Ghosts of Rwanda Video Questions
1. How many people were killed in Rwanda in 1994 due to genocide?
August 1993
2. Who was in charge of the United Nations peace-keeping mission in Rwanda?
3. What continent is Rwanda on?
4. What ethnic group were the rebels (minority) in Rwanda?
5. What ethnic group was the majority in Rwanda?
6. What country did Rwanda gain its independence from in the 1960s?
January 1994
7. What organization does Kofi Annan head?
8. What did the UN tell the peace-keeping mission in Rwanda?
9. What had just occurred in Somalia that made the UN hesitant to intervene in Rwanda?
April 6, 1994
10. What happened at 8:30 the night of April 6, 1994?
11. What happened to the new female Prime Minister the next day?
April 9
12. Who did the Tutsis beg for help after the military would not assist them?
13. What were Western forces (US,UN) ordered to do in evacuating people from Rwanda?
14. What did the US convoy do to help Tutsis?
15. By April 10, how many Americans were left in Rwanda?
16. Who was the US Secretary of State in 1994?
Nyarubuye (Eastern Rwanda)
17. What did the Hutus use to increase the extermination of Tutsis in Rwanda?
18. What happened to Tutsis hiding in the church in Nyarubuye on April 15, 1994?
19. How did the girl survive the massacre at the church?
20. What happened to the dead bodies in the church?
Red Cross Hospital, Kigali
21. What did Hutu extremists refer to Tutsi survivors as?
22. What did Hutu extremists do to six patients in the Red Cross ambulance?
Kigali
23. Who was Captain Mbaye?
24. What was General Dalairre’s plan to save Tutsis?
25. What did Dalairre say he needed from the UN?
May 17
26. Why did the US government claim it would not get involved in Rwanda?
27. What happened to Captain Mbaye?
28. Why couldn’t they put Captain Mbaye in a body bag?
June 10
29. When did the genocide end in Rwanda? Why did it come to an end?
30. What did President Clinton say was his biggest regret of his presidency?