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Hanning Speke is the first European explorer to explore the area
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Rwanda joins German east Africa
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Belgium's troops force and occupy Rwanda
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Rwanda proclaims independence
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Rwanda becomes independent with a Hutu, Gregoire Kayibanda, as president; many Tutsis leave the country.
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The new constitution ratified; Habyarimana elected pres.
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Rwanda begins creating projects, including maternal healthcare, forestry and water and sanitation activities to help develope the country
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About 50,000 Hutu civilians flee to Rwanda from Burundi following violence there
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Forces of the rebel, manly Tutsis, RPF (Rwanda Patriotic Front) invade Rwanda from Uganda
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Pres. Habyarinana signs a power sharing agreement with the Tutsis and the Tanzanian town of Arusha, ostensibly signally the end of Civil war, UN mission sent to monitor the peace agree ment
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The refugee camps stationed in Zaire fall under control of Hutu Maltia
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Habyarimana and the Burundian presidents are killed after their plane is shot down over Kigali; RPF launches a major offensive; extremest Hutu malitia and elements of the Rwanda military begin the sistimatic massacre of tutsis. Within 100 days around 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus are killed; Hutu malitia's flee to Zaire, taking with them around 2,000,000 hutu refuges
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A new national anthem and flag are created to show a new national unity
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Rwanda was in a period of rehabilitating and reconstructing thier economy
