GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -These struggles included violence between Hutu and Tutsi as the two groups sought power. A 1959–1962 revolution led to national independence, with Hutu leaders assuming control of government. Many Tutsi were massacred or forced to flee the country as the ruling government portrayed them as threats to Rwanda.

Detailed explanation-2: -Generally, the Hutu-Tutsi strife stems from class warfare, with the Tutsis perceived to have greater wealth and social status (as well as favoring cattle ranching over what is seen as the lower-class farming of the Hutus).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the country’s government, and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) from 1 October 1990 to 18 July 1994.

Detailed explanation-4: -Of the other two, the Hutu was by far the larger group. Hutu and Tutsi shared a common culture and language and occasionally intermarried. Neither group had moved into what is now Rwanda in a single mass and at an identifiable moment in time. Rather, small clusters of people drifted in over centuries and coalesced.