Rwanda

invasion

Oct 29, 1990

RPF guerillas invade Rwanda from Uganda. After fierce fighting in which French and Zairean troops are called in to assist the government, a cease fire is signed on March 29, 1991

Local Rwandan

Jul 10, 1993

Local Rwandan radios would use propaganda, an act against international law, to incite Hutus to violence.

begin killing

Apr 7, 1994

Hutu extremists begin killing their political opponents

civil war erupts in rwanda

Apr 16, 1994

Massacre at the Nyarubuye Roman Catholic Church - thousands of Tutsi are killed, first by grenades and guns and then by machetes and clubs.
Picture to go with the event.

tribunal for rwanda

Dec 12, 1995

United Nations Tribunal for Rwanda announces first indictments against eight suspects; charges them with genocide and crimes against humanity