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  2. Rwandan genocide - Wikipedia

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    The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. [4] Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were systematically killed by Hutu militias.

  3. Origins of Hutu, Tutsi and Twa - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa peoples is a major issue of controversy in the histories of Rwanda and Burundi, as well as the Great Lakes region of Africa.The relationship among the three modern populations is thus, in many ways, derived from the perceived origins and claim to "Rwandan-ness".

  4. Factbox-What happened in Rwanda's 1994 genocide? - AOL

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    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 ...

  5. Hutu - Wikipedia

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    A Tutsi rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, invaded Rwanda from Uganda, which started a civil war against Rwanda's Hutu government in 1990. A peace agreement was signed, but violence erupted again, culminating in the Rwandan genocide of 1994, when Hutu extremists killed [24] an estimated 800,000 Rwandans, mostly Tutsis. [25]

  6. Rwanda's president leads genocide commemoration 30 years on - AOL

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    Over 100 days, starting on April 7 1994, Tutsis and moderate Hutus and were systematically massacred by Hutu extremists, led by the Rwandan army and a militia known as the Interahamwe.

  7. A Rwandan doctor gets 24-year prison sentence in France for ...

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    The verdict comes nearly three decades after the genocide, in which more than 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus who […] The post A Rwandan doctor gets 24-year prison sentence in France ...

  8. Ethnic groups in Rwanda - Wikipedia

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    Belgian colonization also contributed to the tensions between the Hutus and Tutsis. The Belgians and later the Hutus propagated the myth that Hutus were the superior ethnicity. The resulting tensions would eventually foster the slaughtering of Tutsis in the Rwandan genocide. Since then, policy has changed to recognize one main ethnicity: "Rwandan".

  9. Rwanda's leader is concerned over perceived US ambiguity ...

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    Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday he was concerned by what he saw as a U.S. failure to characterize the 1994 massacres as a genocide against the country's minority Tutsis. Kagame told ...