Editing History of Rwanda (section)

=== 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda ===
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On April 6, 1994, the airplane carrying [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], the President of Rwanda, and [[Cyprien Ntaryamira]], the Hutu [[President of Burundi]], [[Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira|was shot down]] as it prepared to land at Kigali.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/rwanda.htm|title=Rwanda Civil War|date=2005-04-27|access-date=2006-12-04|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org, Alexandria, US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201061235/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/rwanda.htm|archive-date=2006-12-01|url-status=live}}</ref> Both presidents were killed when the plane crashed.

Military and militia groups began rounding up and killing Tutsis ''en masse'', as well as political moderates irrespective of their ethnic backgrounds. The killing swiftly spread from [[Kigali]] to all corners of the country; between April 6 and the beginning of July, a genocide of unprecedented swiftness left between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Tutsis (800,000 is a commonly noted number) and moderate Hutus dead at the hands of organized bands of militia ([[Interahamwe]]). Even ordinary citizens were called on by local officials to kill their neighboring Tutsis who were called ''Inyenzi'' (cockroaches) by the local radio stations inciting fear and hatred. The president's MRND Party was implicated in organizing many aspects of the genocide. The Hutu genocidaires were abetted by the [[Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines]] broadcasting hate speech advocating violence against Tutsis. It broadcast at the same time as [[Radio Muhabura]] broadcast from Uganda, sponsored by the RPF and their Ugandan allies.

The RPF renewed its civil war against the Rwanda Hutu government when it received word that the [[genocidal massacre]]s had begun. Its leader [[Paul Kagame]] directed RPF forces in neighboring countries such as Uganda and Tanzania to invade the country, but here, Paul Kagame did not direct RPF Forces from neighboring countries because RPF was already in Rwanda for three years and half battling the Hutu forces and Interahamwe militias who were committing the massacres. The resulting civil war raged concurrently with the genocide for two months. The Tutsi-led RPF continued to advance on the capital, and soon occupied the northern, eastern, and southern parts of the country by June. Thousands of additional civilians were killed in the conflict. UN member states refused to answer UNAMIR's requests for increased troops and money. The remaining part of the country not under RPF control was occupied by France in Operation Turquoise. While the French operation did prevent mass killings it has been alleged that the deployment of French troops was intended to allow the Hutu militias to escape, and that the slaughter of Tutsis continued in the French controlled area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8b58e_rwanda-un-genocide-made-in-france_news |title=Rwanda, Un génocide made in France - Vidéo Dailymotion |date=9 February 2009 |access-date=2011-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314175226/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8b58e_rwanda-un-genocide-made-in-france_news |archive-date=2014-03-14 |url-status=live }}</ref>