KIGALI, Rwanda (CNN) -- As leader of the Tutsi rebels in 1994, Paul Kagame pleaded with the world to stop the Rwandan genocide. Paul Kagame: "We say every Rwandan has the same opportunity to life ... as the other." "All along we thought that's why they were here," Kagame said, referring to the U.N. troops sent to monitor a peace agreement between the minority Tutsis and ruling Hutus. But the nations of the world, he said, turned a deaf ear and a blind eye. "They didn't care. They were totally indifferent. It was just another bloody African situation where just people kill each other and that's it."
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Rwandan Paul Kagame spent the first three decades of his life as a refugee
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As head of the Tutsi rebel militia, he fought against Hutu government forces
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A 100-day Hutu slaughter of Tutsis left 800,000 dead before Hutus were defeated
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Today, Kagame is president of Rwanda and insists Hutus and Tutsis reconcile
After 100 days of fighting between the two ethnic groups, the Tutsi militia defeated @placeholder government forces, ending the war and the genocide.