Official Syllubus

Causes of the conflict [[themes/cause of genocide(civil war)|cause of genocide(civil war)]]

  • Ethnic tensions in Rwanda; the creation of the Hutu power movement and the Interahamwe; role of the media

  • Other causes: economic situation; colonial legacy

  • Rwandan Civil War (1990–1993); assassination of Habyarimana and Ntaryamira (1994)

Course and interventions

  • Actions of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and Rwandan government; role of the media [[themes/media role|media role]]

  • Nature of the genocide and other crimes against humanity; war rape [[sections/6 Genocide Begins|6 Genocide Begins]]

  • Response of the international community; the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR); reasons for inaction; role of France, Belgium and the US [[sections/7 international response|7 international response]]

Impact [[sections/8 Impact|8 Impact]]

  • Social impact; refugee crisis; justice and reconciliation

  • International impact; establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1994)

  • Political and economic impact; RPF-led governments; continued warfare in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)

Custom

Early Colonialism

  1. [[RV prac/history/rwanda/sections/1 Background|Background]]
    • cause of colonialism (Race Theory, Social Darwinism, economic expansion, etc.)
  2. [[2 Colonial Rwanda,1884-1962| 1884-1962 Colonial history]] (German and ==Belgium==)
    • Belgium policies planted the seed
    • First conflict 1959

After Independence

  1. [[3 Independence and Wars | 1962-1990 Independence and Wars]]
    • First Republic Kayibanda 1963-73
    • Second Republic ==Habyarimana== 1973-90 and ==MRND==
    • policies, actions, economy and society brew populism and division
  2. [[4 Last year of the Habyarimana regime | 1991-1994 Last Years before Genocide]]
    • ==RPF== and ==Paul Kagame==
    • ==Hutu Power Movement== and ==Interahamwe==
    • ==RTLM== and Kangura spread hatred
    • near the boil point
  3. [[5 The Assassination of Presidents| 1994 The Assassination of Presidents]]
    • final trigger

Genocide

  1. [[6 Genocide Begins | 1994 Course]]
    • Political murder (peacekeeper, moderates)
    • Killing statistics and details
  2. [[sections/7 international response|7 international response]]

==Aftermath==