The civil war between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda resulted in the deaths of 800,000 people within 100 days. Al Jazeera Net met with researcher and historian Tom Ndahiro and political affairs researcher Gatete Nyiringabo to explain the contexts of that tragic massacre.
Rwanda and Burundi were subjected to German colonialism in the late 19th century, which continued until the end of World War I. During the German and Belgian eras, the colonial authorities maintained the royal rule that was in the hands of the Tutsi minority.