Rwandan Genocide

Radio Télévison des Milles Collines begins spreading hate messages.

Jul 8, 1993

Rwandan Genocide

Period: Jul 8, 1993 to Jul 18, 1994

The Arusha Accords are agreed upon, opening government positions to both Hutu and Tutsi.

Aug 3, 1993

The French establish a safe zone in the southwest corner of Rwanda.

Apr 5, 1994

Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana is assassinated when his plane is hit by a grenade laucher.

Apr 6, 1994

Hutu extremists start murdering their political opponents.

Apr 7, 1994

Massacre at Gikondo

Apr 9, 1994

Hundreds of Tutsis are killed in the Pallottine Missionary Catholic Church, considered the first clear sign of the genocide as only Tutsis were targeted.

Massacre at the Nyarubuye Roman Catholic Church

Apr 15, 1994

Thousands of Tutsi are killed, first by grenades and guns and then by machetes and clubs.

The Kibuye Massacres

Apr 18, 1994

An estimated 12,000 Tutsis are killed after sheltering at the Gatwaro stadium in Gitesi, 50,000 are killed in the hills of Bisesero.

250,000 people, mostly Tutsi, flee to Tanzania

Apr 28, 1994

Approximately one million people begin to flee to Zaire

Jul 13, 1994

The Rwanda Genocide ends when the RPF gains control of the country.

Jul 18, 1994