Rwandan Patriotic Front
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The Rwandan Patriotic Front is the ruling political party in Rwanda.
Statue of Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) soldiers during Stopping of 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in Rwanda
President Paul kagame at Community work (Umuganda) in 2016
Rwanda campaigning for unity and reconciliation
Rwandan Civil War
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The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the country's government, and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) from 1 October 1990 to 18 July 1994. The war arose from the long-running dispute between the Hutu and Tutsi groups within the Rwandan population. A 1959–1962 revolution had replaced the Tutsi monarchy with a Hutu-led republic, forcing more than 336,000 Tutsi to seek refuge in neighbouring countries. A group of these refugees in Uganda founded the RPF which, under the leadership of Fred Rwigyema and Paul Kagame, became a battle-ready army by the late 1980s.
A reconstruction of the King of Rwanda's palace at Nyanza
Hutu army officer Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured) became President of Rwanda after a 1973 coup.
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni with Ronald Reagan at the White House in October 1987
The Virunga Mountains, the RPF base from 1990 to 1991