The genocide was carried out by members of the Hutu — the majority ethnic group of Rwanda — who massacred many of the Tutsi — the minority ethnic group — Shyaka said. “This genocide ...

In the 100 days that followed, Hutu extremists slaughtered and raped hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu moderates. Nsabumukunzi was a “sector councilor” in Kibirizi, in the ...

In the 100 days that followed, Hutu extremists slaughtered and raped hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu moderates. Nsabumukunzi was a “sector counsilor” in Kibirizi, in the Butare ...

He asked why The East African – and many media houses – continue to refer to the 1994 tragedy as “genocide against Tutsi” instead ... hundreds of thousands of Hutu also perished in the ...

personally attacked Tutsis with a club and ordered Hutu men to dispose of the bodies of dead Tutsis, referring to them as “trash” and “garbage.” Then, he lied about his involvement in the ...

The Rwandan genocide was one of the "most horrific atrocities in modern history" and emerged from conflict between the two main ethnic groups in the country, the Hutu and the Tutsi, according to ...

As a result, in Rwanda, racial identity cards were issued in 1931, stating whether the bearer was Hutu (Bantu) or Tutsi (Nilo-Hamitic). These differences between people who before colonisation had ...

A New York beekeeper was arrested on charges of concealing his past role as an alleged leader in the 1994 Rwandan genocide on his applications for a green card and U.S. citizenship, federal ...

Between April 1994 and July 1994, members of the majority Hutu population persecuted the minority Tutsis, committing acts of violence, including murder, rape and sexual violence. During the three ...

He continued to lie about his participation in the mass killings perpetrated by Rwanda’s Hutu-led government against the Tutsi ethnic group to obtain a green card in 2006, the indictment said.

In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists. The mainly Tutsi forces who took power following the genocide were alleged to have killed thousands ...