RWANDAN GENOCIDE

Background Info

• 3 ethnic groups
• Hutu extremists blamed Tutsi
• Early 1990s

HOW IT WAS STARTED

• President shot down
• Violence
• Extremists planned
• Officials
• Kigali

Types of Atrocities

• Killed in their homes
• Women
• 200,000 participated
• 800,000 perished (75%)
• Hutus killed

OTHER FACTS

• 100,000 children
• "100 Days of Slaughter"
• April to July 1994
• Other countries

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE

• President Paul Kagame
• RPF (Rwandese Patriotic Front)

WORKS CITED

• "Genocide in Rwanda." United Human Rights Council. Armenian Youth Federation, n.d. Web. 05 Apr. 2015.
• History.com Staff. "The Rwandan Genocide." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 05 Apr. 2015.
• "GENOCIDE - RWANDA." GENOCIDE - RWANDA. Peace Pledge Union, n.d. Web. 06 Apr. 2015.
• "100 Days of Slaughter." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 06 Apr. 2015.
• "Geography." Infoplease. Infoplease, Oct. 2013. Web. 06 Apr. 2015.