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| | Rwandan Genocide - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | The Rwandan Genocide was the slaughter of an estimated 800,000 [1] Tutsis and moderate Hutus, mostly carried out by two extremist Hutu militia groups, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi, during a period of 100 days from April 6th through mid-July 1994. |
 | | On April 6, 1994, the French Mystère-Falcon jet carrying the Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira, the Hutu president of Burundi, was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali. |
 | | Rwandan Genocide, Background, Pre-Colonial history, Colonial History, Self-government, Other causes of the violence, Prelude to genocide, Arusha Accords, Preparations for the genocide, Initial assassinations, Arms shipments, Genocide, UNAMIR, RPF renewed invasion, Relief efforts, Justice, reconciliation, reforms, Charges of revisionism, See also, References, 1994, Rwandan Genocide and Genocides. |
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