Rwandan Genocide

By HelmyAhmed

  • April - July 1994

    Ethnic tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi populations in Rwanda escalate into genocide

  • April

    Assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana triggers widespread violence

  • Next 100 days

    Hutu extremists launch systematic massacres and killings of Tutsis and moderate Hutus over the next 100 days

  • July

    Genocide comes to an end, approximately 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus are killed in a span of 100 days