Rwandan Civil War

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The Rwandan Civil War, which began in 1990, was a conflict primarily between the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority. Tensions between these groups had been escalating since Rwanda's independence in 1962, leading to periodic violence and the exile of many Tutsi.

The conflict intensified when the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) invaded Rwanda from Uganda. Negotiations between the RPF and the Hutu-led government, headed by President Juvénal Habyarimana, aimed for a power-sharing agreement. However, Hutu extremists opposed this plan.

The situation culminated in the genocide of 1994, during which Hutu extremists systematically murdered over 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu. The RPF eventually gained control of the country, ending the genocide and establishing a transitional government.1234

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Roméo Dallaire
…the peace agreement ending a civil war. The death of the Rwandan president, however, whose plane was shot down over Kigali airport in April 1994, triggered events that quickly became a gambit by extremist Hutu to exterminate the Tutsi population. During the bloody chaos Dallaire ordered 10 Belgian soldiers under…
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…the peace agreement ending a civil war. The death of the Rwandan president, however, whose plane was shot down over Kigali airport in April 1994, triggered events that quickly became a gambit by extremist Hutu to exterminate the Tutsi population. During the bloody chaos Dallaire ordered 10 Belgian soldiers under…
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Rwanda
The Habyarimana era
Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebels invaded from Uganda. A cease-fire was negotiated in early 1991, and negotiations between the RPF and the government began in 1992. In the meantime, revisions were made to the 1978 constitution, and the new document, allowing multiparty participation in the government, was promulgated in June…
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Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebels invaded from Uganda. A cease-fire was negotiated in early 1991, and negotiations between the RPF and the government began in 1992. In the meantime, revisions were made to the 1978 constitution, and the new document, allowing multiparty participation in the government, was promulgated in June…
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