The French Government secures authorisation, under UN Security Council Resolution 929, to set up a “safe zone” in Rwanda for providing humanitarian assistance in the southwest prefectures of Gikongoro, Cyangugu and Kibuye. The maximum occupation time allowed to them is two months. More than 50,000 people from opposition parties in Burundi staged a peaceful demonstration in Bujumbura protesting against the “invasion” of Rwanda by the French. The US Government starts to use the word “genocide” to label the killing that has been happening in Rwanda.
