When the Belgians were to finally leave Rwanda in the early years of the 1960s, the politics of racial and ethnic division remained.
A convoy of about 30 vehicles left Rwanda, apparently for Bujumbura.
Administration officials said the marines in Burundi had contingency plans to assist the Americans if they came under attack leaving Rwanda.
In 2001, he left Rwanda for "security reasons" and subsequently released a book entitled Rwanda.
Classe gave his work to the colonial authorities before leaving Rwanda for Algeria on 20 August 1920.
Dallaire left Rwanda that summer, after the genocide ended.
Valcourt cannot bring himself to leave Rwanda because he is not journalistically detached.
As the presidential election got closer, two other newspaper editors left Rwanda.
He refused to leave Rwanda during the genocide and bravely saved 3,000 people from being massacred.
A State Department official said that many Americans have left Rwanda in the past few weeks.