There was a 1994 genocide that took place in a landlocked East African country Rwanda.
Rwanda ( [ ɹuːˈɑːndə ] or [ ɹuːˈændə ] ; U Rwanda [ u.ɾɡwanda ] ) , officially the Republic of Rwanda ( Repubulika y' u Rwanda République du Rwanda ) , is a sovereign state in Central and East Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland .