What precipitated the genocide?
On 6 April 1994, a plane carrying Rwanda’s president, Juvénal Habyarimana, as well as his counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali, the Rwandan capital. Within 30 minutes of the crash, roadblocks had been set up around the city to check identity cards (which listed people’s ethnicity), and to kill those of Tutsi ethnicity on the spot.
Why were there tensions between the two groups?
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How did the genocide unfold?
How did other countries respond?
How did the genocide end?
Were the perpetrators brought to justice?
What is the situation now?
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