A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after ...
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting Hutu rebels and former militiamen whom it blames for the 1994 genocide. Rwanda security officials check people crossing from Congo in Gyseny, Rwanda ...
For Kagame, the context all comes down to the Rwandan genocide that took place over 100 days in 1994. The ethnic Hutu militia involved in killing up to 800,000 people - the vast majority from the ...
The killer has a connection to the genocide in Rwanda through his parents, who were both Tutsi and were forced to flee the country following the outbreak of mass killings by the Hutu-dominated regime.
Rwanda’s Hutu-led government blamed the crash on Tutsi rebels, unleashing a campaign of systematic killings of Tutsis. They used machetes, guns, and clubs to kill 800,000 people in 100 days.
But, Rwanda dismissed statements that "did not provide any solutions" and accused the Congolese government of sabotaging negotiations with the M23 and supporting Hutu militiamen linked to the 1994 ...
Conflict erupted after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, when ethnic Hutu extremists killed up to 800,000 minority ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus. A member of the M23 rebels walked alongside residents ...
It has vowed to defend Tutsi interests, particularly against ethnic Hutu militias such as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, which was founded by Hutus who fled Rwanda after ...
Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting Hutu rebels and former militiamen whom it blames for the 1994 genocide. Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has told The Associated Press that ...