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Rwandan Civil War & Genocide

1990 CE – 1994 CE · 4 years

The Tutsi-led RPF invaded from Uganda in 1990, triggering civil war. In April 1994, extremist Hutus launched a genocide killing 500,000–1,000,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 100 days before the RPF seized power.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
  • Hutu-led Rwandan government (FAR)

Key moments

Defining events in the Rwandan Civil War & Genocide.

  1. October 1990 RPF invasion from Uganda
  2. April–July 1994 Battle of Kigali
  3. June 1994 Capture of Gitarama
  4. 4 July 1994 Fall of Kigali to RPF

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

South African Border War

1966 CE – 1990 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Western Sahara War

1975 CE – 1991 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Morocco

Founded 789 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1990 CE and 1994 CE.

1991 CE Somali Civil War 1991 CE Sierra Leone Civil War 1992 CE US Intervention in Somalia (UNOSOM) 1993 CE Burundi Civil War 1993 CE Battle of Mogadishu

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Yugoslavia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE Eritrean War of Independence Conflict · Middle East 1961 CE – 1991 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Czechoslovakia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE
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