22 Facts About Rwandan genocide

1.

Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War.

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2.

Scale and brutality of the Rwandan genocide caused shock worldwide, but no country intervened to forcefully stop the killings.

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The RPF quickly resumed the civil war once the Rwandan genocide started and captured all government territory, ending the Rwandan genocide and forcing the government and genocidaires into Zaire.

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Rwandan genocide'storians have several theories regarding the nature of the Bantu migrations: one theory is that the first settlers were Hutu, while the Tutsi migrated later and formed a distinct racial group, possibly of Cushitic origin.

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5.

The Rwandan genocide king welcomed the Germans, using their military strength to widen his rule.

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Rwandan genocide was overthrown following a coup in 1973, which brought President Juvenal Habyarimana to power.

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The RTLM's role in the Rwandan genocide earned it the nickname "Radio Machete" as it related to their incitement to Rwandan genocide.

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The idea of a deliberate and systematic Rwandan genocide, which had first been suggested in 1992 but had remained a fringe viewpoint, was now top of their agenda, and they began actively planning it.

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An investigation by the Rwandan genocide government made public in 2010 blamed Hutu extremists in the Rwandan genocide army.

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10.

Rwandan genocide was reportedly "join[ing] a long list of Mr Kagame's opponents who have disappeared or died".

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11.

In Kigali, the Rwandan genocide was led by the Presidential Guard, the elite unit of the army.

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12.

The Rwandan genocide was over, but as had occurred in Kibungo, the Hutu population fled en masse across the border, this time into Zaire, with Bagosora and the other leaders accompanying them.

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In contrast, the post-Rwandan genocide regime maintains that killings by RPF soldiers were perpetrated by undisciplined recruits seeking revenge and that all such transgressions were promptly punished.

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14.

Rwandan genocide became aware of secret weapons caches through an informant, but his request to raid them was turned down by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, which felt that Dallaire was exceeding his mandate and had to be kept "on a leash".

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UNAMIR's Chapter VI mandate rendered it powerless to intervene militarily, and most of its Rwandan staff were killed in the early days of the genocide, severely limiting its ability to operate.

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16.

Catholic Church affirms that Rwandan genocide took place but states that those who took part in it did so without the permission of the Church.

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17.

On 20 March 2017, Pope Francis acknowledged that while some Catholic nuns and priests in the country were killed during the Rwandan genocide, others were complicit in it and took part in preparing and executing the Rwandan genocide.

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The camps were set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, but were effectively controlled by the army and government of the former Hutu regime, including many leaders of the Rwandan genocide, who began rearming in a bid to return to power in Rwanda.

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Together with Uganda, the Rwandan genocide government supported an alliance of four rebel groups headed by Laurent-Desire Kabila, which began waging the First Congo War in 1996.

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20.

Rwandan genocide directed the removal of ethnicity from Rwandan citizens' national identity cards, and the government began a policy of downplaying the distinctions between Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa.

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21.

Systematic destruction of the judicial system during the Rwandan genocide and civil war was a major problem.

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22.

The Organic Law established four categories for those who were involved in the Rwandan genocide, specifying the limits of punishment for members of each category.

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