The conflict in eastern Congo has its roots in the Rwanda genocide of 1994. Somewhere between half a million and a million people were slaughtered in the space of just a hundred days. Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda says he's fighting to protect ethnic Tutsis in eastern Congo from suffering a similar fate. Kenya has called for an emergency summit on Friday, to help put an end to the current crisis. Paul Jordan was one of 30 Australian peacekeepers who witnessed one particularly notorious massacre in Rwanda. In his view, talk needs to be replaced by action.
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TheDentry 2 years ago
..(cont)Conflict escalated over the years and when Belgium withdrew, there was a Hutu revolution, fighting/massacres and it came to a head in 1994 when the genocide occured.
princesszon 3 years ago
It was a conflict in Rwanda between the Hutu and Tutsi groups. The strange thing is that before the colonization by Belgium, they were pretty integrated, and there wasn't much distinction. Then the Belgiums issued ID cards, and divided people into Hutu and Tutsis based on physical characteristics. The minority Tutsis (14%) were favoured (apparently due to their being taller and more 'European' looking)and it basically turned into a class-system, where they got preferential treatment.
princesszon 3 years ago
Amen!
MercuryShining 3 years ago
How did you expect the RPA to stop the Interahamwe from exscaping from the camps and creating instability in the country. The Rwandan Govt is trying to stop the Hutu Interahamwe who escaped and went into the DRC from more killings. The UN are a Joke.
kedua65 3 years ago
Or maybe you like many are just predisposed to attributing general violence to a religion you think is directly responsible for terrorism. The DRC is 95 percent Christian.
jawantan 3 years ago
It was a tribal conflict.
bebeinpa 3 years ago
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Ariji86 3 years ago
was this masacre a religious conflict?
bib777 3 years ago
was this masacre a religious conflict?
bib777 3 years ago