The document provides a timeline of events related to the Rwandan genocide, which occurred in 1994 when extremist Hutu militia and military forces massacred around 800,000 Tutsi people and moderate Hutus over the span of 100 days. Key events included Hutus demanding political power in the 1950s and 1960s, resulting in thousands of Tutsis being forced into exile. In 1994, the plane carrying Rwanda's president was shot down, prompting the genocide. The UN initially failed to act to prevent the widespread violence between Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups.

1. Genocide of Rwanda
By: Catarina Pottle

2. Time line
1957 - Hutus demand a change in Rwanda's ruling, so Hutu political parties formed.
1959 - Tutsi King Kigeri V, together with tens of thousands of Tutsis, forced into exile in Uganda following a ethnic violence.
1961 - Rwanda proclaims itself a republic.
1962 - Rwanda becomes independent with a Hutu, Gregoire Kayibanda, and many Tutsis leave the country.
1963 - Some 20,000 Tutsis killed following an incursion by Tutsi rebels based in Burundi.
1973 - President Gregoire Kayibanda ousted in military coup led by Juvenal Habyarimana.
1978 - New constitution ratified
1978- Habyarimana elected president.
1988 - Some 50,000 Hutu refugees flee to Rwanda from Burundi

3. Timeline Continued...
1990 - Forces of the rebel, mainly Tutsi, Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) invade Rwanda from Uganda.
1991 - New multi-party constitution promulgated.
1993 - President Habyarimana signs a power-sharing agreement with the Tutsis in the Tanzanian town of Arusha,
ostensibly signalling the end of civil war; UN mission sent to monitor the peace agreement.
1994 April - Habyarimana and the Burundian president are killed after their plane is shot down over Kigali; extremist
Hutu militia and elements of the Rwandan military begin the massacre of Tutsis.
1994-96 - Refugee camps in Zaire fall under the control of the Hutu militias responsible for the genocide in Rwanda.
1995 - Extremist Hutu militias and Zairean government forces attack local Zairean Banyamulenge Tutsis; Zaire
attempts to force refugees back into Rwanda.
1995 - UN-appointed international tribunal begins charging and sentencing a number of people responsible for the
Hutu-Tutsi atrocities.

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6. Q& A
Rwanda has always had an ethnic diversion between the Hutu and Tutsi.
When the plane of the President of Rwanda was shot down it cause major
disaster and spurred on the wide spread violence.
Many people were involved in the Genocide. The Hutu, the Tutsi, Zairean,
Congolese and the United Nations.
The Genocide lasted for 100 days.
In the 100 days more than 800,000 Rwandan people were killed.
The shot down plane that held the president, the media propaganda helped
to further push civilians to fight, and the capture of the capital of Kigali are
some of the few major events that led to many deaths.

7. Q&A
The Hutu demonstrated that they had a lot a force which made them feel
that they were morally justified in their actions and that they should have
power.
In the aftermath many Hutu fled in fear of being persecuted. A-lot of people
lost their loved ones on both sides. The Tutsi grieved and started looking for
the perpetrators that still remained.
The international community did not make any obvious movement to try to
prevent the Genocide even with the knowledge they had beforehand, until
after. Only after having people make accusations did they try to give a
helping hand.