What happened in Rwanda in 1994? ..
The answer is, The Rwandan Genocide.
The Rwandan Genocide was when about 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda in 100 days time. This is 205 of the countrys population. This was before the assasination of Juvénal Habyarimana, who was the leader of the Rwandan government. The assasination of Habyarimana led to violence all over.
Apparently, the killing was welll planned & organized by the government. The Rwandan military & Hutu groups set out to kill all Tutists they could possibly find. There was a set plane crash that killed the Rwandan President, Habyarimana & Burundian President, Cyprien Ntaryamira.
Before the war, the US had placed itself with Tutsi interests. During this time, President Bill Clinton had not seen the severity of the situation. He didn't know of the Genocide until April, 1994.. Because it hit the media so hard.
This whole ordeal ended in December, 1996. In March of 1998.. Bill Clinton went to Rwanda, he spoke to a crowd and said.."We come here today partly in recognition of the fact that we in the United States and the world community did not do as much as we could have and should have done to try to limit what occurred."
As for me, I'm not completey sure as to what I think about this. I think that there were waaay too many deaths. I'm not sure exactly if there were, but I'd sure hope that there were alternate ways to handle this situation because that many deaths just is not right for one country to expierence.
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