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Germany controls Rwanda
The rest of the world should know this event because this is why Africa is seen on a map as it is. Without this event the genocide would not have even happened. -
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The Rwanda Genocide
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Belgium controls Rwanda
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Rwanda gains independence
The world should know of this event because it marks the time where Rwanda is now under no control. This leads to the civil war. -
Civil war begins
This event leads to the genocide of the Tutsi people because this separates them into different sides of a war. -
Genocide
This event is important because it is one of the key major events in where most of the Tutsi population was killed. -
RPF ends the genocide
This event is important because it marks the period ending the genocide of the Tutsi people and ending the civil war between the two ethnic groups. -
War crime trials begin
This event leads to the Gacaca courts being set up seeing as how they will need more than one court for later uses. -
Apology from President Clinton
This event is important because a man of almost absolute power and an organization of even more power (Optionally) actually apologized for not stopping the civil war in Rwanda, and shows that they can recognize when they mess up or fail to acknowledge some problems. -
26 Defendants executed
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Gacaca courts to be set up
