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Rwanda
Located in Central Africa Has borders with Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the
back a group of rebels that wanted to overthrown the government; relations were reestablished in 2009
China is the main foreign investor of the country and has established
Economy of Rwanda
Main Industries: cement, agricultural products, small-scale
Rwandan Genocide
Was a genocide that targeted the Tutsi population during
1994
It was perpetrated by the Hutu government The Hutu government was backed by the francophone
Background
Before colonization a Tutsi regime controlled most of
Rwanda, but by 1962 a Hutu rebellion got rid of the Tutsi regime
Hutus placed a regime that persecuted former Tutsis that
Burundi
The Genocide
The total number of killed people is between 800.000 and
1.000.000
The genocide was sparked when the plane carrying the
Rwandan and Burundian president was shot down alleged by Tutsi rebels
It is called the Machete War because most of the killings were
raped them and infected them with HIV so the future generations of Tutsis would be weaker
Belgium
It was the last colonial power that ruled over Rwanda and kept
some soldiers that formed the United Nations Assistance Mission of Rwanda
Belgium played a key role in the segregation of the Hutu and Tutsi
possible genocide and ask for a bigger task force to be deployed in the country
Belgium compromised itself to help Rwanda get over the genocide
China
They took a big part in the genocide by selling weapons to
France
France openly supported the Hutu regime. They sold guns and other military equipment to this regime The French government backed the escape of the Hutu regime
countries where broken, but since 2009 they have been resumed
United States
After what happened in Somalia the government of the
United States refused to supply Rwanda with humanitarian aid or any other kind of intervention
The government saw the civil war as an internal affair that
government never referred to the incidents as a genocide because that would be a statement that they knew what was happening
and the orders to not involve in the clashes between the Hutus and Tutsis was a major part of how the genocide took part