What is their Political Future?
Like all ethnic-based conflicts, the tribal and political rivalries in Central Africa have long and complex histories. This part of Africa where Rwanda, Burundi, and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. meet is home to two main ethnic groups--Hutus and Tutsis. The Hutu majority long dominated by the minority Tutsis gained control of the newly independent governments in both Rwanda and Burundi in the 1960’s. Since there independence, there has been numerous coups and counter coups. Most of these based on ethnic-driven attempts by one group to dislodge the other from government control. At times Hutu and Tutsi political leaders have attempted to forge coalition government’s. (Burundi had a separation of powers of sorts, where the Hutus controlled civilian government and the Tutsi’s ran the army) But radical elements have made these coalition tips useless. In 1994, a Tutsi guerrilla army rose up against the Hutu government in Rwanda. As the Tutsi Rwanda Patriotic Front (RFP) approached Rwanda’s capital, the Hutu headlines encouraged the Hutu to attack Tutsi civilians. The result--the infamous genocide of 1994. In which thousands of Tutsis-- and moderate Hutus
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Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page double spaced)
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