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The following is a partial chronology of significant events surrounding the 1994 Rwandan genocide. [1]1994 April 6 Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana is assassinated when a rocket propelled grenade strikes the plane carrying him and Burundi president Cyprien Ntaryamira, following negotiations related to the Arusha Accords.
The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. [4] Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa , were systematically killed by Hutu militias.
The assassination of presidents Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira in the evening of April 6, 1994 was the proximate trigger for the Rwandan genocide, which resulted in the murder of approximately 800,000 Tutsi and a smaller number of moderate Hutu. The first few days following the assassinations included a number of key events that ...
This incident sparks the Rwandan genocide. [1] 8 April: Théodore Sindikubwabo becomes interim President of Rwanda. 3 July: The RPF takes control of Kigali. [1] 19 July: The RPF forms a provisional government [1] and Pasteur Bizimungu becomes President of Rwanda. 21 August: The RPF controls the whole of Rwanda. [1] 8 November
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Rwanda marked the 30th anniversary on Sunday. * In 1990, rebels of the Tutsi-dominated Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) invaded northern Rwanda from neighbouring Uganda. The RPF's success prompted ...
Rwandan public opinion is as diverse and sophisticated as any, differing by generation, education, region, class, ideology, and country of origin (many of the individuals comprising post-genocide ...
The shootdown was the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide: Rwandan genocide: 7 April – 15 July 1994 Various 500,000–1,000,000 [3] 70% of Tutsis exterminated, 30% of Twa killed Musha Church massacre: 13 April 1994 Rutoma sector, Gikoro commune, Kigali: 1,180-1,200 [4] [5] Part of the Rwandan genocide Murambi Technical School massacre: April 18 ...