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After the Rwandan Genocide, the Tutsi-led government began a major program to improve the country's economy and reduce its dependence on subsistence farming. The failing economy had been a major factor behind the genocide, as was overpopulation and the resulting competition for scarce farmland and other resources.
The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) came to power in Rwanda after defeating the incumbent government in the Rwandan Civil War.The RPF's victory ended the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, known in Rwanda as the Genocide Against the Tutsi, during which 800,000-1,200,000 Rwandans lost their lives.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and community gacaca courts exist to punish those who planned and carried out the genocide, but the scale of violence forced the Rwandan people into an occasionally uneasy coexistence. The Rwandan government has been generally credited with encouraging economic development and national ...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed the inaction of the international community for allowing the 1994 genocide to happen as Rwandans on Sunday commemorated 30 years since an estimated 800,000 ...
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide on April 7, 1994. A phoenix is rising from the ashes, writes Jonathan M. Hansen. Revisiting Rwanda 30 Years After the Genocide
Paul Kagame has been the facto leader of Rwanda since the end of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi and he has held the official title of President since 2000. His leadership is credited with stabilizing and rebuilding Rwanda after the 1994 genocide against tutsi. [3] fostering economic growth, and maintaining peace in the country. [4]
A Rwandan doctor who has been living in France for decades goes on trial Tuesday in Paris over his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. The trial comes nearly three decades after ...
Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace is a 2018 non-fiction book by Susan Thomson, published by Yale University Press. The book describes rule of Rwanda by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and Paul Kagame after the Rwandan Genocide had occurred. [1] The author argues that increasing wealth inequality has led to behind-the-scenes political ...