Rwandan Genocide A Dark Moment - 1008 Words

3/24/15 Ryan Gatti Research Writing Rwandan Genocide Research Paper The Rwandan Genocide was a dark moment in the modern history of the African continent when long-standing ethnic tensions brought an entire nation to a state of chaos and carnage, in which the government attacked its own people and one neighbor attacked the next. The world, which was slow to respond, allowed many more deaths in Rwanda than what should have happened. After the world’s greatly needed but delayed response, there are many things that we must consider to keep this devastation from happening again. Throughout the Rwandan genocide, the Tutsi were targeted due to ethnic tension and disagreements with the Hutu, resulting in about 500,000 Tutsi killed. To begin with,†¦show more content†¦There were many methods of torture and execution such as slitting throats, stabbing, raping, cutting people into pieces while they were alive, and beating them to death. However they enforced their state of terror on the Tutsis, the Hutus were focused on domination. Moreover, when the genocide started, there were not many solutions applied by other nations. The rest of the world wasn’t very helpful in solving the problem, as it was seemingly not their first priority. Even though there was a need for help in Rwanda, there was considerable fear for the safety of anyone who might embroil themselves into the chaos, â€Å"A U.N. Security Council vote in April 1994 led to the withdrawal of most of a U.N. peacekeeping operation (UNAMIR) created the previous fall to aid with governmental transition†¦Ã¢â‚¬ (History). The U.N. Security Council was evidently concerned for the safety of their troops. Since the troops were there to help with the government transition, they were not prepared for the genocide that was occurring. The mass killings were a problem that the world was slow to act in solving after withdrawing the original peacekeepers: â€Å"As reports of the genocide spread, the Security Council voted in mid-May to supply a more robu st force, including more than 5,000 troops. In a separate French intervention approved by the U.N., French troops entered Rwanda from Zaire