4+Rwanda+Who?

= = Home =Who was responsible and who was affected by this massacre?= =DH= The genocide in Rwanda was between the Tutsis, an ethnic group in Rwanda, and the Hutu, the opposing ethnic group. The Hutu extremist military organization known as the Interhamwe were responsible for the genocide. The Tutsis were persecuted because the Hutu identified them as a foreign race due to the fact that the Tutsis were a minority and were favored by the colonists in the 19th century leading to tensions that grew for 2 centuries. Interhamwe means: "those who stand, fight, and kill together." This made the Interhamwe's goal clear to the Tutsis and launched the mass genocide of Rwanda in 1994. Traditionally, the Hutu are farmers and the Tutsis are cattle herders. As the colonial rule of the Belgians and Germans favored Tutsis, the economic difference between the two groups worsened.