In 1994, the Hutu majority in Rwanda organized and implemented the mass slaughter of the Tutsi minority. In just 100 days, 800,000 Tutsi were slaughtered. Find out how and why this genocide happened.
In 2004, at the ten-year anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, BBC talked to both survivors and to killers. This site includes those stories, plus examines the question: why didn't someone stop it.
The Tribunal is responsible for prosecuting the leaders and organizers of the genocide in Rwanda. This site includes information about the Tribunal, photographs of the accused, as well as chart of the status of the detainees.
Did the international community do enough? Very detailed, this site examines the response and the effectiveness of international help. Specific information about the genocide can be found in Chapter 5.
From an explanation of the Hutus and Tutsis to international responses, this Human Rights Watch site offers comprehensive information about the genocide. For a very good overview of the genocide, click on "The Genocide."
In June 1997 (three years after the genocide), Rudy Brueggemann decided to visit Rwanda in an attempt to understand genocide. These are pictures of what remains. (Warning: some of these pictures are very graphic) Click
here for the story of his trip.
Using pictures and audio, this is a revealing and informative overview of the horror that swept through Rwanda. (Warning: Some of the pictures are graphic and disturbing.)
This PBS site offers interviews, a chronology, as well as the UN cable. There's lots of information here as long as you click on the headings (like the names in the interview section).
Did the U.S. do enough to stop the genocide in Rwanda? This article says definitely not.
An encyclopedic overview of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
