what determines national borders and why contested

Question 1

rwanda cause of conflict

Answer 1

• before berlin conference = rwanda unified and Tutsi, hutu, and Taw people - tutsi controlled area but problems solved thru council of elders

-after conference = germany colonized and then belgium toook over adnt hey favoured tutsi
-14%tutsi and 85% hutu

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Question 2

rwanda effects

Answer 2

• rwanda independent 1962 = gov contested as hutus rebelled against tutsi and thousands of tutsi fled ang got killed - and hutus given preferential jobs in public services
• 1994 rwanda and burundi presidents plane shot down = genocide of around 800,000 of tutsi and hutu
  -then hutu gov fled to congo
  -in 1962 after independence the country split and rwanda was hutus and burundi tutsis

Question 3

how national soeverignt states vary