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germany controls rwanda
germany wants to take control of rwanda after the partition of Africa through the Berlin Conference, Germany establishes colonial rule in both Rwanda and Burundi. By 1889, Rwanda-Urundi comes under direct German control. -
Belgian gains control of rwanda
When the Belgians took control of Rwanda from Germany after World War I, The Belgians gave the majority of political control to the Tutsis. -
independence day
independence as it completes 50 years of its independence on July 1st. Germany lost the power of this country, which was then controlled by Belgium. Decolonization began in the 1950s, and many people in Rwanda began to revolt -
civil war begins
(1991–2002) began on 23 March 1991 with support from the special forces -
Genocide
800,000 people die in 100 days Rwandan President Habyarimana and the Burundian President are killed when Habyarimana's plane is shot down near Kigali Airport. -
RPF ends the genocide
takes control of government . The first Tutsi refugees fled to Uganda to escape ethnic purges in the beginning of 1959. These resulted from the -
War crimes trial begans
some courts are run in tanzania by the un -
appoliges from clinton
leadser of the un for not stop genocides had gone into Rwanda sooner following the start of the 1994 genocide, at least a third or roughly 300,000 lives could have been saved. -
26 defandants executed
for crimes by rwandaSome UN peacekeepers protected Rwandans despite the organizational limitations. One Senegalese peacekeeper -
Gacaca courts set up
1000,000 people in jail waiting trial for genocide Rwanda’s traditional `Gacaca’ courts, set up in 2001 to try some of those responsible for the 1994 genocide and to decongest the prison system, wind up on 30 June, but questions remain as to how much they achieved.
