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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.
(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 ...
On the evening of 6 April 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutu, was shot down with surface-to-air missiles as their jet prepared to land in Kigali, Rwanda; both were killed.
Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the East African nation's most horrific period in history — the genocide against its minority Tutsi. Delegations from around the world will ...
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.
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 ...
On about April 12, 1994, guns and grenades were distributed to Interahamwe militiamen and other armed civilians at Musha Church by members of the Rwandan Army. On about 13 April 1994, an attack was launched against the Tutsi civilians seeking refuge at the church. The attackers used guns, grenades, machetes, pangas and other traditional weapons ...
The verdict comes nearly three decades after the genocide, in which more than 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus who […] The post A Rwandan doctor gets 24-year prison sentence in France ...