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 1996 interview with Charlayne Hunter Gault, Professor Izangola explained: “In Rwanda, the Tutsi and the Hutu are the same people. They are all people–large grouping or communities which go from ...
(Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma. The government of Congo, the UN and other powers have accused Rwanda of ...
A day after the rebels marched into the lakeside city, protesters in the capital attacked a UN compound and embassies including those of Rwanda, France and the United States, expressing anger at what ...
Image: People rush to shop in downtown Goma after ... During the atrocity in 1994, members of Rwanda's majority Hutu population went on the rampage, murdering Tutsis and those who tried to protect ...
At the beginning of the colonial period, the territory of present-day Rwanda was inhabited by three ethnic groups: Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. There was a clan system, which declined by the early 15th ...