The Rwanda Genocide:
The
Rwanda Genocide is one of the most significant events of its kind
to take place in the modern world. Close to one million people
lost their lives during this period of massacre which was a culmination
of ethnic tensions that had gripped the Country for years.
A turning
point for events in the country was the assassination of President
Juvenal Habyarimana on the 6th of April 1994. The Country was
after this thrown in turmoil and Hutu Militia Groups including
the feared
Interahamwe rounded up their victims who included Tutsis and
politically moderate Hutus.
Victims were killed and either left out in the open or buried
in mass graves. These evens took place for a period about two
and a half months between April and July 1994.
The Genocide ended
when the mainly Tutsi Rebel Group (Rwandan Patriotic Front)
led by current President Paul Kagame overthrew the Government
and
took over control of the Country.
Genocide Memorial day observed on the 7th of April each year
is a day set aside to remember these sad events that occurred
in the Country.
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