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TUTSIS MIGRATE INTO WHAT IS NOW RWANDA, WHICH WAS ALREADY INHABITED BY THE HUTU PEOPLES.
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RWANDA PROCLIMED A REPUBLIC.
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RWANDA BECOMES INDEPENDENT WITH A HUTU, GREGOIRE KAYIBANDA, AS PRESIDENT; MANY TUTSIS LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
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SOME 20,000 TUTSIS KILLED FOLLOWING AN ATTACK BY TITSI REBELS BASED IN BURUNDI
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SOME 50,000 HUTU REFUGEES FLEE TO RWANDA FROM BURUNDI FOLLOWING ETHNIC VIOLENCE THERE.
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FORCES OF THE REBEL, MAINLY TUTSI, RWANDEN PATRIOTIC FRONT (RPF) INVADE RWANDA FROM UGANDA.
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APRIL TO JUNE, WITHIN 100 DAYS AROUND 800,000 TITSIS AND MODERATE HUTUS ARE KILLED; HUTU MILITIAS FLEE TO ZAIRE, TAKING WITH THEM AROUND 2 MILLION HUTU REFUGEES.