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Fred Gisa Rwigema (also sometimes spelled Rwigyema; born Emmanuel Gisa; 10 April 1957 – 2 October 1990) was a Rwandan military officer and revolutionary.He was the founder of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a political and rebel group formed by Rwandan Tutsi exile descendants of those forced to leave the country after the 1959 Hutu Revolution.
The "Hutu Ten Commandments" (also "Ten Commandments of the Bahutu") was a document published in the December 1990 edition of Kangura, an anti-Tutsi, Hutu Power Kinyarwanda-language newspaper in Kigali, Rwanda.
Islam is a minority religion in Rwanda, practiced by 2% of the total population according to the 2022 census. [1] Virtually all Muslims in Rwanda are Sunni Muslim. Islam was first introduced into Rwanda by Muslim traders from the East Coast of Africa in the 20th century. Since its introduction, Muslims have been a minority in the territory ...
The Tutsi (/ ˈtʊtsi / [2]), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (Kinyarwanda pronunciation: [ɑ.βɑ.tuː.t͡si]), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. [3] They are a Bantu -speaking [4] ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi (the other two being the largest Bantu ethnic ...
Rwanda marked the 30th anniversary on Sunday. * In 1990, rebels of the Tutsi-dominated Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) invaded northern Rwanda from neighbouring Uganda. The RPF's success prompted ...
The New Times is the largest English-language and the oldest in Rwanda. [3] It also owns a newspaper joint in the local language Kinyarwanda, called Izuba Rirashe.The newspaper has been criticized for being "too servile" to the ruling party of Rwanda, [4] and being "excessively optimistic". [5]
Daily newspaper. Founded. September 1995. Website. www.newtimes.co.rw. The New Times is a national English-language newspaper in Rwanda. It was established in 1995 shortly after the Rwandan genocide. A Kinyarwanda -language weekly called Izuba Rirashe was previously published. [1]
Rwandan Patriotic Front. The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF–Inkotanyi; French: Front patriotique rwandais, FPR) [2] is the ruling political party in Rwanda. The RPF was founded in December 1987 by Rwandan Tutsi in exile in Uganda because of the ethnic violence that had occurred during the Rwandan Hutu Revolution in 1959–1962. [3][4] In 1990 ...