Genocide in Rwanda

Belgium created a system of identification cards in order to distinguish the Hutu from

the Tutsi during their imperialistic rule.

Hutu verses Tutsi

An estimated one million Tutsis were killed in three months

Individual Causes:

Remote:Charles de Broqueville, Prime Minister of Belgium, 1933.

Proximate:President HabyarimanaPresident Paul Kagame

State Causes:Remote:

Identification cards issued by Belgians in 1933.

Decolonization of RwandaTutsi flee Rwanda following the

decolonization.Formation of the RPF

Proximate:Rwandan Patriotic Front invasion of

Rwanda (1990)Rwandan Civil War: 1990-1992

Death of President Habyarimana

Systemic Causes:Remote:

Belgian ImperialismDecolonization of Rwanda

Churches involvement in Rwanda

Proximate:Belgian/UN presence in Rwanda