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Arts & Humanities > Asia, Africa & Mideast History A comparison of the apartheid movement and genocide in Rwanda

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On many fronts, South Africa's apartheid movement and Rwanda's genocide are different. Since Around 10,000 blacks died from violence associated to white apartheid. During April 1994, up to 1 million Rwandans were killed by murder or tribal conflict. South Africa's white government held firm despite an "armed struggle" with ANC (African National Congress) guerrillas. The Kilgali Hutu regime collapsed after President Juvenal Habyarimana's assassination. All order vanished amidst rape and mass murder. With these differences, there are a few grim comparsions in both tragedies.

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