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Rwanda: Who lit the fuse in 1994?

Card Number 34991

Number
34991
Author
Van Oijen, Jos
Date
April 7, 2025
Ymd
20250407
Title
Rwanda: Who lit the fuse in 1994?
Subtitle
7 April marks the 31st commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.[1] Between April and July 1994, 75 percent of the Tutsi minority in Rwanda was exterminated by extremists of the Hutu majority.[2] After three decades of investigations, the identity of those who shot down late President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane – the act said to have triggered the genocide – remains in dispute. Below, a theory of who they might be.
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Pages nb.
15
Language
EN