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Rwandan genocide and Hutu refugee exodus to Zaire (1994–1996)

Rwandan genocide and Hutu refugee exodus to Zaire (1994–1996)

  1. Arusha Accords set transition plan

    Labels: Arusha Accords, Rwandan Patriotic, UNAMIR

  2. Presidents’ plane crash triggers nationwide killings

    Labels: Juv nal, Plane crash, Kigali

  3. UN Security Council reduces UNAMIR force

    Labels: UN Security, UNAMIR, peacekeepers

  4. Security Council expands UNAMIR and arms embargo

    Labels: UN Security, Resolution 918, UNAMIR

  5. Operation Turquoise authorized as temporary intervention

    Labels: Operation Turquoise, France, Resolution 929

  6. RPF takes Kigali; mass exodus to Zaire begins

    Labels: RPF capture, Kigali, Hutu exodus

  7. Goma camps swell; cholera and dysentery outbreaks

    Labels: Goma camps, North Kivu, cholera outbreak

  8. Militarization of camps intensifies insecurity

    Labels: Militarized camps, Interahamwe, ex-Rwandan army

  9. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda created

    Labels: ICTR, UN Security, international-justice

  10. Kibeho camp massacre highlights post-genocide tensions

    Labels: Kibeho massacre, Rwandan Patriotic, IDP camp

  11. Pressure grows for repatriation from Zaire camps

    Labels: Repatriation pressure, Zaire camps, UN reporting

  12. AFDL formed amid eastern Zaire conflict

    Labels: AFDL, eastern Zaire, anti-Mobutu

  13. Attacks on Kibumba and Katale camps trigger flight

    Labels: Kibumba attack, Katale attack, AFDL

  14. Rapid mid-November return from East Zaire to Rwanda

    Labels: Mass return, Goma border, WHO report

  15. Large-scale repatriation continues; many remain missing

    Labels: Repatriation 1997, UN reporting, missing refugees