"A NATION’S LEADER GETS ASSASSINATED, SO WITHIN A WEEK TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN PICK UP THEIR GUNS AND START SLAUGHTERING. A REPORTED 20,000 PEOPLE LIE DEAD IN THE STREETS.” ("And in Africa?")
After nearly a half century of racial oppression in Rwanda by the colonial ruling class Tutsi minority toward the majority Hutu, the country gained its independence from Belgium in 1962. This caused waves of Hutu rebellions to sweep the country, a conflict that was intensified when the 1993 Arusha accords failed to forge an acceptable political compromise between the two groups. In 1994, the turmoil turned deadly when the assassination of Rwanda's president was blamed on Tutsi rebels, which resulted in a genocide that killed nearly one million Tutsis and created the impetus for an international criminal court to prosecute crimes against humanity.
Sammi Tolnai
Senior Division
Process Paper Word Count: 500 words
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Senior Division
Process Paper Word Count: 500 words
Website Word Count: 1,185 words