http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm

The genocide that i read was the Rwanda genocide that happened in Africa. 800,000 Rwandans were killed in a years time. It all started with the death of their president Juvenal Habyarimana who was killed when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994. In Kigali, the presidential guard immediately initiated a campaign of retribution. Leaders of the political opposition were murdered, and almost immediately, the slaughter of Tutsis and moderate Hutus began. It was also said that the bodies of the people they killed were thrown in to rivers. I haven't researched many genocides but this one has to be one of the worst because Africa already has a lot of problems and they didn't need this. Even if this occurred in 1994 it was still was one of the worst that i have read about.