rwanda

By wjewby
  • germany

    germany
    germany controls Rwanda This is important, because it started the chain of events that lead to the rwandan genocide. I believe that if Germany hadn't controlled rwanda none of the events would have happened.
  • belgium

    belgium
    after germany loses world war 2, belgium takes control of Rwanda. Belgium wante power over rwanda. To keep this status they strengthened the hutu, leading to the tutsi genocide.
  • independance day

    independance day
    rwanda becomes independant. This is important because it lead to rwanda making it's own decisions. If belgium was still controlling rwanda, they could've swayyed the decision to destroy the tutsis.
  • war

    civil war starts in Rwanda
  • genocide

    genocide
    800000 peope die in 100 days. This is the happening, the immportant event. All the previous events lead to this, and all the events after this were because of it.
  • end

    the RFP ends the genocide and takes control of the government.
  • war crime

    war crime
    trials begin for the crimes commited by the Hutu. the hutu felt the conciquences for their actions in this trial. many people were on trail for the events that occured.
  • apology

    apology
    Bill Clinton apologizes for not stopping the genocide. This shows that the UN could've helped, but they didn't. Bill Clinton wouldn'y have had to apologise if i didn't happen.
  • execution

    26 defendants executed
  • jail

    jail
    100,000 people are jailed waiting for trial for genocide. The world should know this, becuase it shows that if you are involved with a crime at any level you will be acnowledged.