What was the name of the Rwandan president whose assassination set off the Rwandan genocide?
Juvénal Habyarimana
Pasteur Bizimungu
Théodore Sindikubwabo
Alexis Kanyarengwe
Answer
The assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana set off the Rwandan genocide, during which Hutu extremists killed an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu. Kagame resumed the civil war and ended the genocide with a military victory.
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