This article provides an overview of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, which resulted in the death of over 1 million people. It discusses the background, political reforms, and key events leading up to the tragedy.
- Following are some details about the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 that killed more than 1 million people. Rwanda marked the 30th anniversary on Sunday.* In 1990, rebels of the Tutsi -dominated Rwanda Patriotic Front invaded northern Rwanda from neighbouring Uganda. The RPF's success prompted President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu , to speed up political reforms .* In August 1993, Rwanda and the RPF signed a deal to end years of civil war , allowing for power-sharing and the return of refugees.
* The RPF advanced and seized control of Rwanda after driving the 40,000-strong Hutu army and more than 2 million civilian Hutus into exile in Burundi, Tanzania and the former Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo.
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