Rwandan Genocide Unresolved tension and conflicts has always been a big cause on warfare in the world. Warfare is always destructive, and effects the people for a longtime. Genocide however always has a long lasting effect not only on the country that has suffered from the it, but the world. The Rwandan Genocide didn't last long like the Holocaust. It was the shortest genocide in history with fatal results. The Rwandan Genocide was cause by inter-racial tension in the country. This conflicted could have been avoided or even nonexistent if the European negative presence was never in the country. Due to the European negative presence Rwanda, pitting two ethnic groups against each other, this caused unsettled conflict, which
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The United Nation Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) proved help for the people after the genocide from 1995-1996. The effects of the genocide were still horrific. At least 100,000 children were left as orphans or abandoned. Today more than 26% of the population of Rwanda suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 20,000 people have been imprison for there horrendous acts in the genocide. Since many Hutus were apart of the genocide, prisons couldn’t hold them all, so they made a system called “Gacaca”. This system brings victim families and a 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 million people have died because of the conflict between DCR and Rwanda (Board, The Editorial). Currently, Rwanda has see tremendous growth with their economy. The president of Rwanda, President Paul Kagame has tried to advanced Rwanda in modern technology, and education the people about HIV/AIDS. President Kagame has even made it illegal to talk about ethnicity in Rwanda, to keep …show more content…
The Hutus would have probably fought their oppression eventually, but the gruesome acts of genocide that took place do not excuse what the Europeans did. The Rwandan Genocide is another example of how long lasting tension can effected a country forever. It was the Europeans who divided these two ethnics together, because at the end of the day, their all all the same, African. The Europeans measured their body parts, looked to see how light they were. They were the ones who decided what ethnicity the people were. The Europeans gave out identification papers to identify who was Hutu and who was Tutsi. The Europeans even knew in advance of Hutu extremists plans of “ethnic cleansing,” and did nothing to try to stop it or at least prevent it from happening. It's important to learn from past mistakes like this, to understand the detrimental consequences they can have, and prevent such tragedies from happening
The United Nation Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) proved help for the people after the genocide from 1995-1996. The effects of the genocide were still horrific. At least 100,000 children were left as orphans or abandoned. Today more than 26% of the population of Rwanda suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 20,000 people have been imprison for there horrendous acts in the genocide. Since many Hutus were apart of the genocide, prisons couldn’t hold them all, so they made a system called “Gacaca”. This system brings victim families and a 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 million people have died because of the conflict between DCR and Rwanda (Board, The Editorial). Currently, Rwanda has see tremendous growth with their economy. The president of Rwanda, President Paul Kagame has tried to advanced Rwanda in modern technology, and education the people about HIV/AIDS. President Kagame has even made it illegal to talk about ethnicity in Rwanda, to keep …show more content…
The Hutus would have probably fought their oppression eventually, but the gruesome acts of genocide that took place do not excuse what the Europeans did. The Rwandan Genocide is another example of how long lasting tension can effected a country forever. It was the Europeans who divided these two ethnics together, because at the end of the day, their all all the same, African. The Europeans measured their body parts, looked to see how light they were. They were the ones who decided what ethnicity the people were. The Europeans gave out identification papers to identify who was Hutu and who was Tutsi. The Europeans even knew in advance of Hutu extremists plans of “ethnic cleansing,” and did nothing to try to stop it or at least prevent it from happening. It's important to learn from past mistakes like this, to understand the detrimental consequences they can have, and prevent such tragedies from happening