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Juvenal Habyarimana
Leader of Rwanda after taking power in a coup. Party was MRND.
Network Zero
Anti-Tutsi groups
Akazu
Clan, Habyarimana’s inner circle, pro-genocide, wanted to hold onto power
Coffee
75% of exports were coffee, prices crashed
Population Density of Rwanda
Very high
RTLM
Pro-genocide radio, huge contributor to genocide, would publish kill lists with names and addresses of Tutsi and moderate Hutu
Interahamwe
Youth wing of the MRND, main perpetrators of genocide
Kangura
Pro-genocide magazine
RPF
Rwandan Popular Front, led by Paul Kagame, fought Hutu government
UNAMIR
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, led by Romeo Dallaire, started with 2,500 soldiers
Machetes
Common weapons in genocide due to low cost, bought from China
Genocide Cable
Dallaire contacted by Jean Pierre, warned of genocide, sent to UN
Habyarimana’s Assassination
Jet shot down, various sides blamed each other, concluded Hutu soldiers did it, led to increased calls for genocide
Causes of Genocide
Habyarimana’s death, high population density, fall in coffee prices, Akazu clan holding onto power
Who supported the Hutu government?
France
Death Toll of Genocide
1,000,000 dead in 100 days
Somalia Syndrome
US’ aversion to risking American soldiers’ lives in foreign interventions
Killing of Belgian Soldiers
Pressured international community to stay out
Shelter in Public Buildings & Churches
Encouraged by government, actually made killing easier
Rwanda & the UN Security Council
Rwanda got a seat, had access to discussions about not intervening
Resistance to UNAMIR
Force shrunk to ~450 soldiers, Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh downplayed genocide
Operation Turquoise
French operation to set up a safe zone for Tutsis
Operation Amaryllis
Evacuated westerners and Hutu officials
Clinton Apology
1998, Clinton apologizes for not intervening
Presidential Decree Directive 25
Prevents UN from using US soldiers against US interests
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
UN court in Tanzania for leaders of genocide
Gacaca Court
Court system used because so many lawyers and judges were dead. Criminals tried by community they harmed in very fast trial. Controversial.
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