Today, April 6th 1994, the former President of Rwanda died in an attack on his plane as it landed in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, Africa. The next day moderates in his Cabinet are killed including their families. During the colonial history of this beautiful country, Belgium instituted a strict ethnic identification dividing the country into the minority Tutsi and the majority Hutus. There were no such division before. In fact, majority of Rwandans share a religion, Roman Catholism, the universal Christian Church. The very next day the systematic (mostly) killing of the Tutsi (and some Hutus) by Hutu militias, Hutu extremists in government and military began. It lasted 100 days, The United Nations Commission on Human Rights estimate 800 million Rwandans died within 3 months. While some deaths are due to disease and the appalling conditions in refugee camps, most died at the hands of Hutu militias and their Hutu neighbors. Possession of an ID card like this mean...
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