Rwanda's Genocide: A Century of Slaughter in 100 Days
Hutu militias and government forces slaughtered 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu in just 100 days, wiping out 70% of Rwanda's Tutsi population. This calculated violence by the akazu elite shattered the country's social fabric and forced a brutal civil war resolution that displaced millions more across East Africa.
April 6, 1994
32 years ago
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