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Rule by Belgium
Treaty of Versalies gives Belgium ruling power in former the German colony.
Traditional Hutu-Tutsi relationship into a class sysem. Tutsi (minority) are favored over the Hutu, and given ruling power under the Belgian government. -
ID Cards
Sysem of ID cards intoduced...
Used to differentiate between Hutu's and Tutsi's -
Rebellion
Hutu's rebel against the Belgian government and the Tutsi elite.
150,000 Tutsi's flee to Brundi -
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Hutu Revolution
Hutu's place a new president in power in Rwanda. Thousands of Tutsi's are forced to flee as fighting continues. -
Tutsi's
Masacre of Tutsi's continues. By the mid 1960's 1/2 of the Tutsi population is living outside of Rwanda. -
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Hutu Rule
Tutsi's removed from universities.
Army Chief of Staff sizes power = one party state & ethnic quotas
Hutu's given prefrence in govt. jobs
Exclusion of the Tutsi's continues throughout the 70's & 80's -
Economic Problems
Coffee prices collapse causing huge econimc hardships in Rwanda -
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Stalling
Rwandan army trains and arms citizens.
The President stalls in creating the multi-party system he promised.
Thousands of Tutsi's are killed in seperate masacars around the country. -
Multi party system
Rwandan President concedes to the principle of a mulit-party system of democracy because of western aid doners -
Invasion
Tutsi guerrillas invade Rwanda from Uganda. French and other outside forces are called in to help the government. A cease-fire is signed March 1991 -
More Fighting
Tutsi guerrillas begin a new offinsive. They reach the outskirts of the capital...again the French are called in to help the govt.
Figthing continues for several months. -
Peace?
President signs a peace agreement with the guerrillas. Allows the Tutsi refugees to retun and a joint Hutu/Tutsi government.
2,500 UN Troops are deployed to the capital to oversee the agreements implementation -
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Not really peace...
President stalls on setting up the Hutu/Tutsi government.
Militia training increases. Hutu extremist radio station brodcasts urgings to attack the Tutsi's.
Human Rights groups warn the international community of the impending danger. -
Escape
Many Rwandan human rights activits move their families out of the capital. -
The Beginning
Rwandan President is killed when his plane is shot down.
The killings begin that night. -
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Genocide
Over the course of about 100 days over 500,000 people are killed
