31 May 1994
Journalists from France, Canada, Australia and South Africa visit the areas RPF troops recently captured in Kigali. They witness the bodies of civilians killed by retreating militias and government troops.
30 May 1994
RPF forces continue to rescue civilians from hideouts as they advance towards Gitarama town, the headquarters of the interim government. The first meeting is held between military
29 May 1994
Government troops and militias massacre 500 Tutsi civilians and Hutu members of opposition parties in a refugee camp in Gitarama.
28 May 1994
The chairman of the Rwandan Patriotic front says that the RPF will respect the Arusha accords but will not share power with those who committed genocide.
27 May 1994
Two prominent government military figures renounce the Rwandan army and pledge their allegiance to the Rwandan Patriotic Front
26 May 1994
UN Secretary General Boutros-Ghali says the refusal of most countries to send troops to Rwanda is “a failure not only for the United Nations but a Failure for the international community
25 May 1994
The United Nations Human Rights Commission unanimously adopts a resolution stating that “acts of genocide may have occurred in Rwanda” and plans for the dispatch of a special
24 May 1994
About 3,500 decomposing corpses of victims of the genocide have been taken from the shares of Lake of Victoria in Uganda and Buried during the past week alone.(IM)
23 May 1994
A two-day truce is called to facilitate the visit of UN envoy lqbal Riza to Rwanda, but Government forces break the truce and shell RPF positions. The UN envoy accompanied by
22 May 1994
RPF seizes Kigali International Airport and Kanombe military camp, extending control over the north and east of the country and opening more evacuation routes for genocide survivors.