Politics of Rwanda

‘superior martial skill and intelligence’ and ‘that the Tutsi at the central court possessed a different physiology from that of the Hutu; and that only Tutsi were pastoralists.” (Destexhe, 38). The colonisers took the myth to “the school-rooms of Rwanda using European-educated teachers. Following the schools, there were mainly Tutsi elite. Tutsi had opportunities to become doctors, teachers, while the Hutus worked in lower administrative jobs, were shopkeepers, farmers, or traders. In 1957, Nzioka

that the UN mission’s failure in Rwanda proves their point about the inherent weakness of international institutions. Do you agree? Why or why not? Over “the 100 day period from April 7th to mid-July 1994 500,000-1,000,000 Tutsi natives were murdered by the Hutu population of Rwanda” (Wikipedia Rwandan Genocide). This horrific event in human history is indeed categorized as genocide. What was the reason for the United Nations inaction in responding to Rwanda? Is the structural realist right in

interpretations of global politics with the genocide having the greatest impact. From 1987 to 1994, the RPF first contained Marxist and then Liberalism understandings of international relations. The 1994 genocide that contained international abandonment permanently shifted how government officials saw the international order. Neoclassical realism seemed to be unofficially accepted with its cold explanations of how nations only enact for their security as the best explanation of how Rwanda was so easily abandoned

Rwanda Genocide The Rwanda genocide is one of the worst genocides in human history. Genocide is a mass murder of a group of people depending on their race or religion. Rwanda is in Eastern part of Africa near the equator. There were many terrible causes and people who contributed to the outcome of this terrible genocide. There are several causes to this genocide, but it happened very fast. It was April 6th, 1994 when the president, Habyarimana’s plane was shot down with a ground to air missile

intervention, failed human rights initiatives, and a lack of political will that sabotaged any chances for successful peace operations in Rwanda. Many people believed that the ultimate driver of the conflict were the assassinations of presidents Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and Cyprien Nytaryamira of Burundi. However, many scholars argue that conflict in Rwanda developed because its political power remains in the hands of the elite who have no intentions to enforce secure property rights for its

In Rwanda, the Hutu has come into much conflict since the 1990s. As the Germans and the Belgians colonized Rwanda, the favoritism of the colonizers created great ethnic divides within the country. These partitions ultimately became so profound that a violent genocide took place, turning countrymen against each other. The Congo was a nearby place for the violence between the Hutu and Tutsi to continue, while also becoming an important economic factor to the wealth of other nations. The colonization

Rwanda and Belgium When atrocities take place in the world, society tends to forget and move on without proper historical reasoning, this is what took place in Rwanda. Before the colonization by Germany and Belgium, Rwanda was divided into two prominent groups. The elite Tutsi, and the Hutu, who were peasant farmers. Due to competition, greed, and envy every European Nation wanted to divide and conquer Africa for themselves. Germany and Belgium did not take into consideration the different tribes

Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, once quoted that, “When we are unified, working together, no challenge is insurmountable” (Arnlaugsdottir). His quote holds meaning and truth as within the past twenty years, Rwanda has worked miraculously to rebuild and reunite the country that was left disheveled by social conflict and genocide. There are many factors that have contributed to the reconstruction of Rwanda, including international assistance, gacaca courts and International Criminal Tribunal

Timeline of the Escalation in Rwanda In the 1990s, the Rwandan population was about 14% Tutsis and 85 % Hutus (XXXXXXXX). This ethnic composition has remained similar since biblical times. As with most civil wars, the aversion between opposing sides, that precipitates the war is usually deeply entrenched. The hate between the Tutsis and the Hutus dates back to the 16th century. The hunter-gatherer Hutus were the original settlers of the Rwanda area around 1000AD, then new farming settlers called

their ethnicity or if they opposed the regime. (Uvin, 2003). This terrible event occurred in Rwanda, and it is known as the Rwandan Genocide. Genocide can be described as a one sided mass killing in which the state or other authority intends to destroy a group, as that group and membership in it are identified by the perpetrator. (Hintjens, 1999) This is exactly what took place in Rwanda in 1994. In Rwanda the population was mostly Hutu (84%) and had two minorities, Tutsi (15%) and Twa (1%). (Hoex