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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Nyamata Genocide Memorial is a national memorial and World Heritage Site in Rwanda commemorating the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group. It is based around a former church in the town of Nyamata, roughly 30 km (19 mi) south of the capital of Kigali, where thousands of Tutsi were killed. The remains of 50,000 people are ...

  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. Murambi Genocide Memorial Centre - Wikipedia

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    The school building is now a genocide museum exhibiting the skeletons and mummified bodies of some of the thousands of people killed in Gikongoro Province in 1994. [5] In his study of Rwandan genocide memorials, Timothy Longman argues that although the bodies on display at Murambi are presented as those of people killed on site, in reality they ...

  7. Revisiting Rwanda 30 Years After the Genocide - AOL

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    Rwandan President Paul Kagame attends a commemoration ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 7, 2024. Credit - Cyrile Ndegeya—Getty Images.

  8. 25 years after genocide, can Rwanda heal? 6 villages try - AOL

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    MBYO, Rwanda (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, Tasian Nkundiye murdered his neighbor with a machete.

  9. Kigali Genocide Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Kigali Genocide Memorial commemorates the 1994 Rwandan genocide.The remains of over 250,000 people are interred there. [1]There is a visitor centre for students and others wishing to understand the events leading up to the Rwanda genocide against Tutsi in 1994.