rwanda's genocide question?

Question

what led to the rwanda genocide in 1994.??

Answer 1

The genocide in Rwanda was started by Europeans who claimed that one sub race was superior to another thus sowing the seeds of destruction that would happen centuries later.

The Hutus and Tutsis had all but forgotten their tribal distinctions under the Kingdom of Rwanda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Rwanda). Before the Belgiums came and African in the region could become a Hutu through economic wealth and become a Tutsis by losing it. It was the Belgium people who made the modern distinction and so set the stage for the war.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_genocide
“Following the Berlin Conference of 1885, Rwanda and Burundi were annexed by Germany which lasted until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles when it was ceded to Belgium. The Belgians, seeking a non-indigenous explanation for the complex monarchy they found in the colony, framed the Hutu/Tutsi distinction as one of race, rather than economics or ethnicity. The Belgians issued racial identification cards to every Rwandan, giving preferential treatment to Tutsis for positions in education, politics and business.”

“The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of the hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutu sympathizers in Rwanda and was the largest atrocity during the Rwandan Civil War. This genocide was mostly carried out by two extremist Hutu militia groups, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi, during about 100 days from April 6 through mid-July, 1994. At least 500,000 Tutsis and thousands of moderate Hutus died in the genocide. Some estimates put the death toll between 800,000 and 1,000,000.

In the wake of the Rwandan Genocide, the international community, and the United Nations in particular, drew severe criticism for its inaction. Despite international news coverage of the violence as it unfolded, most countries, including France, Belgium, and the United States, declined to prevent or stop the massacres. Canada continued to lead the UN peacekeeping force in Rwanda, by Roméo Dallaire of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Despite specific warnings and requests from UNAMIR's commanding officers in Rwanda, before and during the genocide, the UN Security Council refused to send additional support, declined UNAMIR's request for authorization to intervene, and even scaled back UNAMIR's forces and authority.

Fearing reprisals, hundreds of thousands of Hutu and other refugees fled into eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). People who had actively participated in the genocide hid among the refugees, fueling the First and Second Congo Wars. Rivalry between Hutu and Tutsi tribal factions is also a major factor in the Burundi Civil War.”

Hotel Rwanda was filmed AFTER the genocide and is about one man who served a prison term for being part of the genocide.

Answer 2

I don't really know that much about the Rwanda Genocide but what I do know is: We can't go running every time another nation has problems, we have our own problems and our own people to protect and help. If they were threating us or an abassidor that's when we needed to step in, we shouldn't risking the lives of our own military for something that is none of our business.

Answer 3

some gurrillas listend to a raidio station i believe watch hotel rwanda!