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 By Matt Flaum

The Rwanda Genocide was the 1994 killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwandan Tutsis and Hutu political people by Hutus below the Hutu Power ideology. The genocide lasted 100 days and during that time, about 500,000-1,000,000 people were killed. 500,000- 1,000,000 people is 20% of the population of Rwanda.

As assumed by many, the spark or cause of the genocide was the death of the Rwandan president, Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994. But unfortunately, nobody knows the people who shot the plane down. Here are some thoughts and assumptions about who sparked the genocide. A French judge blamed current Rwandan President, Paul Kagame - at the time the leader of a Tutsi rebel group - and some of his close associates for carrying out the rocket attack on the plane. But Mr. Kagame denies it with all honesty.

Tensions between the Tutsis and the Hutus in Rwanda is nothing new. The Hutus are the majority and the Tutsis are the minority but the arguments have gotten bigger and worse.

Strangely, the two groups are extremely similar, speaking the same languages, and performing the same rituals. However, both groups are very differently built (body). For example, the Tutsi s are often taller and thinner than the Hutus. This is evidence that the Tutsis had a major disadvantage because they were weaker than the Hutu.

Bibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1288230.stm