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 Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has become a theater of state-sponsored systematic extermination of a people—right under the gaze of a supposedly humane international community.
While the Tutsi and Hutu ethic rivalry seem to be the geneses of the great lakes conflict, there are more sinister players which have benefitted from this on-going conflict. The fact that millions of ...
In a Facebook post accompanied by an image of a candle she wrote: 'Our families, our friends, our kids, our people. Forever in our hearts. Tutsi genocide 1994.' The assassination of Hutu President ...
While many people, including Hutu politicians, supported the principle of compensation for damages, in practice the program was used by Tutsi to profit from Hutu and to pursue personal grudges ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the ...
Pressure intensified as Tutsi militias organized against the Hutu groups and as foreign powers ... disaster may have reached over three million people by 2004. Between 2002 and 2003, Rwanda ...
interviews with US/UN officials and writer Philip Gourevitch; an update on justice in Rwanda today;and readings on genocide and Hutu/Tutsi relations over two centuries.
The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...
In just a fortnight, thousands of people are said to have ... dominated by politicians from the Hutu majority. They also wanted the hundreds and thousands of Tutsi refugees who had been forced ...
Pressure intensified as Tutsi militias organized against the Hutu groups and as foreign powers ... disaster may have reached over three million people by 2004. Between 2002 and 2003, Rwanda ...