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President of Rwanda's Plane is Shot Down
[Why it happened](www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7imGpSPPBs)
The Burundian President and President Habyarimana (The President of Rwanada) are both killed when their plan was show down as it was trying to land at Kigali Airport. It's believed that the attack was caused by Hutu extremists. -
Mass killing of Tutsis begins.
The Rwandan army and Interahamwe militia start their mass killing of Tutsis, UN failed to help out. 10 UN peacekeepers are shot and killed. -
RPF begin the offensive attack
The RPF (Rwanda Patriotic Front) begin a major offensive attack to end kllings & they rescue 600 of their troops from the Arusha Accords in Kigali. -
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Civilians Rescued
The Belgian, French & American civilians are rescued by their governments leaving behind the refugees, -
UN lessens it's level of forces in Rwanda
The UN lowers it's level of forces to 270 troops. The International Red Cross believes the death toll could be over 100,000. -
The UN Security Council delivers a new solution.
The UN Security Council delivers a new solution explaining that 'acts of genocide may have been commited'. UN also agrees to send in 5,500 troops to defend civilians but they are delayed because the UN and US have disagreements on how to finance this operation. -
Arguments on deployment continue.
Arguments about deployment still continuing, the UN allows an emergency force of 2,500 French troops to create a 'safe' area in the government-controlled part of Rwanda. The killing of Tutsis continues in the 'safe' area even though the French are there. -
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Refugees run away from RPF.
Rwandan life in 1994
Refugees running away from the RPF move to north-western Rwanda & flood into Zaire. About 10,000 refugees per hour cross the border into the town of Goma. The massive entrance causes a severe humanitarian tragedy, as there is a lack of food, water & shelter for them. -
The RPF declare that the war is over,
The RPF states that the war is over, decide on a truce and choose Faustin Twagiramungu as prime minister and Pastor Bizimungu as president.
