Why nobody stopped the Rwandan genocide

In April 1994, Rwanda’s president was killed when his plane crashed under mysterious circumstances. Within days, extremists launched a campaign to wipe out the country’s minority population. As the killings spread, the world left Rwanda on its own. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Ivan Mucyo / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons – Edited U.S. Federal Government / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons – Edited Video Credits: President Clinton’s Arrival in Rwanda (1998) – White House Television via Clinton Presidential Library President Clinton Departing Rwanda (1998) – White House Television via Clinton Presidential Library Ghosts of Rwanda (2004) – PBS Frontline CNN Live (Oct 1993) – CNN CNN Year in Review (1994) – CNN Music: Penguin History Sources: Ghosts of Rwanda (2004) – PBS Frontline Philip Gourevitch - "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families" Michael Barnett - "Eyewitness to a Genocide" Roméo Dallaire - "Shake Hands with the Devil" Follow us here:   / penguinhistory     / penguinhistorymedia