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From today's featured articals Kagame and Habyarimana The  Rwandan Civil War  was a conflict between the  Hutu -led  Rwandan Armed Forces  and the rebel  Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), founded by  Tutsi  refugees. The war began on 1 October 1990 with an RPF invasion but the army, assisted by French troops, had largely defeated the RPF by the end of the month.  Paul Kagame   (pictured, left)  took command of the rebels and in a few months began a multi-year  guerrilla war . In 1992, after a series of protests, Rwandan President  Juvénal Habyarimana   (pictured, right)  began peace negotiations with the RPF and domestic opposition parties. Despite disruption by the extremist group  Hutu Power  and a fresh RPF offensive, the  Arusha Accords  were signed in August 1993. United Nations peacekeepers were installed, but Hutu Power was steadily gaining influence. After the  assassi...