Rwandan Genocide

Cultural  

1. The killing of more than 500,000 ethnic Tutsis by rival Hutu militias in Rwanda in 1994. The conflict between the dominant Tutsis and the majority Hutus had gone on for centuries, but the suddenness and savagery of the massacres caught the United Nations off-guard. U.N. peacekeepers did not enter the country until after much of the damage had been done.

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Example Sentences

It is largely made up of ethnic Hutus linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

From BBC

Mr Rudukabana also said the family "felt kind of lonely" after settling in the UK following the Rwandan genocide of the 1990s.

From BBC

Rwanda, while denying any military support for the M23, argues that it faces an existential security threat from fighters present in the eastern DRC linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

From Barron's

They include scenes of the D-Day landings during World War Two, the Vietnam War, Ethiopia's 1984 famine, China's Tiananmen Square protests, the Rwandan genocide, the Syrian refugee crisis and the war in Ukraine.

From BBC

Macron has previously acknowledged France's role in the Rwandan genocide, in which about 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus died, and sought forgiveness.

From BBC