What Are The Causes Of Rwanda Genocide

There were many factors that led to the genocide that occurred in Rwanda. On page 91 there is a chart that accounts those factors and how they ultimately produced the mass killing of Tutsis. At the top of the chart there are two factors that are the beginning to the chaos; the assassination of the president and the multipartyism war. In the chart, only the assassination of the president is written, the reality is that there were other political leaders that were assassinated as well. Straus also titles the assassination as SHOCK. This is because of the shock the Rwandan population faced after the assassination of their leader. Following these two factors are the hardliners response and the space of opportunity. Because of the assassinations, the population was filled with uncertainty, anxiety and confusion. This led …show more content…
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