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In news- French President Emmanuel Macron recently acknowledged his country’s “overwhelming responsibility” in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

About the genocide-

  • The majority Hutus and minority Tutsis have had a troubled relationship in Rwanda.
  • German and Belgian colonialists ruled Rwanda through the Tutsi monarchy. 
  • Tutsis were appointed as local administrative chiefs and the ethnic minority enjoyed relatively better educational and employment opportunities, which led to widespread resentment among the Hutus. 
  • In 1959, Rwanda saw violent riots led by Hutus in which some 20,000 Tutsis were killed and many more were displaced. 
  • In the 1960 elections, organised by the Belgians, Hutu parties gained control of nearly all local communes. 
  • In 1961, Hutu leader Gregoire Kayibanda declared Rwanda an autonomous republic and in 1962 the country became independent. 
  • Kayibanda became Rwanda’s first elected President, while the Tutsis who fled the country formed armed insurgencies. 
  • Since then, Rwanda had been controlled by Hutus, until their genocidal regime was toppled by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) in 1994.
  • The crisis escalated in the 1990s when the RPF, led by Paul Kagame, grew in strength and posed a serious challenge to the regime of President Habyarimana, who was backed by France and had defence ties with Israel. 
  • In 1993, Habyarimana signed a peace agreement (Arusha Accords) with the RPF. 
  • This led to resentment among Hutu militias, backed by the government, towards local Tutsi population, who were accused of collaborators of the RPF. 
  • On April 6, 1994, a Falcon 50 jet carrying President Habyarimana and his Burundi counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down near Kigali International Airport. 
  • The Hutu-led government blamed the RPF for the attack on the presidential jet. 
  • The military and Hutu militias, with support from the government, launched a premeditated violent campaign on April 7, aimed at eliminating the entire Tutsi communities. 
  • Bodies were dumped in the Nyabarongo River and France, backed the Hutu government and did nothing to stop the massacre. 
  • In June, France deployed a much-delayed UN-backed military force in southwest Rwanda called Operation Turquoise which was able to save some people, but was accused of sheltering some of the genocide’s perpetrators. 
  • Thousands were slaughtered in churches where they sought refuge. 
  • The killings came to an end after the RPF, under Paul Kagame’s command captured Kigali and toppled the Hutu regime. 
  • Over the course of 100 days, over 8 lakh people died, estimated to amount up to 20% of Rwanda’s population.
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