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Genocide of Rwanda

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January 22nd 2014
The genocide that I chose was the one that took place in Rwanda, Africa in the mid 90s. Rwanda is made up of two main tribes known as the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Tutsi were discriminated amongst everyone because they were blamed for several crises that were happening at the time like political and economic pressures. Therefore, Hutu extremists would slaughter almost a million children, women, and ... read more

Africa » Rwanda

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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... ... read more