Rwandan genocide
1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in which 800,000 were killed
9 dated entries naming Rwandan genocide, drawn from 6 separate years between 1994 CE and 2020 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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20th century
- 1994April 6 – Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundi President Cyprien Ntaryamira die when a missile shoots down their jet near Kigali, Rwanda. This is taken as a pretext to begin the Rwandan genocide.source
- 1994April 7 – The Rwandan genocide begins in Kigali, Rwanda.source
- 1994July 18 – Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture Gisenyi, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the Rwandan genocide.source
- 1998April 24 – Rwanda executes 22 Hutus, including Froduald Karamira, for their roles in the 1994 genocide.source
- 1998Jean Kambanda is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Rwandan genocide.source
21st century
- 2001October 25 – To avoid connotations with the Rwandan genocide, the government of Rwanda adopts a new national flag for the country.source
- 2002April 12 – Augustin Bizimungu is arrested for his involvement in the Rwandan genocide.source
- 2008December 18 – The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences them to life imprisonment for their role in the Rwandan genocide.source
- 2020May 16 – Félicien Kabuga, a Rwandan businessman responsible for supporting the Rwandan genocide, is arrested in Asnières-sur-Seine, France, after 26 years as a fugitive.source