THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE
The Quickest Killing Spree the World has Ever Seen
"In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda." -Kofi Annan
The Rwandan genocide is one of the heaviest moments in human history.
When an airplane crash in 1994 carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi provided the spark for an organized campaign of violence against the Tutsi and moderate Hutu civilians across the country, approximately 1,000,000 Tutsis and Hutu moderates were hacked to death in a carefully organized program of murder over 100 days, making history as the fastest genocide the world has ever seen. We refused to even glance.
STATISTICS
- Between 800,000 and 2 million Rwandans are believed to have been killed in just 100 days, 300,000 being children.
- If we follow the U.N.'s estimate, that means that nearly six men, women and children were murdered every minute of every hour of every day.
- At least 250,000 women were raped within 3 months.
- One in ten of Rwanda's children struggle to survive without one or both parents.