Rwandan genocide & france

Question 1

context

Answer 1

French President has said he recognised his country’s role in the Rwandan genocide and hoped for forgiveness.

Question 2

Rwanda location?capital?majority & minority?

Answer 2

landlocked country in central Africa. Its Capital is Kigali.

Population composition: Hutus – majority, Tutsi –Minority.

Question 3

what is rwanda genocide?

Answer 3

AKA genocide against the Tutsi, was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority government.

8 LAKH+ Rwandans were killed during the 100-day period from April 7 to mid-July 1994.

Question 4

French Connection

Answer 4

During 1994’s civil war, France sent forces only after it felt that Tutsi rebels would defeat the Hutu militia. France saved many Hutu plotters of Genocide, even gave them shelter/asylum in France.

Therefore, some people blame that France knew and helped Hutus to plot this genocide.