Friday, February 13, 2009

Rwanda Homework


What factors led to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994?
1.The factors that led the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.Was that the genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwanda president Juvenal Habyarimana his plane was shot down coming from the airport of Kagali.

What was the time frame of the 1994 genocide and how many people die?
2.The time frame of the genocide incident happen on April 6,1994 and stopped in July in the year of 1994.A group of Tutsis had been killed.Most of those who perpetrated the violence was Hutus.There was also 800,000 people who were killed in Rwanda's genocide in just 100 days.

What were some of the after effects of the genocide?
3.Some of the after effects of the genocide was that finally,in July, the RPF captured Kigali.Also at first,a multi-ethnic government was set up, with a Hutu,Pasteur Bizimungu as president and Mr Kagame as deputy.But the pair later fell out and Bizimungu was jailed on charges of inciting ethnic violence, while Mr Kagame became president.Allthough the killing in Rwanda was over, the presence of hutu militias in DR Congo has led to years of conflict there ,causing up to five million deaths.And a Congolese rebel group remains active, refusing to lay down arms,saying otherwise its community would be at risk of genocide.

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