http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/ April 6 - July 14, 2004 en-us 2004-07-14T13:25:36+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000642 Ten years ago today: Faustin Twagiramungu, a moderate Hutu, returned to Rwanda, and the RPF declared him to be the country's prime minister. The struggle for power in Rwanda was, in effect, now over. Epilogue: Cholera soon struck the hundreds... NYCO 2004-07-14T13:25:36+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000640 Ten years ago today: The RPF captured the eastern town of Ruhengeri. Almost two million Rwandan Hutu were on the move, fleeing into Zaire, or to the French-protected "security zone" in the southwest of the country. French radio reported that... NYCO 2004-07-13T15:56:29+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000639 Ten years ago today: The RPF advanced on Gisenyi, where the remains of the Rwandan government were located. Millions of Hutu refugees began streaming into the Goma area of Zaire, in even larger numbers than those who had fled to... NYCO 2004-07-12T15:25:59+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000637 Ten years ago today: Fleeing the advancing RPF, the last trackers and caretakers still working at the gorilla research center founded by Dian Fossey left the country, leaving the center abandoned. French Premier Edouard Balladur defended France's Rwandan intervention in... NYCO 2004-07-11T15:56:00+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000635 Ten years ago today: RTLM radio was still transmitting from the town of Gisenyi, where the Rwandan government was cornered. Eight announcers were still working, both in Kinyarwanda and in French. Emmanual Rucogoza, one of the announcers, told French radio,... NYCO 2004-07-10T15:43:17+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000633 Ten years ago today: The remains of the Rwandan government huddled in the town of Gisenyi, awaiting capture by the RPF. A top officer in the Rwandan army, Leonidas Rusatira, released a statement denouncing the government: The difference between the... NYCO 2004-07-09T15:41:00+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000630 Ten years ago today: The RPF agreed to a "no-fighting" buffer zone between them and the Rwandan government forces. Although many Hutu and Tutsi refugees were returning to their homes, the Red Cross estimated there were 1.8 million Rwandans, or... NYCO 2004-07-08T15:09:06+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000628 Ten years ago today: Immaculee Ilibagiza emerged from the tiny room where she had been hiding with other Tutsi women since April 11. UNAMIR Gen. Romeo Dallaire met with the leaders of the French Operation Turquoise in Zaire. Faustin Twagiramungu,... NYCO 2004-07-07T15:36:21+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000627 Ten years ago today: The town of Gikongoro was filled with Hutu refugees, who were estimated by relief agencies to be getting only one-third of the food they needed to survive. An estimated 400,000 Hutu had fled to southern Rwanda... NYCO 2004-07-06T15:55:01+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000624 Ten years ago today: When asked U.S. opinion on the French's apparent about-face on the mandate of Operation Turquoise, a State Department spokeswoman said, Since we don't have an in-country presence, I'm not sure that we would be in a... NYCO 2004-07-05T14:15:05+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000621 Ten years ago today: The RPF established full control over Kigali following the final retreat of the Rwandan army. The Press Association reported, At the Sainte Famille religious complex - a death camp for some 2,000 Tutsi refugees threatened by... NYCO 2004-07-04T16:24:27+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000620 Ten years ago today: The RPF attacked and captured the southern town of Butare. There was a brief exchange of fire between them and French soldiers who were evacuating civilians. Philippe Gaillard of the Red Cross was informed by Rwandan... NYCO 2004-07-03T14:17:30+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000619 Ten years ago today: France announced a plan to set up a security zone in southwestern Rwanda, in an area containing mainly Hutu refugees. The Rwandan government appealed to French troops to intervene in the conflict between them and the... NYCO 2004-07-02T16:25:23+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_07.html#000616 Ten years ago today: The UN Security Council voted on Resolution 935, which called for the establishment of an investigative commission in response to genocide in Rwanda. As French soldiers with Operation Turquoise positioned 50 troops in the Bisesero region... NYCO 2004-07-01T16:00:29+12:00 http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/2004_06.html#000615 Ten years ago today: UNAMIR commander Gen. Romeo Dallaire said that the UN would not be able to meet its new peacekeeping commitments by the time that Operation Turquoise was due to end. Nearly 50 French troops advanced to Gishyita... NYCO 2004-06-30T16:10:25+12:00