Essay On Rwanda Genocide

Many people could never fathom events similar to the Holocaust during World War II with the systematic killings of millions of people. Unfortunately, in 1994 in the African country of Rwanda, that is precisely what happened. The death of the Rwandan President, Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, is what sparked the genocide in 1994. Blamed for this was the current President, Paul Kagame, who at the time of the genocide was the Leader of a Tutsi rebel group, and his close partners for carrying out of the death of the president. After this tensions were high and did not end until three months later resulting in close to 1 million deaths. The Albertine Rift, which is 920 miles long, includes highland forests, savanna, chain of lakes, snowcapped mountains and wetlands which is the most fertile and biodiverse region in Africa being a home to many animals and minerals. The absurdness of the Rift is that its richness has led to scarcity. “People crowded into this area because of its fertile volcanic soil, its plentiful rainfall, its biodiversity, and its high altitude, which made it inhospitable to mosquitoes and teste flies and the disease they carried (Draper)”. Once the population took off, more of the forests were being cut down to increase farming and graze land. Today, along the rift, the fertility rate is …show more content…
When it comes to it, eventually there will be more people that the supply of food. There is only so much people can do to get food and shelter. Thomas Malthus, an English economist, predicted the world population of growth would outstrip that of food production which would result in disease, war, and widespread famine. What happened in Rwanda was due to that fact of to many people settling there. With all the refugees and fertility going up, there was never enough food readily available. The genocide was also a result from too many people living in tight quarters and not enough room for