January 1993

Jean Carbonare, Chairman of an international commission of enquiry, says that he saw French instructors at the Bigogwe camp, where “truckloads of civilians were being brought.

8 January 1993

Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, a Rwandan military officer, leaves Arusha saying : “I am returning to Kigali to prepare the Tutsi apocalypse”

21 January 1993

Violent demonstrations by MRND and CDR, massacres against Tutsi start again. Arusha negotiations are suspended.

8 – 20 February 1993

The RPF relaunches a military offensive. The FAR retreat. The RPF stops at Shyorongi at the entrance of Kigali.

20 – 22 February 1993

Fresh massacres of Tutsi by CDR and MRND militias in Gisenyi, Ruhengeri, Kibuye and Byumba prefectures.

4 August 1993

Radio-Television Libre de Mille collines (RTLM), created in July, begins propaganda programmes against the Tutsi.

5 October 1993

UN Resolution 872 establishes the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR), comprising 2,500 peacekeepers

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