General Romeo Dallaire: head of the UN peacekeeping in Rwanda.
800,000 people were killed in Rwanda.
Hutus- ethnic majority- perpetrators
Tutsis- ethnic minority- victims
Paul Kagame- leader of the RPF, Tutsi rebels.
25,000 lightly armed troops to keep the peace (all of them knew little about the Hutu and Tutsi past).
Interrehamway- Hutu army that leads genocide.
January 1994: Dallaire gets information that genocide is being planned.
Dallaire then informs the UN.
Kofi Annan- the head of UN peace keeping.
Dallaire ordered NOT to use force.
Magadishu, Somalia.- two black hawk planes were shot down, and 18 US marines were killed most of the deaths were a product of torture.
US does not want to get involved in ethnic conflicts in Africa again.
Carl Wilkens:
- American missionary, only american to stay in Rwanda during the genocide.
April 6, 1994: The Hutus president's plane was shot down (no one knows who fired the shot)
there was a crisis meeting that night.
Col. Bagasora:
-lead Hutu extremists genocide.
Mme. Agathe:
-acting Hutu PM (moderate)
Hutu extremists kill 10 Belgium pulls support from UN peacekeeping mission.
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