15 turning points in Africa’s history – How Africa changed! (+Pictures)

12. The Rwanda Genocide

The Rwandan Genocide was a mass slaughter of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda in 1994. During approximately 100 days, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed, representing as much as 20% of the country’s total population and 70% of the Tutsi then living in Rwanda.