Overview Of The Rwanda Genocide

The Rwanda genocide occurred in the 1990 in the country of Rwanda located in central eastern Africa. A genocide is a deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. This genocide consisted of three ethnic groups, the Hutu who were approximately 85% of the population, the Tutsi who were approximately 14% of the population and the Twa who were approximately 1% of the population. The total population in Rwanda in 1994 was ¬¬¬¬¬_______people. In the 1990s Habyarimana was the president of the time and belonged to the Hutu ethnic group. This group increased division between the Hutu and Tutsi groups. During this time, the Hutus blamed the whole Tutsi minority population because of the country’s social, economic and political problems. The responsibility of the Rwanda Genocide cannot be attributed on anyone without looking at the history between these two tribes; it is arguably the most unique genocide of the 20th century, only because the UN and neighbouring countries could have saved and helped many people.

During the time of the genocide, the Hutu feared the minority as they remembered the past years of unfair ruling from the Tutsis. On April 6, 1994, Habyarimana`s plane was shot down. Violence then began immediately after that. The Hutus sent planes to kill at the Tutsi people. Many political leaders and other high profile opponents of the Tutsi were killed immediately. The Tutsi people tried to flee but there was roadblocks set up across the country. Many families were killed all together. Woman were beaten and raped. Approximately 200 000 people participated in the perpetration. Just a few weeks after the genocide started 800 000 men, and women and children were killed in the...

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...xpected 50 000 deaths and General Dallaire was surprised with the bad judgment of the UN. Media during the Rwanda Genocide was very beneficial towards the Hutu group, and not so much towards the Tutsi group.

Before the genocide the Hutus used many forms of radios and newspapers to dehumanise the Tutsi group in order to make sure that the killings were successful.

The Rwanda Genocide was responsible for over 800 000 deaths of innocent people. If the UN and neighbouring countries had stepped up and helped it could’ve saved the life of many people. Even by just as little as cutting the radio network with hateful messages, many murders could have been prevented. It was a great learning block for not only Rwanda, but many countries as well as the UN in not underestimating situations. This is why the genocide in Rwanda was a very unique genocide of the 19th century.