After one long year of peace negotiations, the Rwanda government under President Juvenal Habyarimana and the rebel Rwanda Patriotic Front led by Colonel Alexis Kanyarengwe signed a peace accord in Arusha, Tanzania. The historic date was 4th August 1993, raising hopes that the civil war, which started when RPF invaded Rwanda from Uganda on 1st October 1990 was coming to an end.
The event was witnessed by several world leaders, including Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni and Melchior Ndadaye of Burundi. Look out for faces you know in the first of a series of three, only on OwanaPaedia,…Just Facts!
