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Mr. Weiss

Mr. Weiss. History of Rwanda – Rwanda Today. Hutu 84%, Tutsi 15%, Twa 1%. Roman Catholic 56.5% Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1% Muslim 4.6% Indigenous beliefs 0.1.

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Mr. Weiss

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  1. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda – Rwanda Today Hutu 84%, Tutsi 15%, Twa 1% Roman Catholic 56.5% Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1% Muslim 4.6% Indigenous beliefs 0.1 National language:Kinyarwanda, French & English Per capita income: US$ 460/year (2009) Life expectancy: 51 (2009) % of population usingimproved drinking water sources: 65% (2008) % of population usingadequate sanitation facilities: 54% (2008) Size: 26,338 square kilometers, slightly smaller than Maryland Population: About 10 million People living with AIDS (2009) – 170,000 (2.9%) AIDS Deaths – (2009) – 4,100 Rwanda: Mobile Phone Usage At a 42 Percent Penetration Rate 13 JUNE 2012

  2. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda

  3. Mr. Weiss Rwanda

  4. Mr. Weiss Map of Central Africa Rwanda

  5. Mr. Weiss Map of Rwanda Rwanda Kigali – Capital of Rwanda

  6. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda The key question is how did Rwanda become a country where such a terrible genocide could take place? In order to answer this question, one needs to know about the history of Africa and Rwanda…..from the Berlin Conference to the Belgians who took over the area we know today as Rwanda. Colonialism and the negative effect it left on its colonies, is a very important part of the story. The following gives you an overview of this history….but just an overview!

  7. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda

  8. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda • Twa – Original inhabitants of Rwanda but by 1000 were outnumbered by the Hutus • 14th Century – Tutsis migrated into the area and gained dominance over Hutus • 18th Century – Tutsis ruled most of what is today Rwanda even though the Hutu’s were the majority • Late 19th century Rwanda reaches the height of its power

  9. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda • 1890 – Rwanda accepted German overrule without resistance and became part of German East Africa • Germans had virtually no influence over the affairs of the country and initiated no economic development. • During World War I, Belgian forces occupied (1916) Rwanda, and in 1919 it became part of the Belgian League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi.

  10. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda As A Belgian Colony: 1914 - 1962 • From 1925 – Ruanda-Urundi is linked with the neighbouring Belgian Congo. • The Belgians leave the Tutsi in charge of Ruanda-Urundi. • Hutu are subject to forced labor and the Tutsi supervise them • 1933 – Everyone in Ruandi-Urundi is issued a racial identity card defining them as Hutu (95%), Tutsi (14%) or Twa (1%)

  11. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda As A Belgian Colony: 1914 - 1962 This Belgian attitude, setting in stone the distinction between the two groups and favouring one of them, prepares the ground for future violence (in earlier times racially based massacres have never occurred between Hutu and Tutsi). The predictable occasion for its outbreak is the rush towards independence in the late 1950s. (This is all a crucial part of what leads up to the Genocide in Rwanda) http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad24

  12. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda • 1957 – Hutus called for a change in Rwanda’s power structure that would give them a voice. • 1959 – Fighting breaks out between the Hutu’s and Tutsi’s (aided by the Twa) and the Hutu’s win • 1960 – Hutu political parties win election of 1960 • 1961 – Rwanda proclaimed a republic and confirmed by the UN • 1962 – Belgium grants independence to Rwanda on July 1

  13. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda • Independence and Civil Strife • 1964 – Incursion from Burundi which was still controlled by Tutsi. Many Tutsi’s were killed in Rwanda • 1973 – Renewed fighting between Hutu and Tutsi and some 600 Tutsis fled to Uganda • 1973 – Military coup brings about a more moderate Hutu government • 1978 – New constitution-over 50,000 Tutsis leave for Burundi

  14. Mr. Weiss History of Rwanda • 1980 – Rwanda invaded from Uganda by Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) – mostly Tutsi Refugees • 1991 – Hutu government agrees to a new multi-party government • 1993 – After the Hutu president signed a power sharing agreement, violence breaks out. Due to violence a UN peacekeeping mission was established. • 1994 – Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a suspicious plane crash which leads to violence on a massive scale and the start of the genocide http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0860866.html

  15. Mr. Weiss Rwanda Today

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