Place

Bisesero

Range of hills near Kibuye in western Rwanda; site of a memorial.

2 links, 1 backed by primary records

In Bisesero

Connections 2

Operation Turquoise where French troops found survivors in June 1994 Primary record 1

Proof 2 sources

France, Rwanda and the Tutsi Genocide (1990-1994): Report submitted to the President of the Republic on 26 March 2021 (English translation; the French version is the reference), Research Commission on the French archives related to Rwanda and the Tutsi genocide, 26 Mar 2021. Primary record
The Bisesero massacres perpetrated by extremist Hutu militias against Tutsi civilians taking refuge on a hillside took place at the time of the first deployments in Rwanda in the framework of Operation Turquoise.
A Foreseeable Genocide: The Role of the French Government in Connection with the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Levy Firestone Muse LLP, for the Government of Rwanda, 19 Apr 2021. Scholarship & press
a nearby steep range of hills straddling the communes of Gisovu and Gishyita

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