Contextual map of Rwanda

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Contextual map of Rwanda
Rwanda is located in East Central Africa, nestled
between Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Where does the Word Genocide Come From?
Geno- cide
Cide- From the Latin word Cida, which means to
kill.
Geno- from the Greek word Genos, which means
birth, race of a similar kind, tribe, family
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What is Genocide??

• Any of the following acts committed with intent
  to destroy, in whole or in part, a national,
  ethnic, racial or religious group, as such
• Killing members of the group.
• Causing serious bodily or mental harm.
• Deliberately inflicting conditions of life for
  physical destruction in whole or in part.
• Imposing measures intended to prevent births
  within the group
• Forcibly transferring children of the group to
  another group."

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Who Are the Hutu and Tutsi?

• The Hutu and Tutsi are two peoples who share a
  common past. When Rwanda was first settled, the
  people who lived there raised cattle. Soon, the
  people who owned the most cattle were called
  "Tutsi" and everyone else was called "Hutu." At
  this time, a person could easily change
  categories through marriage or cattle
  acquisition. It wasn't until Europeans came to
  colonize the area that the terms "Tutsi" and
  "Hutu" took on a racial role.

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RWANDA 1994

• The Rwandan Genocide was the slaughter of an
  estimated 1,000,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus,
  mostly carried out by two extremist Hutu militia
  groups (Interahamwe and Impuzamugambi) during a
  period of 100 days from April 6th through
  mid-July 1994.
• The Western and First World Countries did nothing
  to help this situation.
• This Genocide was ended when the Tutsi rebel
  movement (Rwandese Political Front) lead by Paul
  Kagame seized power of the Hutu Government.

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Rwanda 1994

• Killers armed with machetes and other weapons
  killed roughly 8,000 Tutsis a day during a
  three-month campaign of terror. Powerful nations
  stood by as the slaughter surged on despite pleas
  from Rwandan and UN observers

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Present and Future Rwanda

• Rwandan genocidal leaders are on trial at
  the International Criminal
• Tribunal for Rwanda, in the Rwandan
  National Court system, and,
• most recently, through the informal Gacaca
  village justice program.

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• Rwanda today struggles to heal and rebuild, and
  shows signs of rapid development.

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