What exactly is the Rwandan tragedy?

The Hutu and Tutsi tribes in Rwanda have long been in conflict. Before the 196s, Tutsis, who accounted for only 1%-15% of the population, dominated Rwanda, and 88% of government officials were Tutsis, who owned most of the arable land. In 1959, Hutu farmers in southern Rwanda began to resist the rule of Tutsi nobles and took power, redistributing land to landless people, and many Tutsi nobles fled to neighboring countries. Rwanda became independent in 1962. Since then, there have been many conflicts between Tutsi and Hutu, and the war has continued.

On April 6, 1994, the plane of Rwandan President and Hutu habyarimana was shot down by a missile over Kigali, killing all the people on board. The incident immediately triggered a bloody revenge of Hutu people against Tutsi people throughout the country. On the 7th, the Presidential Guard, composed of Hutu soldiers, killed the Rwandan female prime minister, Tutsi Uvilingi Imzana and three ministers. In the following three months, about 1 million people were killed, and one eighth of the population of Rwanda disappeared, most of whom were Tutsi, a minority population.

In November p>1994, the United Nations Security Council established the United Nations Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal to try the suspects who committed the genocide. On December 23, 23, the United Nations General Assembly announced that April 7 every year would be designated as the International Day of Reflection on the Rwandan Massacre.