Agathe Uwilingiyimana
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Agathe Uwilingiyimana was a moderate Hutu who served as the Prime Minister of Rwanda. She was assassinated on April 7, 1994, one day after the plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana was shot down. Her murder was part of a systematic campaign by Hutu extremists to eliminate moderate politicians and create a power vacuum, which ultimately led to the Rwandan genocide. The genocide resulted in the deaths of over 800,000 civilians, primarily Tutsi, and led to a mass exodus of Rwandans.123
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RwandaGenocide and aftermathThe next day Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a moderate Hutu, was assassinated. Her murder was part of a campaign to eliminate moderate Hutu or Tutsi politicians, with the goal of creating a political vacuum and thus allowing for the formation of the interim government of Hutu extremists that was inaugurated…
Read MoreThe next day Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a moderate Hutu, was assassinated. Her murder was part of a campaign to eliminate moderate Hutu or Tutsi politicians, with the goal of creating a political vacuum and thus allowing for the formation of the interim government of Hutu extremists that was inaugurated…
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Rwanda genocide of 1994GenocidePrime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a moderate Hutu, was assassinated the next day, as were 10 Belgian soldiers (part of a United Nations peacekeeping force already in the country) who were guarding her. Her murder was part of a campaign to eliminate moderate Hutu or Tutsi politicians, with…
Read MorePrime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a moderate Hutu, was assassinated the next day, as were 10 Belgian soldiers (part of a United Nations peacekeeping force already in the country) who were guarding her. Her murder was part of a campaign to eliminate moderate Hutu or Tutsi politicians, with…
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