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馃嚪馃嚰 Liberation Day in Rwanda
National liberation celebration
Date in Rwanda
July 4
Instituted1994
Marks the end of the dictatorship of Gnassingb茅 Eyad茅ma.
Commemorates liberation from French influence
How Liberation Day is observed in Rwanda
Historical significance
Commemorates the day when the Rwandan Patriotic Front ended the genocide.
Public life in Rwanda
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
What this holiday commemorates
In Rwanda, around 1994
- 1994 During the Rwandan genocide, the Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and northwestern Rwanda, forcing the interim government into DRC and... 路 Rwanda
- 1994 Assassination of Rwandan and Burundian presidents triggers the Rwandan Genocide. 路 Rwanda
- 1994 Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana is assassinated on the first day of the Rwandan genocide. 路 Rwanda
- 1994 Kigali, the Rwandan capital, was captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city. 路 Rwanda