July 1994 · Goma, Zaire (DRC) Theater
July 1994
Following the RPF's capture of Kigali, approximately 1–2 million Hutu — including ordinary civilians, Interahamwe militiamen, and government soldiers — fled to Goma in eastern Zaire in one of the largest and fastest refugee movements in history. Génocidaires controlled the camps, diverting humanitarian aid and continuing to terrorize Tutsi. A cholera epidemic swept through the overcrowded camps, killing an estimated 50,000 people in weeks. International cameras focused on this humanitarian crisis, paradoxically generating more coverage than the genocide itself had.
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