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Sometimes in 1915 Belgian troops defeated a small amount of Germans in Rwanda and took over.
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The Tutsi king fell to the Hutus who were the majority ethnic group. As a result, thousands of Tutsis were killed and over 150,000 tutsis were forced to relocate to neighboring countries.
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The Republic of Rwanda gained it's independence.
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State.govMaj. Gen. Juvenal Habyarimana took control of Rwanda through military force and "dissolved the NAtional Assembly and the PARMEHUTU Party and abolished all political activity."
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The exhiled Tutsis formed the Rwandan Patriotic Front.
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The Rwandan Patriotic Front invaded Rwanda through Uganda's borders. They demanded equal treatment between Tutsi and Hutus.
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Force Commander of United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, Romeo Dllaire was assigned to help with the Arusha Accords.
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The civil war ended with the signing of the Arusha Accords to share power between the Hutus and the Tutsis.
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Romeo Dallaire warned the UN's headquarters of Inerhamwe plan to kill Tutsis andthat he obtained a massive amount of weapon.
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However, Juvénal Habyarimana, the third President of the Republic of Rwanda was assassinated. The President's plane was shot down on this day. The Tutsi said the Hutus killed him. At the same time the Hutus said the Tutsis killed him. The hatred from the civil war was refueled. This was the beginning of the Rwanda Genocide.
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By mid July, the estimated death was between 500,000 to 1,000,000+.
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Rwanda's first local election after the genocide.
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Paul Kagame, a leader of the RPF became the president of Rwanda.
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The Republic of Rwanda drafted a Constitution.
