Understand the event
The forces involved
MRND membership card. 10 x 8.5 cm.
© Kigali Memorial Center, Gisozi, Rwanda. Photo: Shoah Memorial.
Under the leadership of President Juvénal Habyarimana, the single party in power, the National Revolutionary Movement for Development (MRND), strengthened its position in the population by launching violent campaigns against the Tutsis and favoring the Hutus through the system of ethnic quotas in public administration and education.