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The Rwandan military begins to train and arm civilian militias. For the next three years thousands of Tutsis are killed in massacres around the country. Tutsis politicians are attacked.
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RPF soldiers invade Rwanda from Uganda. The French and Zairean troops arrive to help the government, a cease-fire is signed on March 29, 1991.
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Habyarimana and the RPF sign a peace treaty that allows for the return of all the refugees and a Hutu-RPF government.
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President Habyarimana and the president of Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira, are killed when Habyarimana's plane is shot down near Kigali Airport. That night the killing begins.