By 16 May, they had cut the road between Kigali and Gitarama, the temporary home of the interim government, and by 13 June, had taken Gitarama itself, following an unsuccessful attempt by the Rwandan government forces to reopen the road; the interim government was forced to relocate to Gisenyi in the far north west.
Do 16. svibnja, presjekli su cestu između Kigaliju i Gitarame, privremenog doma privremene vlade, a do 13. lipnja, zauzeli Gitarame, nakon neuspješnog pokušaja vladinih snage Ruande ponovnog otvaranja ceste; privremena vlada je bila prisiljena preseliti se u Gisenyi na krajnjem sjeverozapadu.