Major conflict1959 – 1962 · 3 years

Rwandan Revolution

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Gitarama · Kigali

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Hutu "social revolution" overthrew the Tutsi monarchy of Kigeli V, sending tens of thousands of Tutsi into exile.

Belligerents3

Belgium
Hutu Parmehutu
Tutsi monarchy

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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