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June 29, 1994 marked the 84th day of the 100-day Genocide against the Tutsi, as thousands of survivors remained in hiding while the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi) continued advancing across the country, liberating territories and rescuing civilians from ongoing massacres.
President Paul Kagame has said Rwanda will not be held hostage by individuals or groups seeking to distort or selectively interpret the country’s history.
Canadian authorities have arrested a 68-year-old Rwandan man suspected of involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, after he allegedly lived in Canada for nearly three decades under a false identity.
June 25, 1994 marked one of the darkest moments in the history of the resistance mounted by Tutsi survivors in Bisesero during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. On that day, Aminadabu Birara, a revered community leader who helped organize the defense of thousands of Tutsi seeking refuge in the hills of Bisesero, was killed by genocidal forces after months of leading a determined struggle for survival.
Private sector actors in Rubavu District have provided support to vulnerable survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi through the construction of houses and the donation of livestock.
June 24, 1994, the 79th day of the Genocide against the Tutsi, stands out as a day when thousands of Rwandans publicly rejected the presence of French troops in Rwanda, accusing them of failing to protect Tutsi facing extermination.
June 23, 1994 marked the 78th day of the Genocide against the Tutsi, as killings continued across Rwanda while the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF Inkotanyi) advanced in efforts to stop the violence and rescue survivors in different parts of the country.
Rwanda’s Mufti, Sheikh Mussa Sindayigaya, has urged Muslims convicted of participating in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi to sincerely repent and seek forgiveness from both God and those they harmed.
During the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) evacuated Tutsi civilians who had been in hiding in parts of Kigali, transferring them to areas already controlled by the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi).

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