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How Hutu and Tutsi masses hang between elites and Belgian colonialists

In the previous article in this series, we saw how a monarchy described as Tutsi-based was replaced with a Hutu-based republic. In both cases the Tutsi and Hutu masses were used by the elites and the ...
Forbes

Genocide Against The Tutsi In Rwanda -30 Years Later

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 ...
Newsday

Though Rwanda has come a long way since the 1994 genocide, scars of the past still haunt the nation

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 ...
Opinion
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When Belgium used ethnographic maps to annihilate the Tutsi in the Kivus

When talking about the origin of the ethnic conflict in eastern DR Congo – in the Kivus – many people fail to understand that it is a project born in Brussels. Most people don't realize, as Tom ...
The Conversation

Rwanda’s Tutsi minority has been in power for 30 years – but study finds ethnicity doesn’t matter to people if their needs are met

Marijke Verpoorten is affiliated with The University of Antwerp. This study was originally commissioned under the UNU-WIDER project Institutional legacies of violent conflict, from which it received ...
Tampa Bay Times

Thousands perish in little-known war

All the rebels want is to come back and live in their homeland, Rwanda. Each time, the government repulses them and offers the same odd explanation: The country is so overcrowded there is no room to ...
Reuters

Congo Tutsi dissident offers help disarm Hutu rebels

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The Lantern

Ohio State to host Kwibuka event to commemorate 31st anniversary of genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda

Ohio State will host Kwibuka, an event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Saturday. This Kwibuka is one of 34 events across the United States ...
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Meet the African tribe with the tallest people in the world

Among the diverse and culturally rich tribes of Africa, the Tutsi people stand out, quite literally, for their impressive height. The tallest tribe in the world [YouTube] Among the diverse and ...
KTAR News

Refugees fear history is repeating itself in Burundi

KAGUNGA, Tanzania (AP) — As a teenager Joseph Nakaha fled with his parents to neighboring Tanzania when ethnic-based fighting erupted in Burundi after independence in 1962. In 1972, he was a refugee ...
AOL

M23 rebels face Burundian forces in eastern Congo, heightening war fears

NAIROBI - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi ...
Reuters

Congo Tutsi dissident offers help disarm Hutu rebels

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 ...