Article: Is reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis possible?(THE DIFFICULT ROAD TO RECONCILIATION)

April 1994: Rwanda, a little country in Central Africa, is propelled to the forefront of the international stage. It is the site of the greatest genocide in African history, the genocide of the Rwandans--essentially the Tutsis--who in three months suffered between 500,000 and 800,000 deaths. Hutu militias were principally responsible for the massacres. This explosion of violence began the morning of 7 April 1994, following the assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu. The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a movement of Tutsi exiles fighting against the authority of Habyarimana since 1 October 1990, was accused of the murder. This assassination occurred in a context ...

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