2009年10月14日 · The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occured in 1994 when members of the Hutu ethnic majority in the east‑central African nation of Rwanda murdered as many as...

2024年12月16日 · More than 800,000 civilians—primarily Tutsi, but also moderate Hutu—were killed during the campaign. As many as 2,000,000 Rwandans fled the country during or immediately after the genocide. The major ethnic groups in Rwanda are the Hutu and the Tutsi, respectively accounting for more than four-fifths and about one-seventh of the total population.

Rwandans often transcended the categories of victim, perpetrator, bystander and rescuer– acting as a rescuer at one moment and a perpetrator another. Tutsi victim testimony discusses the importance of rescuers– Hutu men and women who risked their own lives to hide and save Tutsi men, women, and children.

Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were systematically killed by Hutu militias. While the Rwandan Constitution states that over 1 million people were killed, most scholarly estimates suggest between 500,000 and 662,000 Tutsi died.

2023年7月7日 · The Rwandan Genocide was fueled by colonialism and deep-seated ethnic divisions between Hutu and Tutsi populations. The assassination of both presidents triggered a mass slaughter of Tutsis and moderate Hutus, with an …

Hutu leaders from central and southern Rwanda and from the northern prefecture 2 of Ruhengeri led the 1959 revolution and established the first republic. Within a decade leaders from the center...

Organizers of the genocide used ideology to bring Hutu to fear and hate Tutsi. They then used the institutions of the state to transform the fear and hate into the myriad acts of hunting,...

2024年1月26日 · In July 1973, Juvénal Habyarimana, a Hutu general, took power. He imposed one-party rule by the MRND (National Revolutionary Movement for Development). An ethnic quota system was established for access to education or public service employment. Several waves of massacres of Tutsis happened between 1959 …

In 1973 military officers led by Juvenal Habyarimana and representing the interests of the northwestern prefectures of Gisenyi and Ruhengeri overthrew leaders of the first republic and established...

2024年2月8日 · After a four year long civil war and an ~100 day long genocide nearly 1 million Tutsi and Hutu were murdered. Throughout this storybook, I will explain the difference between the two groups, describe how the genocide started …