The Genocide in Rwanda was a conflict where the Tutsi and some moderate Hutu were killed by the Hutu in Rwanda. The background for the conflict was the division created between the two group of peoples during the Belgian colonial rule and the Civil war which had started in 1990.The Genocide lasted for about 100 days, and somewhere between 50.000 and 1.000.000 people were killed in the conflict. This constituted about 70 percent of the Tutsi population, and 20 percent of the total population in Rwanda. On April 6th was the plane with the Rwandan president shot down. The systematic killing started the day after. Neighbors turned on each other and UN which was present in the country chose to do nothing to protect the victims. Several of the victims was killed with machetes and died a painful death. The genocide cam to an end after about 100 days because most of the Tutsi's had either escaped the country or was already dead. The genocide have had long lasting impact on Rwanda. For example experienced Rwanda a surge in HIV due to the war related rapes during the 100 days of the genocide, a destroyed transportation system and a huge lack of people.
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