How the Rwandan Genocide was organized?

Organization of the genocide started the day the genocide started. This started with the assassination of President Habyarimana. Although it has not been determined who was responsible for the assassination, the Hutus used this as a way to blame the Tutsis, take over the government, and start the killings. read more

The Rwandan genocide is one of the heaviest moments in human history. An airplane crash in 1994 carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi provided a spark for an organized campaign of violence against the Tutsi and moderate Hutu civilians across the country. read more

Scott Straus, The Order of Genocide: Race, Power and War in Rwanda (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, forthcoming), chapter 6. With the establishment of multiple political parties, members of the armed forces had been forbidden to join parties formally, but most soldiers had preferences, some of them shown openly. read more