✦ History

Rwandan Civil War

October 1, 1990 – August 4, 1993 · Rwanda

Result Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory

The Rwandan Patriotic Front invaded Rwanda from Uganda and fought the Hutu-led government. The war ended in 1994 with an RPF victory, after the genocide of the Tutsi.

On the map Contemporaries

Rwandan Patriotic Front

Rwanda

Rwandan Patriotic Front
Rwanda
Democratic Republic of the Congo
France
Paul Kagame belligerent leader Pasteur Bizimungu belligerent leader Fred Rwigyema military commander
Juvénal Habyarimana belligerent leader Théodore Sindikubwabo belligerent leader Théoneste Bagosora belligerent leader Déogratias Nsabimana military commander

Strength and losses

Rwanda Strength 35,000

France Strength 600

Before and after

Led to
Arusha Accords (Rwanda) August 4, 1993
Rwandan genocide April 7 – July 19, 1994

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Arusha Accords (Rwanda)
 
Rwandan genocide
 
Opération Turquoise

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