The following are the causes and effects of the Rwanda Genocide:
Causes:
There was a long ongoing conflict between the Tutsis and the Hutus (two major tribes of Rwanda).
The crashing of the plane of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana who was a Hutu himself commenced a violent clash between the Hutus and the Tutsis.
The plane had not crashed accidentally but it was shot down by a missile attack. This news spread rapidly and made the Hutus angry.
Effects:
The majority of casualties in this genocide were on the side of the Tutsis.
The genocide was addressed as one of the worst examples of the failure of conflict handling.
The genocide continued for about 100 days and killed 800,000 Rwandans residents.
