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Belgians begin to control Rwanda
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A cencus begins
Everyone is issued a ID card that classifys them as Tutsi, Hutu, or Twa. -
The UN makes a decision
The UN (United Nations) make makes clear what a genocide is and makes it an international crime. -
The Tutsi monarchy is abolished
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The Hutu rebel
The Hutu begin to rebel against the Tutsi and the Belgins. -
Independance
Rwanda gains Independance. -
Juvénal Habyarimana
Juvénal Habyarimana takes control of Rwanda he is the new president of Rwanda. -
Rwandan Patriotic Front
The Rwandan Patriotic Front is formed in Uganda. -
Coffee prices plummet
This drop in coffe prices badly hurts the econnomy. -
Civil war begins
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New Constatutioon
This constatution allows for multiple political pparties. -
Radio Télévison des Milles Collines
The Radio Télévison des Milles Collines begins spreading hate. -
New Government
Government positions are open for both Hutu and Tutsi. -
Juvénal Habyarimana assassinated
Juvénal Habyarimana is killed when his plane is shot down. -
Massacre at Gikondo
Halle is at the cathtloc church and barely escapes death as she flees. Her father was not so lucky he was one of the hundreds killed in the Pallottine Missionary massacre, this was only targeting tutsi so this was one of the first signs of a genocide. -
Nyarubuye Roman Catholic Church
At this massacre thousands of tutsi are killed, first by granades and guns then by machetes and clubs. -
The Kibuye Massacres
12,000 tutsi are killed after sheltering at the Gatwaro stadium in Gitesi.50,000 more are killed in the hills of Bisesero. Halles two siblings were seeking shelter in the Gatwaro Stadium and she never saw them again. -
Halle flees
More than 250,000 tutsi flee to neighboring Tanzania, Halle finds her aunt and uncle in Tanzania and stays with them. -
Born
Halle is born in Rwanda -
The RPF
The RPF take control of the presidential palace. -
Halle Returns
The French set up a border in the southwest part of Rwanda and Halle returns to find Rwanda in a terrible state. -
Hutu Flee
About 1,000,000 Hutu flee to Zaire and call themselvs the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Victory
The RPF regains contorl of the country and the Genocide ends.
