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Brief history Of Hutu and Tutsi ■ Twa were the original inhabitants of Rwanda. ■ After the WW 1 Rwanda became a Belgian colony as well as neighboring Burundi. ■ Ruling Belgians favored minority of Tutsis over the Hutus. ■ Hutu revolution 1959 forced 300, 000 Tutsis to flee the country. ■ 1962 Rwanda gained the independence.
■ 1973 Juvenal Habyarimana, Hutu, becomes a leader, 1978 President of Rwanda, was reelected 2 more times ■ Habyarimana founded a new political party, the National Revolutionary Movement for Development (NRMD) ■ Goals of NRMD were to promote peace, unity and national development.
■ 1988 - Rwandan Civil War between RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front), that was found in Uganda and consisted from Tutsi, and Rwanda (Hutu) ■ War ended with Arusha peace agreement and victory od RPF. ■ October 1993 - the Security Council established the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) with a mandate encompassing peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and general support for the peace process.
Preparation for Genocide ■ April 6, 1994, the deaths of the Presidents of Burundi and Rwanda in a plane crash caused by a rocket attack. ■ Less than half an hour after the plane crash, roadblocks manned by Hutu militiamen often assisted by gendarmerie (paramilitary police) or military personnel were set up to identify Tutsis. ■ April 7, 1994 – assassination of Prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and 10 Belgian peacekeepers were brutally murdered by Rwandan government soldiers in an attack on their home. ■ On 7 April, Radio Television Libres Des Mille Collines aired a broadcast attributing the plane crash to the RPF and a contingent of UN soldiers, as well as incitements to eliminate the "Tutsi cockroach".