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
Juvénal Habyarimana was a Rwandan politician and military officer who was the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until his assassination in 1994. He was nicknamed Kinani, a Kinyarwanda word meaning
President Habyarimana with Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt in the Hague, 1980
Habyarimana (third row, third from left) at Kim Il Sung's 80th birthday celebration in 1992
Red Cross volunteers monitoring and assisting displaced populations during the Rwandan Civil War, 1994.