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Rwandan Genocide

1994 East Africa Status: ended Casualties: ~800,000 in 100 days

Systematic extermination of Tutsi and moderate Hutus. Radio propaganda directed killers. The UN stood down under U.S. pressure. RPF forces under Kagame stopped the genocide and took Kigali. One of the fastest genocides in history.

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Belligerents

  • Hutu Power / Interahamwe
  • Tutsi / RPF

Casualties

~800,000 in 100 days

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.