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Part of the French forces in Rwanda
The genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda lasted for about 100 days and was classified as the fastest genocide in human history
In early October 1990, armed Tutsis, led by Paul Kagame, crossed the Ugandan-Rwandan border, declaring the beginning of the Rwandan civil war.
In the midst of this war, France supported the Rwandan army, made up mainly of soldiers belonging to the Hutus people, against the Tutsi forces, which were mainly made up of immigrants who left the country after independence.
The Rwandan Civil War and the Peace of Arusha
In addition, the first period of this civil war lasted until August 1993, and this first period witnessed many battles and violations against civilians, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries.
Meanwhile, this first period came to an end after the signing of the Arusha Treaties in Tanzania. After negotiations that lasted between June 1992 and August 1993, the two parties to the conflict concluded about 5 treaties to end the armed conflict in the country, and according to these agreements, before the Hutu and Tutsis On the principle of including all Rwandan ethnicities in the government and army, coinciding with the expulsion of all French forces from the country. In addition, the two parties to the conflict expressed their agreement to form a UN mission to supervise the implementation of the provisions of the Arusha treaties.
On the other hand, the Hutu politician Faustin Twagiramungu was assigned the task of forming a new government that would include all sectors of Rwandan society. He was also entrusted with the task of ensuring the reintegration of Tutsi exiles into Rwandan society. By mid-December 1993, the French forces, which intervened within the Noroît process, withdrew from Rwandan territory, and in return, France preferred to keep a number of military advisors in Rwanda in order to provide security advice to the local authorities.
A picture of a Dassault Falcon 50 plane, similar to the one with which the President of Rwanda was killed in 1994.
President assassination
On April 6, 1994, Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana returned to the Rwandan capital Kigali from Tanzania on board a Falcon 50 that Rwanda had earlier received as a gift from France.
During a meeting he had gathered earlier in Dar es Salaam with a number of representatives of various Rwandan ethnicities and representatives of international organizations, the President accepted the principle of creating all political associations and institutions dedicated to the success of the transitional period and the integration of Tutsi immigrants, as stipulated in the previous Arusha treaties that ended the Rwandan civil war. .
While preparing to land at Kigali Airport at approximately 8:27 p.m. on April 6, 1994, President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane was hit by two missiles of unknown origin. Because of this, the presidential plane crashed not far from the airport, killing all its passengers, including the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and his Burundian counterpart, the head of state of Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira, in addition to a number of other senior Rwandan politicians and military.
During the next day, on April 7, 1994, the genocide led by Hutu fanatics against the Tutsi broke out in Rwanda, and within a period of only 100 days, this genocide resulted in the deaths of about one million Tutsis and their sympathizers. Because of this, the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda has been classified by many historians as the fastest genocide in human history.
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