Genocide In Rwanda

  • Germany Controls Rwanda

    Germany Controls Rwanda

    The berlin conference divides up africa between europeans countries
  • Period: to

    genocide

  • Belgium gains control of Rwanda

    Belgium gains control of Rwanda

    This was after Germany won WW1
  • Rwanda Gains Independence

    Rwanda Gains Independence

  • Civil war begins

    Civil war begins

    This war was between a Hutu controlled government and the RPF
  • Genocide

    Genocide

    800,000 people died in 100 days
  • RPF ends genocide

    After this they take control of the government.
  • War  crimes trials begin

    War crimes trials begin

    some courts are run in tanzania by the u.n for not stoping the genocide
  • Apology From President Clinton

    President clinton and the leader of the U.N. Apologize for not stopping the genocide
  • 26 defendants executed

    for war crimes by rwandan goverment;Rwandan goverment later outlaws the death penalty
  • Cacaca courts to be set up

    Cacaca courts to be set up

    many people go to trials or jail for the crimes of genocide