The Rwandan Genocide

Ethnic conflict that built up over years leading to a Tutsis genocide in Rwanda's history.

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1. A  genocide  that  could  have  been  avoided     Wafa  A.  
4. Rwandan  Genocide     Hutu  extremist,    plane  was  shot  down  on   April  6th,  1994  by  angry  Tutsis  rebels.     A  small     the  genocide  con?nues  for  a  100   days.       Theoneste  Bagosora   Juvénal  Habyarimana    
5. What  has  the  world  done  to  put  an  end  to  it?   -­‐ The  UN  wasn’t   effec?ve  in  this   genocide,  even   though  the  term   genocide  it  self   demanded  their   interven?on  and   aid  because   that’s  what  the   UN  is  for,  as   their   Humanitarian   Declara?on   states.  
7. He  would  expect  the  violence  and  fear  in  the  the  two   groups  (Hutu  and  Tutsis)  because  he  believes  that  humans   are  naturally  selfish  and  would  hurt  anything  that  gets  in   their  way.     Hobbes  would  most  likely  argue  that  the  main  cause  of  the   mass  killing  was  the  government  system  in  which  Rwanda   was  set  up  under,  ruled  by  only  Hutu  extremists.  “If  Rwanda   held  a  more  communist  government  guarding  individual   security,  there  would  be  no  ethnic  violence”.  
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