Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the president of Rwanda since 2000, effectively ruling as a dictator. He was previously considered Rwanda's de facto leader
Kagame in 2024
The Virunga Mountains, Kagame's RPF base from 1990 to 1991
Vice President Kagame with United States Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, July 1994
A refugee camp in Zaire, 1994
The Rwandan genocide, also known as the Tutsi genocide, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well a
Human skulls at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre
Rwandan genocide memorial in Geneva, Switzerland
Paul Kagame, commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front for most of the Civil War
Juvénal Habyarimana in 1980