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Rwandan Genocide

January 23rd 2014
Before the huge genocide started, there was already tension between the ethnic groups: Hutus and Tutsis. When the Belgians took over Rwanda in 1916, they considered the Tutsis superior. That led to a better education, job, and etc. for them, which eventually caused hatred towards the Tutsis. When the country became independent, the Hutus took leadership and blamed the Tutsis for all the problems j ... read more
Africa » Rwanda » Ville de Kigali » Kigali

Rwandan Flag 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
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