Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuzvimiririra kwakauya zvikurukuru somugumisiro wezviito kune imwe nzvimbo. Rudzi rwechiAfrica rwekurwisana nekoloni rwakabuda muBelgian Congo mukupera kwema1950 uye vaBelgium vakava nechokwadi chokuti vakanga vasisakwanisi kudzora nzvimbo yacho. Mhirizhonga yakatangawo muRwanda apo umambo hwakadzingwa muRwanda Revolution (1959<unk>1961). Grégoire Kayibanda akatungamira hurumende yakakurumbira uye yakatsanangurwa nedzinza reParty of the Hutu Emancipation Movement ("Parti du Mouvement de l'Emancipation Hutu", PARMEHUTU) muRwanda apo iyo yakaenzana Union for National Progress ("Union pour le Progrès national", UPRONA) muBurundi yakaedza kuenzanisa kukwikwidza kweHutu neTutsi. Kuzvimiririra kweBelgian Congo muna June 1960 uye zviitiko zvakabatana nazvo
Nguva yekusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika yakawedzera kusunda nyika muRwanda-Urundi uye kuurayiwa kwemutungamiri weUPRONA Louis Rwagasore, zvakare muchinda wechigaro cheBurundi, muna Gumiguru 1961 hakuna kumisa kufamba. Mushure mekugadzirira nekukurumidza, Ruanda-Urundi yakava yakazvimiririra musi wa 1 Chikunguru 1962, yakaparadzaniswa nemitsara yechinyakare seRepublic of Rwanda yakazvimiririra uye Humambo hweBurundi. Zvakatora mamwe makore maviri kuti hurumende yevaviri ivavo ive yakaparadzana chose chose.