1959 in Ruanda-Urundi

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Last updated September 09, 2025

The following lists events that happened during 1959 in Ruanda-Urundi .

Events

November

November 1 – Violence between the Hutu and Tutsi people was triggered by an attack upon Hutu activist Dominique Mbonyumutwa. Over the next two weeks 300 people, mostly Tutsi, were killed, in what was known as the wind of destruction.^[1]

References

↑ Gérard Prunier, The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (Columbia University Press, 1997), pp48–49

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[1] Gérard Prunier, The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (Columbia University Press, 1997), pp48–49

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1959 in Ruanda-Urundi

Contents

Events

November

References