The Genocide comes to an end.

On May 23,1994 the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) took control of the presidential palace, a step forward in their attempts to gain control over their torn country. Two months later the French succeeded in establishing a safe zone in the southwest corner of Rwanda. A week after, approximately one million people, mostly Hutu, began fleeing to Zaire (now know as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Finally, in mid July, the Rwandan Genocide has come to an end, following the RPF's assuming control of the country!

Above is a picture of a boy at the end of the genocide, the bodies of the slain scattered around him. He is just one of many left without a family after this tragedy.