Pamphile Sebahara (1998) in his article "The creation of ethnic division in Rwanda" writes: The genocide of the Tutsis and the massacres, which claimed almost a million lives in Rwanda between April and July 1994, are the result of a variety of interdependent factors. Reading the literature on the subject, we are left with one basic question: how can we comprehend the mass slaughter of men, women and children, primarily as a result of their belonging to …showed first 75 words of 629 total…

…showed last 75 words of 629 total…the refugees. However, thousands of refugees fell victim to cholera and other diseases. On June 23, French troops under UN mandate moved into SW Rwanda and created a safe zone for the affected people. In July the Rwandan Patriotic Front installed a government. Subsequently the French troops were withdrawn in August 1994. Similarly a UN peacekeeping mission too ended on March 8, 1996. Later on the UN-sponsored tribunal gathered information about the people who had perpetrated genocide in Rwanda.