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[[File:Rwanda_genocide_wanted_poster_2-20-03.jpg|thumb|300px|The Rwandan Genocide wanted poster from left to right (top row): [[Felicien Kabuga]], [[Augustin Bizimana]], [[Jean-Baptiste Gatete]], [[Augustin Bizimungu]], [[Tharcisse Renzaho]]. (bottom row left to right): [[Idelphonse Hategekimana]], [[Augustin Ngirabatware]], [[Idelphonse Nizeyimana]], [[Protais Mpiranya]], [[Callixte Nzabonimana]]]]The '''Rwandan Genocide''' was a [[Genocide|genocidal]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_murder mass slaughter] that took place in 1994 in the East African state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda Rwanda]. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana_and_Cyprien_Ntaryamira assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira] on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch Human Rights Watch] estimate. Estimates of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_toll death toll] have ranged from 500,000–1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutsi Tutsi], who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu Hutu] peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959–62.
[[File:Rwanda_genocide_wanted_poster_2-20-03.jpg|thumb|300px|The Rwandan Genocide wanted poster from left to right (top row): [[Felicien Kabuga]], [[Augustin Bizimana]], [[Jean-Baptiste Gatete]], [[Augustin Bizimungu]], [[Tharcisse Renzaho]]. (bottom row left to right): [[Idelphonse Hategekimana]], [[Augustin Ngirabatware]], [[Idelphonse Nizeyimana]], [[Protais Mpiranya]], [[Callixte Nzabonimana]]]]The '''Rwandan Genocide''' was a genocidal mass slaughter that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid-July) over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate. Estimates of the death toll have ranged from 500,000–1,000,000, or as much as 20% of the country's total population. It was the culmination of longstanding ethnic competition and tensions between the minority Tutsi, who had controlled power for centuries, and the majority Hutu peoples, who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959–62.


In 1990, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Patriotic_Front Rwandan Patriotic Front], a rebel group composed mostly of Tutsi refugees, invaded northern Rwanda from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda Uganda] in an attempt to defeat the Hutu-led government. They began the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Civil_War Rwandan Civil War], fought between the Hutu regime, with support from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francophone_Africa Francophone Africa] and France, and the RPF, with support from Uganda. This exacerbated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic ethnic] tensions in the country. In response, many Hutu gravitated toward the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu_Power Hutu Power] ideology, with the prompting of state-controlled and independent Rwandan media.
In 1990, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Patriotic_Front Rwandan Patriotic Front], a rebel group composed mostly of Tutsi refugees, invaded northern Rwanda from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda Uganda] in an attempt to defeat the Hutu-led government. They began the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Civil_War Rwandan Civil War], fought between the Hutu regime, with support from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francophone_Africa Francophone Africa] and France, and the RPF, with support from Uganda. This exacerbated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic ethnic] tensions in the country. In response, many Hutu gravitated toward the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu_Power Hutu Power] ideology, with the prompting of state-controlled and independent Rwandan media.