Links to Rwanda fuel discrimination against DR Congo's Tutsis
Central to their campaign is the assertion that ethnic Tutsis living in DR Congo are being persecuted. Digging into the ...
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Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Pressure intensified as Tutsi militias organized against the Hutu groups and as foreign powers began taking sides. Following the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s (RPF) victory against the genocidal ...
Congo rebels promise security in Bukavu after looting
Residents of eastern Congo's second-largest city on Monday surveyed the aftermath of widespread looting that accompanied the ...
‘Bisesero: A Daughter’s Story:’ Eugene Boateng Joins Pan-African Rwanda Genocide Drama — EFM
Bisesero: A Daughter’s Story will recount the little-known true story of the Bisesero Resistance, in which tens of thousands ...
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Rwanda: Global Double Standards Are Existential Threats to Tutsi in Great Lakes Region
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has become a theater of state-sponsored systematic extermination of a people--right under the gaze of a supposedly humane international community.
Idris Elba Goes to War in This Eye-Opening Historical Drama Now Streaming on Max
Now streaming on Max, Raoul Peck’s 2005 biographical film Sometimes in April, starring Idris Elba, takes a different swipe at ...
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Healing the wounds
When Rev. Marcel Uwineza, S.J., a survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, was invited to give remarks at a recent commemoration of the event, he was asked to provide a photo of his ...
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Denmark, Germany should urge Tshisekedi to address M23 grievances, says Gashumba
Rwanda’s Ambassador to Sweden and other Nordic countries, Dr. Diane Gashumba, called on Denmark and Germany to support African-led initiatives for the eastern DR Congo crisis, by advocating for ...
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Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation
Ethnic Tutsi-led M23 rebels enter city of Goma Fighting continues amid conflicting claims about M23 advance Congo and UN accuse Rwanda of sending troops into Goma Conflict stems from Rwanda ...
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Silent Massacre
Almost all the victims are members of the Tutsi (or Watusi) tribe, usually remembered for their great height--many Tutsi are seven feet tall. The people slaughtering the Tutsi are the Hutu ...
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The DR Congo rebel leader whose fighters have created turmoil
Raised by parents of the Tutsi ethnic group, Makenga quit school at the age of 17 to join a Tutsi rebel outfit across the border in Rwanda. This group, named the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF ...
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The Genocide
The president and his close colleagues decided, however, to exaggerate the RPF threat as a way to pull dissident Hutu back to his side and they began portraying Tutsi inside Rwanda as RPF ...