Why did the Rwandan Genocide happen?

In just three months, an estimated 800000 people were massacred in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. BBC News Online examines the causes. read more

A young Rwandan woman tells how she became friends with one of the interahamwe militia."I ran into a group of them armed with machetes and grenades. read more

The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994. A French judge has blamed current Rwandan President, Paul Kagame - at the time the leader of a Tutsi rebel group - and some of his close associates for carrying out the rocket attack. read more