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Cease Fire – 1996

Limited incursions into Rwanda occurred, presumably by ex-FAR and militia based in Zaire. This led the RPF to invade Zaire in October 1996. The ensuing civil war in Zaire/Congo was directly related to the situation in Rwanda. There was a brief pause in conflict after a rebel victory in 1994; new conflict was initiated in 1996.¹

1. Rene Lemarchand, The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009).