Rwanda Genocide Research Paper

The Rwandan Genocide When Belgium conquered Rwanda, they spit the citizens into different groups. Split up into three groups, the Tutsis, Hutus, and the Twa, the Belgians gave the Tutsis more power and believed they were superior. Right before Rwanda gained independence, the Belgians began giving the Hutus more and more power. When Rwanda gained independence in 1962, it left these made up ethnic groups in tension. After Rwanda gained independence, the ‘Hutu Power’ drove out the majorities of Tutsis into other countries.
By then 85% of Rwanda’s population was Hutu, 14% being Tutsi. After decades of tension and discrimination, in 1990, civil war broke out in Rwanda. The RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) formed, comprised mostly of Tutsis because