Introduction Genocide refers to an act of intentional and planned destruction of a given tribe, race, nationality or even ethnicity. The intended destruction could be with respect to the whole considered group or part of the group. The genocide in Rwanda was a mass killing of a tribe in the country of Rwanda. This paper seeks to discuss the Rwandan genocide. The paper will look into the Rwandese pre genocide history, factors that led to the genocide, the execution of the genocide and impacts of the genocide. Before the Rwandese genocide The genocide that took place in Rwanda was a result of a conflict between two communities in the country. The communities which are the Tutsi and the Hutus are considered to majorly contribute to the country’s population and had coexisted in the region with technical rivalry between them. Quiet a number of events had been identified between the two communities over time before the 1994 genocide. Cases like the forceful change of governance that was a result of the Hutus overthrowing the Tutsi from power in the year 1959 was one of the early instances that revealed tension between the two communities. Other events such an attempted coup in the year 1965 and a mass murder of the Hutu community in the year 1972 were also characteristics of tension between the Hutus and the Tutsis (Thompson 281). The history of Rwanda however reveals a peaceful coexistence between the two communities in the pre colonial period. This was particularly notable by the fact that the country was ruled by the Tutsi minority over the majority Hutus. The Tutsi are estimated to have been less than fifteen percent of the country’s total population at the time. The majority Hutus who formed about eighty five percent of the country’s population however seemed to have been comfortable with the Tutsi rule and no wars or conflict over leadership was reported. The peace that existed between these communities passed the test of time during the first face of the country’s colonial period under the Germans. The situation, however, changed after the First World War when German lost its control over Rwanda to Belgium. Under its colonial rule, Belgium adopted the divide and rule system in which they favored the Tutsis over the Hutus. This difference in treatment that the two communities were accorded formed an initial difference between them with the Hutus developing a sense of hatred over the Tutsis. Things were however under control until the aftermath of the Second World War when Rwanda, like other African countries started the fight for independence. The Tutsis following their basic dominance over the Hutus were on the fore front leading the fight for the country’s independence from Belgium. This again turned events heightening the conflict between the two communities as the colonial Belgium changed their favoritism towards the Hutus community (Jones 1). More education started being accorded to the Hutu community after the year 1950 and their inclusion in the government was also increased. The Hutus were then motivated to overcome the dominance that had been practiced by the minority Tutsis in the country. Consequently, the Hutus launched a campaign in the year 1957 to counter this Tutsi dominance of the country’s governance initiating violent attacks against