Ka cika wannan jumla: 'Yancin kai ya zo ne a sakamakon wasu ayyuka da aka yi a wasu wurare. 'Yan Afirka masu adawa da mulkin mallaka sun fito ne a Kongo ta Belgium a ƙarshen 1950s kuma' yan Belgium sun gamsu da cewa ba za su iya sarrafa yankin ba. Har ila yau, tashin hankali ya barke a Ruwanda inda aka sauke masarautar a juyin juya halin Ruwanda (1959<unk>1961). Grégoire Kayibanda ya jagoranci jam'iyyar da ke da rinjaye da kuma ƙabilanci na ƙabilanci na Hutu ("Parti du Mouvement de l'Emancipation Hutu", PARMEHUTU) a Ruwanda yayin da daidai da Union for National Progress ("Union pour le Progrès national", UPRONA) a Burundi ya yi ƙoƙarin daidaita daidaitattun kabilun Hutu da Tutsi. 'Yancin kai na Kwango na Beljiyam a watan Yunin 1960 da kuma abin da ya biyo baya
Lokacin rashin kwanciyar hankali na siyasa ya kara haifar da kishin kasa a Ruanda-Urundi kuma kisan gillar da aka yi wa shugaban UPRONA Louis Rwagasore, wanda kuma shi ne yarima mai jiran gado na Burundi, a watan Oktoba 1961 bai dakatar da yunkurin ba. Bayan shirye-shiryen gaggawa, Ruanda-Urundi ta zama mai zaman kanta a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1962, ta karye tare da layin gargajiya a matsayin Jamhuriyar Rwanda mai zaman kanta da Masarautar Burundi. Ya ɗauki wasu shekaru biyu kafin gwamnatin biyu ta zama gaba ɗaya.