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Germany controls Rwanda
Germany establishes colonial rule in both Rwanda and Burundi. By 1889, Rwanda-Urundi comes under direct German control. The defeat of Germany in the First World War allows Belgium to take control of the countries. -
Belgium gains control of Rwanda
Under the Treaty of Versailles the former German colony of Rwanda-Urundi is made a League of Nations protectorate to be governed by Belgium. The two territories (later to become Rwanda and Burundi) are administered separately under two different Tutsi monarchs. -
Rwanda gains independance
Rwanda becomes independent with a Hutu, Gregoire Kayibanda, as president; many Tutsis leave the country. -
Civil war begins
Rwandan armed forces kill 10 Belgian peacekeeping officers in a successful effort to discourage international intervention in the genocide that had begun only hours earlier. In approximately three months, the Hutu extremists who controlled Rwanda brutally murdered an estimated 500,000 to 1 million innocent civilian Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the worst episode of ethnic genocide since World War II -
Genocide
A descriptive breakdown of how genocide unfolds can help to determine the fault lines along which a society has polarized so that efforts toward restoration of the health of the community can be determined. -
RPF ends genocide
The Rwandan Patriotic Front ended the 1994 genocide by defeating the civilian and military authorities responsible for the killing campaign. -
war crimes trials begin
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Apology from president clinton
President Clinton came here today to talk to scarred and mutilated survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and to acknowledge that the world could have protected them, though it did not. -
26 Defendants executed
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Gacaca courts to be set up
