Here's a look at how it all unfolded...
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The RPF’s success prompted President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, to speed up political reforms #RwandaGenocide #Rwanda

But President Habyarimana was slow in implementing it and a transitional government failed to take off #Rwanda #RwandaGenocide

The next day, presidential guards killed moderate Hutu Prime Minister Agathe #Uwilingiwimana, who had tried to calm tensions #RwandaGenocide

About 800,000 people were killed, many butchered with machetes by militia known as #Interahamwe
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Kagame was elected president in April 2000 and remains in the office
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He was found guilty and given a life sentence – though it was reduced to 35 years on appeal in 2011
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Conflict in Congo since 1998 is estimated to have left over five million dead, mostly through hunger and disease
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