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1995, April 22
 
More than 2,000 refugees, most of them Hutus, were killed when government soldiers fired on refugee camps in Zaire.  1
 
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Five Central African nations agreed to send the approximately 1.8 million refugees back to Rwanda.  2
 
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The security situation in the refugee camps along the Zairean border continued to deteriorate. The Zairean government forcibly repatriated 15,000 refugees to Rwanda. Hutu militia launched an attack on the border village of Kanama, killing 100 civilians.  3
 
 
 
The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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