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The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred between 7 April and 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu militias.
- 7 April – 15 July 1994
- Rwanda
- Estimated:, 491,000–800,000 (Tutsi only)
- Rwandan Ethnic Tensions. By the early 1990s, Rwanda, a small country with an overwhelmingly agricultural economy, had one of the highest population densities in Africa.
- Rwandan Genocide Begins. This Day In History: 04/07/1994 - Civil War Erupts in Rwanda. On April 6, 1994, a plane carrying Habyarimana and Burundi’s president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down over the capital city of Kigali, leaving no survivors.
- Slaughter Spreads Across Rwanda. The mass killings in Kigali quickly spread from that city to the rest of Rwanda. In the first two weeks, local administrators in central and southern Rwanda, where most Tutsi lived, resisted the genocide.
- International Response. As in the case of atrocities committed in the former Yugoslavia around the same time, the international community largely remained on the sidelines during the Rwandan genocide.
Apr 7, 2024 · The Rwanda genocide of 1994 was a planned campaign of mass murder in the country that occurred over some 100 days in April–July 1994. The genocide was conceived by extremist elements of Rwanda’s majority Hutu population who planned to kill the minority Tutsi population. More than 800,000 civilians were killed.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 5, 2021 · Key Facts. 1. From April to July 1994, extremist leaders of Rwanda’s Hutu majority directed a genocide against the country’s Tutsi minority. 2. Killings occurred openly throughout Rwanda on roads and in fields, churches, schools, government buildings, and homes. Entire families were killed at a time. 3.
Apr 4, 2019 · AFP. In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists. They were targeting members of the minority Tutsi community, as well as their political...
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May 17, 2011 · AFP. Some 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda's genocide in just 100 days. Between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days. Most of the dead...
Apr 7, 2022 · 7 April 2022 Human Rights. The UN paid tribute on Thursday to the one million people who were murdered in 100 days during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which moderate...
