took control, one of his first acts as leader was to hunt down and find these war criminals. Most of these Hutu fled to neighboring countries such as Ethiopia. Kagame feared that the Hutu would regroup in Ethiopia, and would attempt another attack on the Tutsi still remaining in Rwanda. So he led his army into Ethiopia and tried to…

of "Hutu" began to murder another ethnic group by the name of "Tutsi", causing the country Rwanda to go into turmoil. This movie stars Golden Globe winner Don Cheadle, in which this film earned him an Academy nomination for Best Actor. Don Cheadle plays Paul Rusesabagina, an employee of Hotel des Mille Collines located in Rwanda, and unfortunately his boss leaves during the mist of the crisis, leaving Rusesabagina in charge. During his short tenure, Paul allows Hutu and Tutsi refugees in the…

keep itself in power” (“Genocide in Rwanda”). The privileged power holders reconstructed their plan of ethnic division into a deliberate act of genocide. They supposed that their campaign for extermination of the Tutsis would solidify their leadership of the Hutu and win the war or increase their chances at finding favorable peace with their enemies. While fulfilling their plan “they seized control of the state and used its authority to carry out the massacre” (“Genocide in Rwanda”). Radio…

Rwanda Barley 1 “In Rwanda one person's God is another persons Satan.” - Karl Maier. That quote from Karl Maier best explains the situation of war that took place in Rwanda from October 1st, 1990 to August 4th, 1993. The war continued into a horrible genocide/massacre until July, 1994. The Rwanda Civil War took place within the central African nation of the country. The dispute was between the President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Entire families were…

killers who could have killed a relative or love one. The killers says what he or she did and “sincerely” apologizes to the victim of the family ( Ilibagiza). Rwanda’s government has adopted a new policy called, “unity and reconciliation,” which has help empower the women, and has help stabilize the economy. Rwanda has had conflict with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR) since 1996 because many Hutus who participated in the killings of Tutsis fled there. The conflict still exist and 5…

expression and no response. In Elie Wiesel’s “Peril of Indifference”, Wiesel states, “Anger can be creative. One writes a great poem, a great symphony…But indifference is never creative. Even hatred at times may elicit a response. You fight it. You denounce it. You disarm it...Indifference is not a response.” (Wiesel, 2). As a result, indifference is more frightful than anger and hatred because it does not give victims a chance to express themselves. Then they will feel abandoned and forgotten.…