Opération Turquoise

June 23 – August 21, 1994 · Rwanda

France sent troops to southwest Rwanda under a UN mandate near the end of the genocide. The operation created a safe zone, but critics say it also let génocidaires escape.

Before and after

Followed from
Rwandan genocide April 7 – July 19, 1994

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Opération Turquoise