In 1994, the encouragement of the presidential guard and radio propaganda influenced the Interhawame, an unofficial militia, to begin the mass killing of the Tutsis, the minority group in Rwanda. Between April and June, in a span of just one hundred days, a nearly 800,000 Rwandan's were slaughtered, most of which were Tutsi. (BBC News) This event became known as the Rwandan Genocide, Africa's largest genocide in modern day. Had it not been for the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), it is unknown how long this genocide would have taken place. The RPF caused the Rwandan government to collapse and declared a ceasefire. The events that played out between the months of April and June of 1994 would change Rwanda forever.
Tension between the majority Hutus and the minority Tutsis had existed since the colonial period, and worsened in the year 1959, when the Hutus overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. This had all happened 3 years prior to Rwanda's independence from Belgium. Over......

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Title: Genocide In Rwanda
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