Germany colonised Rwanda in 1884 as part of German East Africa, followed by Belgium, which invaded in 1916 during World War I. In 1933 the Belgium's introduced the ethnic ID cards to differentiate the Tutsi people and the Hutu people. The Tutsi people were favoured because they had facial features which made them look more European unlike the Hutu people who looked more native and African. After years of the Tutsi people being empowered the Belgiums decided to reverse the empowerment and let the Hutu rule the land because of all they had suffered over the years. When the Hutu people were empowered they slaughtered around eight hundred thousand Tutsi people over night & another two hundred thousand people in the days to
