Rwandan Civil War

Although there are many reasons for any civil war to occur, the Rwandan Civil War follows in the footsteps of the many civil wars before it. The reasons behind the Rwandan Civil War are traced back to the rationalist explanation of war that states that war occurs due to indivisible issues which are impossible to reach agreement on. In 1990, an ethnic civil war ignited between the Hutus and Tutsis due to uncompromisable issues and long-standing resentment surrounding class division, bigotry, exile, and revenge. From the beginning tension existed between the two peoples. In the 1300s when the Tutsis migrated into present day Rwanda, it had already been established by the Hutu people. Overtime the 15% Tutsis population became the elite while…

problematic in the world. With that said, I am doing this topic because I want to understand why genocide happens and how someone could participate in such an event. I also want to learn and discover how states use intervention to end genocide. One of the cases of Genocide that I am going to be writing about throughout my paper is the Rwandan genocide. I know the basics of what genocide is, but I do not extensively understand what genocide is. In the next paragraph, I am going to explain…

In “Of Studies”, Francis Bacon explores the benefits and consequences associated with studies and to what degree they should be used. He claims that “histories make men wise”, which in the context of the Rwandan genocide, seems to mean learning and making an effort to understand the tragedies that occurred there (Bacon 10). To study the historical implications of an event so widely interpreted has the potential to challenge existing opinions about global society and the implications of such a…

Prison conditions are worsening all across the world, especially within African countries, such as Rwanda. Rwandan prisons have an unhealthy environment — lack of space, mistreatment, and neglect — for the inmates that are locked up. The effects of the destructive conditions that inmates experience range in severity, from infected feet to death. In addition, these problems are not recent occurrences; these complications have been around for over 20 years. By looking at this issue from an ethical…

The protection and human security of civilians is one of the primary purposes of the UN department of peacekeeping, yet evidence for whether or not they are actually effective in prevention of civilian deaths is a topic that has been controversially debated since the end of the cold war when peacekeeping interventions escalated. While the UN has been criticized for it’s failures, there is no doubt that some of their peacekeeping missions have been highly effective in the protection of citizen…

This lead to a direct attack from a pro-Tutsi group attempting to kill a Hutu sub-Chief, creating chaos, counter attacks and death on both sides. This marked the beginning of the Rwandan revolution. In the short lived revolution the power shifted to the overwhelming Hutu majority, the King was deposed, Hutu dominated republic was created and the country became independent in 1962. Later Rwanda faced a civil war from 1990-1993 which consisted of a rebel group the RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front)…

relations was largely defined through the continued practice of attempting to achieve a nation’s own interests, no matter the cost directed towards other states. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States emerged as the victor of the Cold War and as the new unchallenged global hegemonic power, with no other state able to match its power and influence. This resulted in some experts believing that this would lead to an evolution of the field of international relations,…

did it bring it to its worst? A genocide has occurred in the capital, Kigali. The Rwandan genocide started from April 7, 1994 to July 1994. The Hutu massacred a ton of Tutsis and politically moderate Hutu people. By the end of the genocide, it estimates that anywhere between 800,000 – 1 million killed, with another 2 million refugees held in refugee camps. The Rwandan genocide has been prepared for years. In 1959-1960 tension erupted between the Hutus and the Tutsi. The Hutu thought that…

The Rwandan Genocide is unquestionably among the great tragedies of human history. In the short time span of just over 3 months, roughly 800,000 Tutsis were killed in Rwanda, marking the swiftest mass slaughter on global record and outpacing any other genocide in the world’s history. Ghosts of Rwanda, a documentary film published by the investigative journalism program FRONTLINE, examines the political and diplomatic failures that united to enable the genocide to occur. The realist approach…

are allies, but not for long. Mass killings abruptly begin, as the President of Rwanda is shot down from his plane. The Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s begin rallying against one another, eliminating each other aggressively (Pells). Hardship clouds over Rwandan citizens, causing every corner they turn to be unsafe. 800,000 people are slaughtered over three months, leaving each Rwandan citizen afraid of their own people and their own country. Seeking help in Rwanda was scarce, due to the lack of…