Genocide in Ethnic Conflict in Rwanda
On April 7, 1994, the massacre of about 500 thousand to one million moderate Tutsis and Hutus began for 100 days. In Rwanda, the dark history of genocide is accepted in inter-ethnic conflict. The Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups in Rwanda have continued to flare up since independence from Belgium and the dissolution of the monarchic government led by the Tutsi king. On April 7, 1994, the turmoil culminated in genocide. Hutu extremists who are the major ethnic ethnic groups in the country slaughtered Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Ethnic minority Tutsis are targets and targets of violence. About 85 percent of Rwandans are ethnic Hutus and the rest are Tutsi and other smaller ethnic groups. Although a minority, Tutsi has long been known to occupy many sectors of leadership and government. Reported by History, the direct roots of the 1994 genocide began in the early 1990s, when Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, began using anti-Tutsi rhetoric to consolidate his power among the Hutus....