Africa’s Genocide: Could It Be Repeated In Ethiopia Against The People of Tigray?
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Rwandan genocide – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocideThe Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was the mass slaughter of 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsi, as well as Twa and moderate Hutu, carried out between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. In 1990, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel group composed of Tutsi refugees, invaded northern Rwanda from their base in Uganda, initiating the Rwandan Civil War.
Neither side was able to gain a decisive advantage in the war, and the Rwandan government led by President Juvénal Habyarimana signed the Arusha Accords with the RPF on 4 August 1993. Many historians argue that a genocide against the Tutsi had been planned for at least a year. However, Habyarimana’s assassination on 6 April 1994 created a power vacuum and ended pea…
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Rwandan Genocide – HISTORY
https://www.history.com/topics/africa/rwandan-genocideDuring the Rwandan genocide of 1994, members of the Hutu ethnic majority in the east-central African nation of Rwanda murdered as many as 800,000 people, mostly of the Tutsi minority.
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Rwanda genocide of 1994 | Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/event/Rwanda-genocide-of-1994Rwanda genocide of 1994, planned campaign of mass murder in Rwanda that occurred over the course of some 100 days in April–July 1994. The genocide was conceived by extremist elements of Rwanda’s majority Hutu population who planned to kill the minority Tutsi population and anyone who opposed those genocidal intentions.
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A Short History of the Rwandan Genocide – ThoughtCo
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-rwandan-genocide-1779931On April 6, 1994, Hutus began slaughtering the Tutsis in the African country of Rwanda. As the brutal killings continued, the world stood idly by and just watched the slaughter. Lasting 100 days, the Rwandan Genocide left approximately 800,000 Tutsis and Hutu sympathizers dead. Who Are the Hutu and Tutsi?
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Rwandan genocide suspect enters not guilty pleas at UN …
https://www.mystateline.com/news/international/…Félicien Kabuga, a former radio station owner, appeared Wednesday in a United Nations courtroom to face charges that he armed and incited militias that took part in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
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Rwanda genocide: 100 days of slaughter – BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26875506In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists. They were targeting members of the minority Tutsi community, as well as their political…
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Rwanda genocide of 1994 – Genocide | Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/event/Rwanda-genocide-of-1994/GenocideGenocide On the evening of April 6, 1994, a plane carrying Habyarimana and Burundian Pres. Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down over Kigali; the ensuing crash killed everyone on board. Although the identity of the person or group who fired upon the plane has never been conclusively determined, Hutu extremists were originally thought to be responsible.
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International: Suspect in 1994 Rwandan Genocide …
https://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/…The significant case law of the ICTR and the ongoing work of the IRMCT should be considered in the context of Rwandan community-based gacaca courts in response to the 1994 genocide. Human Rights Watch reports that from 2005 to 2012, over 10,000 of these courts were established, trying approximately 1.2 million cases.
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