Thirty years ago, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a predominantly Tutsi armed group, took over Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city – and soon after, the country’s governance. This victory occurred amid a ...

April 7 marks the U.N. International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It was established to remember members of the Tutsi community, an African ethnic group, who ...

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KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the East African nation's most horrific period in history — the genocide against its minority Tutsi. To this day, new mass graves ...

Banyamulenge women at a funeral in South Kivu, eastern DRC on 7 October 2020. Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images The Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994 has in complex ways fuelled violent ...

In the previous article in this series, we saw how a so-called “Tutsi-based” monarchy was replaced with a “Hutu-based’ republic. The Hutu masses were used as pawns to further the interests of Hutu ...

The boy with the shaved head and Kalashnikov slung across his legs is uncertain about a lot of things, even his age. He pulls at the long, dry grass around him and in a quiet voice says he thinks that ...

KIROLIRWE, Congo (Reuters) - A dissident Congolese Tutsi rebel commander said on Thursday he was ready to help Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to fight and disarm Rwandan Hutu rebels who ...

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Edited film documents public performances of the Tutsi Royal Drums and the Hutu and Noore Dances. Scenes include men drumming, Batwa Pygmy Musicians, dancers in elaborate costumes and headdresses, and ...