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9 unusual facts about Rwandan Patriotic Front


Christophe Bazivamo

He is a member of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, and since 2002 he has been the vice-president of the party.

Ekundayo Opaleye

General Opaleye was appointed commander of the OAU Neutral Military Organization Group (NMOG) set up in 1991 to enforce a cease fire between the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and the Hutu-dominated Rwandan government.

Flower in the Gun Barrel

After 100 days, the RPF stopped the fighting and a year later, over 100,000 perpetrators were in prison.

Foreign policy of François Mitterrand

The official French policy was to push Habyarimana in sharing power, while stopping Paul Kagamé's FPR's military advance, supported by Uganda.

Jean Bosco Kazura

He was involved in the military campaign conducted by the Rwandan Patriotic Front to end the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Kanyabayonga

During the Rwandan Civil War thousands of Rwandan refugees arrived in the region in 1994, fleeing from advancing troops of the Rwandan Patriotic Front.

Katyusha rocket launcher

Katyusha-like MRLs were also allegedly used by the Rwandan Patriotic Front during its 1990 invasion of Rwanda, through the 1994 genocide.

Rwandan Patriotic Front

Two of the 27 people who were part of the 1981 NRA raid at Kabamba that began the war were Tutsi refugees: Fred Rwigyema and Paul Kagame, who had grown up together in Kahunge refugee camp and were both active members of RANU.

Tharcisse Karugarama

A member of the RPF, Karugarama has played a role in the prosecution of crimes associated with the Rwandan Genocide.


Gersony Report

The "Gersony Report" is the name given to the 1994 findings made by a team under Robert Gersony, which was under contract to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and identified a pattern of massacres by the Rwandan Patriotic Front rebels after their military victory in the civil war in post-genocide Rwanda.

Simon Bikindi

His patriotic songs were playlist staples on the national radio station Radio Rwanda during the war from October 1990 to July 1994 before the Rwandan Patriotic Front took power.

Theogene Rudasingwa

Theogene Rudasingwa is a leading figure in the Rwanda National Congress and a former Chief of Staff to Rwandan President Paul Kagame (2000-2004), former General Secretary of the Rwandan ruling party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), and former ambassador to the United States from 1996 to 1999.


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