The RPF took power in 1994 after its army swept into the capital of Kigali and overthrew the Hutu-dominated government responsible for the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Rwandans , most of them members of the minority Tutsi community . Human Rights Watch says opposition parties are facing threats ahead of elections . Kagame questions the opinions that outsiders may hold about Rwanda . Rwanda has made progress in erasing scars left from 1994 genocide , Kagame says . Kagame says he has nothing to do with the civil war in mineral - rich Congo .
Human Rights Watch says opposition parties are facing threats ahead of elections . Kagame questions the opinions that outsiders may hold about Rwanda . Rwanda has made progress in erasing scars left from 1994 genocide , Kagame says . Kagame says he has nothing to do with the civil war in mineral - rich Congo .