Events
Hutus issue manifesto calling for change in
Rwanda's power, Hutu political parties formed.Tutsi King Kigeri V, with tens of thousands of
Tustis forced into exile in Uganda.Rwanda proclaimed a republic.Rwanda becomes independent with a Hutu,
Gregoire Kayibanda, as president.~20,000 Tutsis are killed following an incursion by
Tutsi rebels based in Burundi.President Gregoire Kayibanda ousted in military
coup led by Juvenal Habyarimana.New constitution ratified; Habyarimana elected
president.Some 50,000 Hutu refugees flee to Rwanda from
Burundi following ethic violence there.Forces of the rebel,mainly Tutsi, Rwanda Patriotic
Front (RPF) invade Rwanda from Uganda.New multi-party constitution promulgated.President Habyarimana sign a power sharing
agreement with the Tutsis. UN mission sent to
monitor the peace agreement.Habyarimana and the Burundian President are
killed after their plain is shot down.
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