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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.
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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.
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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.
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civil war starts in Rwanda
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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.
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the RFP ends the genocide and takes control of the government.
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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.
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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.
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26 defendants executed
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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.
