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The Rwanda Genocide

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Serious outbreaks rose and heated up the Rwanda War as the Genocide continued. At the sight of the scene, Smyth says, “There were beatings, rapes and murders. Rwandan intelligence distributed Kalashnikovs to municipal authorities in selected villages. They gathered with ruling party militants, most of whom carried staves, clubs and machetes . . . they went from field to field in search of Tutsis, killing thousands . . . (“The Australian”). According to Sullivan, there had to be something done about the mass slaughters. The troops in Rwanda were not the only ones who tried to stop the outbreak; at this time, France tried to help the Rwandan’s by sending out troops to protect the civilians from revenge Tutsis have planned. Both French and Hutu

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