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Germany controls Rwanda
At least half a million people perished in the Rwandan genocide -
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Genocide in Rwanda
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Belgium gains control of Rwanda
In the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, many prominent figures in the international community lamented the outside world’s general obliviousness to the situation and its failure to act in order to prevent the atrocities from taking place -
Rwanda gains independence
120,000 people, primarily Tutsis, had taken refuge in neighboring states to escape the violence which had accompanied the gradual coming into power of the Hutu community -
gacaca courts to be set up
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civil war begins
the Confederacy was defeated at the total cost of 620,000 Union and Confederate soldiers dead -
genocide
Exploring the history of genocide can provide insight into the origins of social behaviors which lead up to mass murder -
RPF ends the genocide
On April 6, 1994, a plane carrying Habyarimana and Burundi’s president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down over Kigali, leaving no survivors. -
war crimes trails begin
Unfortunately, many perpetrators of Nazi-era criminality have never been tried or punished -
apology from President Clinton
President Bill Clinton declared somberly Friday that "I have sinned," in a speech so emotional and abject including his first public apology to Monica Lewinsky and her family that it brought a group of clergymen to their feet. -
26 dependents executed
