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Rwandan Civil War

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 1, 2020 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:46, 8 September 2020 (UTC)



The Rwandan Civil War was a conflict between the Hutu-led Rwandan Armed Forces and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), founded by Tutsi refugees. The war began on 1 October 1990 with an RPF invasion but the army, assisted by French troops, had largely defeated the RPF by the end of the month. Paul Kagame (pictured, left) took command of the rebels and in a few months began a multi-year guerrilla war. In 1992, after a series of protests, Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured, right) began peace negotiations with the RPF and domestic opposition parties. Despite disruption by the extremist group Hutu Power and a fresh RPF offensive, the Arusha Accords were signed in August 1993. United Nations peacekeepers were installed, but Hutu Power was steadily gaining influence. After the assassination of Habyarimana in April 1994, between half a million and a million Tutsi and moderate Hutu were killed in the Rwandan genocide. The RPF quickly resumed the war, capturing the capital and taking control of the country by July.
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 * Main editors: Amakuru
 * Promoted: 8 January 2019
 * Reasons for nomination: 30th anniversary of the start of the war on 1 October 1990. If anyone has feedback on the image choice, let me know. It's a bit tricky as there's a lack of decent images of the war itself (as opposed to the refugee crisis and genocide which followed) &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 11:34, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 11:34, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support. - Dank (push to talk) 17:35, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support; Gog the Mild (talk) 11:14, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment – Shouldn't it be "half a million to a million"? --- C &amp; C ( Coffeeandcrumbs ) 08:50, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * IMO no: it's "from ... to ..." and "between ... and ...". Gog the Mild (talk) 09:34, 5 September 2020 (UTC)


 * ’’’Support’’’ -Indy beetle (talk) 23:43, 5 September 2020 (UTC)