Rwandan massacre ‘In just 100 days in 1994, some 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists. They were targeting members of the minority Tutsi community, as well as their political opponents, irrespective of their ethnic origin.’ (BBC)
UGANDA CONGO (ZAIRE)
Parc National des Volcans
Cyanika Gatuna
Lake Bulera
Gisenyl R W A N D A
Lake Kivu
Kibuye
Parc National Nyungwe Forest
Cyangugu Bugarama
Gikongoro Butare
Photos of victims of the Rwanda massacre
Select one of the genocides of the 20th
or 21st BURGUNDI Lake Rweru Kirund 0 50 km Rwanda centuries
(except the Holocaust) and research its causes (why it happened) and consequences (the results of what happened).
Bosnian genocide In April 1992, the government of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia. Over the next several years, Bosnian Serb forces, with the backing of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav army, targeted both Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) and Croatian civilians for atrocious crimes resulting in the deaths of some 100,000 people (80 percent Bosniak) by 1995. It was the worst act of genocide since the Nazi regime’s destruction of some 6 million European Jews during World War II. (www.history.com)
Sava River Bihac CROATIA
Republika Srpska
Banja Luka
Bosna River
Travnik
Doboj Orašje
Tuzla
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Jajce
Zenica
Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina
Split Brac
Hvar Korčula ADRIATIC SEA Mljet Dubrovnik Bosnia and Herzegovina 322 Mostar Medugorje
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Plaque showing names of victims of Bosnian genocide Sarajevo
Neretva River
Drina River
Srebrenica Gitarama Lake Muhazi KIGALI Byuma Gabil
