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 ...

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict ... Accusing Zaire (now the D.R.C.) of harboring these Hutu extremists, Rwanda, alongside D.R.C.-based Tutsi militias, invaded Zaire.

In just a fortnight, thousands of people are said to have been killed ... For four years, Makenga and the RPF fought the Hutu-dominated army in Rwanda. Their battle was enmeshed with the 1994 ...

Like Rwanda, Burundi has sought to heal deep divisions between its Tutsi and Hutu populations. Under the peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people ...

Congo has more than 100 armed groups, mainly in the east of the central African nation of 100 million people which ... and ethnic Hutu militias. U.N. experts say Rwanda has deployed 3,000-4,000 ...

In just a fortnight, thousands of people are said to have been killed and the fighting ... For four years, Makenga and the RPF fought the Hutu-dominated army in Rwanda. Their battle was enmeshed with ...