The Rwandan genocide, was a mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda during the Rwandan Civil War, which had started in 1990.

It was directed by members of the Hutu majority government during the 100-day period from 7 April to 15 July 1994. An estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed, constituting an estimated 70% of the Tutsi population. An estimated 2,000,000 Rwandans, mostly Hutu, were displaced and became refugees.

On 6 April 1994, an aeroplane carrying Juvénal Habyarimana, President of the Republic of Rwanda and Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi, was shot down on its descent into Kigali. At the time, the plane was in the airspace above Habyarimana's house. The assassination of Habyarimana ended the peace accords. Genocidal killings began the following day. Soldiers, police, and militia quickly executed key Tutsi and moderate Hutu military and political leaders who could have assumed control in the ensuing power vacuum. Checkpoints and barricades were erected to screen all holders of the national ID card of Rwanda, which contained ethnic classifications.

25th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide

Meeting, on the subject of Rwanda, of the Parliamentary Committee for Development in Strasbourg in July 1994.

Press conference by Emma Bonino, Member of the EC, following her vistit in Burundi, Rwanda and Zaire : extracts

Debate on the situation in Rwanda : statement by Lord Henry Plumb, Chairman of the Parliament delegation to Rwanda

Debate on the situation in Rwanda: statement by Bernard KOUCHNER, Chair of the Committee on development

Debate on the situation in Rwanda : statement by Manuel Marín, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Cooperation and Development

Meeting of the Committee on Development on the Situation in Rwanda : statement by a representative of the International Red Cross

Meeting of the Committee on Development on the Situation in Rwanda : statement by a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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