Rwanda

international community and the UN was ineffective in intervening in this preventable genocide. Historical background Since gaining independence in 1962, Rwanda experienced several violent incidents involving ethnic rivalries between the Hutu people and the Tutsi people. Particularly, the civil war in 1990 was a result of existing ethnic tension in Rwanda between the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and the Rwandan government. Although the UN issued a cease-fire agreement,…

The Rwandan Genocide took place over a span of 100 days, from April to July 1994, when the Hutu clan systematically slaughtered the Tutsi minority. Tensions between the two ethic groups had reached a crisis point, when the Hutu’s rebelled against the Tutsi rule and oppression by participating in a massacre of hundreds of thousands of Tutsi men, women and children. Approximately 1 million people were murdered over 100 days, equalling to 6-7 people per minute; and an added 300, 000 people died…

She stresses the evidence the United States was aware of but argues that the United States did virtually nothing along the continuum of intervention from high level diplomatic denunciation to military presence in Rwanda. In Powers’ eyes, the U.S. passed up countless opportunities to intervene. The United States was aware of the birth of genocide within a week of the assassination of the Rwandan President. On the diplomatic level, the mention of genocide, or the g…

In Rwanda, nationalism has not always been a very present factor. It is only in recent years that there has been an increase in the nationalism of the country. After the 1994 genocide, the Rwandans wanted nothing more than to put the past behind them and to become a unified country once again. This is what has caused a rise in nationalism. The rise in nationalism in Rwanda was caused mainly by the end of the genocide, and also by the unification of Rwanda by the new government. Nationalism…

in Rwanda, mostly due to intermarriage or other family ties, would be discriminated against as racially “lesser” citizens by the new Hutu government. The RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) was formed in 1985 as a political group of Tutsi nationalist exiles who demanded the right to return to their homeland as citizens and an end to social discrimination against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The RPF rebels invaded Rwanda from neighboring Uganda in October of 1990, re-igniting Tutsi hatred throughout Rwanda. It…

Rwanda Genocide is the act of killing people of a particular ethnic group, or nation, attempting to wipe them out completely. “Killing members of the group or causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group,” (How do you define genocide?) are few of the many things that the Hutus did to the Tutsi people. Preventing all genocide should be a duty and a need for a global response. The Rwandan genocide began after a plane carrying then President Juvenal Habyarimana, and his…

The Rwandan and Cambodian genocides may have been very different but they still shared many similarities. The first notable similarity is the final number of deaths. In Rwanda there was over one million dead after a three month genocide ("Rwanda Civil War”). In Cambodia it has been estimated that anywhere between one and a half and three million people were killed during the four year period (“Cambodian Genocide”). Also both genocides were products of the government. In the case of Cambodia, the…

Back in 1994, Rwanda faced its darker period of time in its history. A horrifying and historical genocide took place over three months on Rwandan soil. The horror and brutality of that act has been compared to what happened in Nazi Germany over World War II. About one million Rwandan people got literally exterminated by their countrymen because of their ethnic group given by Belgian colonizers over occupation (1916-1962). Nevertheless, that tragedy could have been lower and prevented if some…

Hotel Rwanda is a historical film drama based upon the Rwandan Genocide during April 1994. An ethic group by the name of "Hutu" began to murder another ethnic group by the name of "Tutsi", causing the country Rwanda to go into turmoil. This movie stars Golden Globe winner Don Cheadle, in which this film earned him an Academy nomination for Best Actor. Don Cheadle plays Paul Rusesabagina, an employee of Hotel des Mille Collines located in Rwanda, and unfortunately his boss leaves during the mist…

The Rwandan genocide occurred in 1944. The Belgians were the ones who initially created a strong divide between the Tutsi and the Hutu, the two African groups living in Rwanda. In the 1930s, Belgium, the current ruling power, defined specific physical characteristics to differentiate between the Tutsis and the Hutus. The Tutsis were perceived as the superior group in comparison to the Hutus, so the Belgians saw them as partners in enforcing Belgium law. In 1933, the Belgians mad identity cards…