1 May 1994
An armed gang including members the Interahamwe militia storm an orphanage in Butare town killing 21 orphans and 13 Red Cross volunteers.
30 April 1994
After taking control of the town of Rusumo close to the Tanzanian border, the RPF issues a statement that it is categorically opposed to the proposed UN intervention force because
29 April 1994
The United Nations authorise the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs of the genocidal government to travel to New York to the Security Council.
28 April 1994
Christine Shelley, spokeswoman for the US State Department, refuses to use the word genocide when addressing journalists, indicating that the use of such a term has many implications.
27 April 1994
Foreign Affairs Minister, Jérôme Bicamumpaka, and CDR representative, Jean Bosco Barayagwiza, are received in France at the Elysée and the Ministry of Defense.
26 April 1994
Finance Minister for the Interim Government, Emmanuel Ndindabahizi, provides weapons, encouragement and Interahamwe support to Hutu civilians
25 April 1994
The International Civil Aviation Organization board meets to discuss a Belgian request for an investigation into President Habyarimana’s plane crash.
24 April 1994
Horrific murders are orchestrated against 30,000 Tutsi gathered at Kabuye Hill, near Ndora Commune, in Butare Prefecture. Government officials in the
23 April 1994
In a statement broadcast on Radio Rwanda, Colonel Augustin Bizimungu declares that the massacres are a continuation of those that characterized the 1959 revolution.
22 April 1994
The Red Cross declares that it has never seen “a human tragedy of the scale of these massacres“. More than 7,000 Tutsi are murdered at Gatwaro-Kibuye stadium.