The last Hutu Power strongholds in Rwanda fell over the next two weeks: first, the northern town of Ruhengeri on 14 July, and then Gisenyi three days later. Over the course of the next five days 1 million people crossed into the North Kivu province of Zaire. The UN department in the British Foreign Office estimated this was the fastest and largest refugee flow in history. It was later described as a ‘politically-ordered evacuation’ that was targeted at the Hutu population.
