Rwanda Genocide 1

Category: Genocide

Before Rwanda gained independence from Belgium in 1962, the Tutsi, although only constituting fifteen percent of the country enjoyed privileged status. However, with their independence, the Hutu majority took control of the country and from then on discriminated and often implemented waves of ethnic cleansing against the Tutsi. In 1990 a group of armed Tutsi exiles stationed on the Ugandan border invaded Rwanda. For the next few years a civil war would continue between Tutsi Rebels and the Hutu regime.

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