End of Rwandan Genocide
Tutsi Military’s Role
An offensive action was launched against the Hutu community by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) consisting mainly of Tutsi. IT eventually captured the Kigali and overthrown the extremists’s interim government.
Transitional Government
To stable the political situation a new transitional government made up of both Tutsi and Hutu community, was set up. It was the signal of the end of the ongoing genocide nad the process of peace. It shown the seeds of reconciliation process for the future.
Humanitarian Crisis
The genocide led to the fleeing of Rwandan citizens to the neighboring countries. It also became a sudden humanitarian crisis to refuge the large number of people.
Reconciliation
The deep imprints of the genocide and the cruelty made the people to think and reconcile. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was set up to punish and prosecute the responsible for the genocide.
Rwandan Genocide 1994
The Rwanda genocide of 1994 was a planned mass murder that happened for around 100 days from 7 April to 15 July 1994. More than 80 lakhs( 800,000) people died in this genocide. This genocide was done by the majority population of Hutu in Rwanda against the minority group named Tutsi. It was fueled by longstanding ethnic tensions and political rivalries in Rwanda.
Despite the presence of UN peacekeeping forces, the scale of the violence overwhelmed efforts to prevent it. The aftermath of the genocide left Rwanda deeply scarred, with profound social, economic, and psychological impacts that continue to shape the country’s trajectory to this day.