Somehow, Habyarimana’s body ended up in Congo, where then-President Mobutu Sese Seko, a longtime friend, kept it on the grounds of his jungle palace. In 1997, a day before his overthrow by RPF ...

It went as follows: “Mr Kayibanda is discharged of his duties as President of the Republic; Major General Juvénal Habyarimana will assume the constitutional prerogative of head of state; The ...

In just three months, an estimated 800,000 people were massacred in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. BBC News Online examines the causes.

Codify Sanctions with Teeth. Attach a binding annex to the agreement outlining automatic penalties—visa bans, asset freezes, suspension of mineral-related investments—triggered by independently ...

The RPF's success prompted President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, to speed up political reforms. * In August 1993, Rwanda and the RPF signed a deal to end years of civil war, allowing for power ...

Minister of Defense Juvénal Habyarimana [Photo: US Department of Defense]. Habyarimana had ascended the ranks of the military having initially been educated and trained by the Belgian colonial ...

After then-President Juvénal Habyarimana's plane was shot down in April 1994, violence broke out across the country, and the Hutu majority targeted the minority population, killing an estimated ...

After then-President Juvénal Habyarimana's plane was shot down, violence broke out across the country and the Hutu majority targeted the minority population — killing about 800,000 Tutsis ...

Most historians mark the start of the genocide in Rwanda with the April 6 downing of the plane of Hutu President Juvénal Habyarimana. Refugees are seen here in 1994.

Opinion - In the previous article in this serialised narrative, we took note of how the new constitution gave excessive powers to President Juvenal Habyarimana's MRND's party and its leader. MRND ...