The Arusha Accord is signed to end civil war in Rwanda

After numerous attempts to end the Rwandan Civil War, the Arusha Accord was signed in Arusha, Tanzania between the Rwandan government and Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). The signing of the Accord followed a ceasefire agreement which was reached in July 1992. The Rwandan Civil War began in October 1990 when the RPF invaded Rwanda from Uganda in an attempt to overthrow the government of President Juvénal Habyarimana. The Arusha agreement required a Commission of Inquiry and a National Commission on Human Rights to investigate human rights violations committed by all parties in Rwanda.