Radio Muhabura was a radio station of RPF (
Rwandan Patriotic Front
The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF–Inkotanyi, french: Front patriotique rwandais, FPR) is the ruling political party in Rwanda. Led by President Paul Kagame, the party has governed the country since its armed wing defeated government forces, wi ...
) during the
Rwandan Civil War
The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the country's government, and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) from 1October 1990 to 18 July 1994. The war aro ...
from 1990 to 1994. It was created in 1991 and broadcast from
Uganda
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. It was the first alternative to
Radio Rwanda Radio Rwanda (est. 1961) is a radio station of the Rwandan Broadcasting Agency (RBA), a public broadcaster that also owns Rwandan Television (RTV), Magic FM and other public radio stations.
Before the attack of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (FPR) ...
, reaching all but the south of Rwanda by mid-1992. It was recorded by the
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starting in 1992. It promoted armed resistance to the "extremist" Rwandan government. In an October 1992 broadcast it claimed that militia forces of the government's party had "devised traps aimed at exterminating the youth." As early as January 1993, months before the
went on-air, Radio Muhabura accused the Rwandan government of genocide. It routinely denied RPF involvement in civilian killings, and promoted resistance to "
government, and desertion by the military.
It regularly discussed the return of the Rwandan diaspora and the creation of a new government.
Although the pro-Hutu RTLM (which became an inciting instrument of the
of 1994) was extensively listened to, Radio Muhabura had a much smaller audience, probably because it broadcast in English instead of
, and its contribution to the Rwandan Civil War is not as widely discussed.
The existence of Radio Muhabura was cited as a part of the defense in the trial of