President Juvenal Habyarimana, nearing the end of two decades in power, was losing popularity among Rwandans when the RPF attacked from Uganda on October 1, 1990. At first Habyarimana did not see ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Former Rwanda President Juvenal Habyarimana whose plane is believed to have been downed in ...

The killings were ignited when a plane carrying then-President Juvénal Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down over Kigali. The Tutsis were blamed for downing the plane and killing the president.

The trigger that sparked off the madness that claimed over 800,000 lives in just two months was the April 6, 1994 plane crash that claimed the life of President Juvenal Habyarimana. The plane ...