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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