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Events relating to rwanda
Rwanda suffers the first nationwide outbreak of Hutu violence against Tutsis
An invasion of Rwanda by Tutsi guerrillas prompts the first major Hutu massacre of Tutsis
Winning power in a military coup, Juvenal Habyarimana begins a 21-year spell as dictator in Rwanda
The Rwandan Patriotic Front is formed, by a group of exiles, to bring about the downfall of Habyarimana's regime in Rwanda
An army of the Rwandan Patriotic Front crosses the border from Uganda to invade Rwanda
Hutu youth militias, known as the Interahamwe, are formed in Rwanda to spearhead attacks on Tutsis
President Habyarimana alienates Rwanda's Hutu Power extremists by coming to terms with the Rwandan Patriotic Front
The Hutu government in Rwanda preaches genocide against Tutsis
The Rwandan president, Juvenal Habyarimana, dies when his plane is shot down
Cyprian Ntayamira, the second Hutu president of Burundi, dies in the crash of the president of Rwanda's plane
The assassination of Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana sparks the outbreak of genocide
As many as 800,000 people die, most of them slashed to death with machetes, in three months of genocide in Rwanda
After the genocide in Rwanda, the Rwandan Patriotic Front captures Kigali and replaces the Hutu government
More than a million Hutus, escaping from the backlash after the genocide in Rwanda, are in refugee camps in Zaire
Approximately 130,000 Hutus are held in gaol awaiting trial for their part in Rwanda's genocide