French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe officially announces the boundaries of “Operation Turquoise” in Gikongoro, Cyangugu, and Kibuye. RPF troops and the Turquoise forces exchange fire as the RPF advances toward Gikongoro. As the RPF prepares to take Butare, French troops evacuate more than 1,000 people by convoy toward Burundi and Bukavu, Zaire.
