In April and May 1994 , Steele travelled twice to Rwanda with ITV reporter James Mates to film the Rwandan genocide of Tutsi civilians at the hands of the Interahamwe , a Hutu paramilitary organization . While in Kigali , rebel forces of the Tutsi led Rwandan Patriotic Front laid siege to the capital city of Kigali , then held by the Hutu led government . Steele and Mates endured days of shelling and sniper fire while filming the desperate attempts of Canadian General Roméo Dallaire to protect innocent Rwandan civilians as well as his own UN Peacekeeping force . Steele filmed the final battle and its aftermath near Kigali Airport , resulting in the mass exodus of Hutu military , paramilitary groups and civilians to Zaire ( renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997 )
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Jon Steele