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April July 1994

 Belgium colonized Rwanda in the 1800s

10,746,311 population Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa

Ethnic Group Breakdown: Hutu (84%) Tutsi (15%) Twa (1%)

Rwanda is mostly a poor rural country

1. Hutus (majority) 2. Tutsis

 Hutus overthrew the Tutsi king  Thousands of Tutsis were killed or exiled

 Kids of the exiled Tutsis formed the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)

 Civil war begins RPF vs. Hutus

 Genocide begins after the Hutu president’s airplane was shot down  Hutus were given permission to kill all Tutsis

 Tutsi rebels (RPF) defeat the Hutus  RPF gain control over all of Rwanda

 800,000 – 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed  150, ,000 women raped  1,400,000 refugees