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  2. Gikondo massacre - Wikipedia

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    The church in Gikondo. The Rwandan genocide began on April 6, 1994, after the plane carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira, the president of Burundi on board was shot down while approaching the runway of Kigali International Airport, which is considered to have been the direct signal to start the actions planned beforehand.

  3. Rwandan genocide - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Nyarubuye massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Nyarubuye massacre is the name which is given to the killing of an estimated 20,000 civilians on April 15, 1994 at the Nyarubuye Roman Catholic Church [1] in Kibungo Province, 140 km (87 mi) east of the Rwandan capital Kigali. The victims were Tutsis.

  5. Factbox-What happened in Rwanda's 1994 genocide? - AOL

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    (Reuters) - Following are some details about the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 that killed more than 1 million people. WAR: * In 1990, rebels of the Tutsi-dominated Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF ...

  6. 1994 in Rwanda - Wikipedia

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    April 8 - Théodore Sindikubwabo becomes interim President of Rwanda. April 21 - The Red Cross estimates that hundreds of thousands of Tutsi have been killed in Rwanda. April 30 - Rwandan genocide. A discussion on the genocide is made at the United Nations Security Council, with the omission of the word "genocide" to describe the killings. [1]

  7. Though Rwanda has come a long way since the 1994 ... - AOL

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    Kagame, who grew up as a refugee in neighboring Uganda, has been Rwanda’s de facto ruler, first as vice president from 1994 to 2000, then as acting president. He was voted into office in 2003 ...

  8. Kigali Genocide Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The upstairs floor of the centre includes three permanent exhibitions, the largest of which documents the genocide in 1994, helping to give Rwanda’s nightmare a historical context. [5] There is a children’s memorial, with life-sized photos, accompanied by intimate details about their favorite toys, their last words and the manner in which ...

  9. Kagame blames the world's inaction as Rwanda ... - AOL

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    Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed the inaction of the international community for allowing the 1994 genocide to happen as Rwandans on Sunday commemorated 30 years since an estimated 800,000 ...