Rwandan Genocide:
The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda, started by the Hutu-led government against the Tutsi people. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch's estimate. Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000–1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. Surprisingly, the killing was well organized by the government. When it started, the Rwandan militia numbered around 30,000, or one militia member for every ten families. It was organized nationwide, with representatives in every neighborhood. Weapons, such as grenades, required no paperwork and were widely distributed by the government. Even after the 1993 peace agreement signed in Arusha, businessmen close to General Habyarimana imported 581,000 machetes from China for Hutu use in killing Tutsi, because machetes were cheaper than guns. Hutu rebel groups such as the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, and Hutu militia groups, notably the Interahamwe, systematically set out to murder all the Tutsis they could reach, regardless of age or gender, as well as the political moderates among the Hutu. They incited Hutu civilians to participate in the killings or be shot in turn, using radio broadcasts to tell them to kill their Tutsi neighbors (shocking!). After the genocide, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, is currently, still ongoingly dealing with the criminals.
The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda, started by the Hutu-led government against the Tutsi people. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch's estimate. Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000–1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. Surprisingly, the killing was well organized by the government. When it started, the Rwandan militia numbered around 30,000, or one militia member for every ten families. It was organized nationwide, with representatives in every neighborhood. Weapons, such as grenades, required no paperwork and were widely distributed by the government. Even after the 1993 peace agreement signed in Arusha, businessmen close to General Habyarimana imported 581,000 machetes from China for Hutu use in killing Tutsi, because machetes were cheaper than guns. Hutu rebel groups such as the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, and Hutu militia groups, notably the Interahamwe, systematically set out to murder all the Tutsis they could reach, regardless of age or gender, as well as the political moderates among the Hutu. They incited Hutu civilians to participate in the killings or be shot in turn, using radio broadcasts to tell them to kill their Tutsi neighbors (shocking!). After the genocide, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, is currently, still ongoingly dealing with the criminals.