Two minority groups (elites) either Hutu or Tutsi competed for power and were opposed to each other. The masses (Hutus and Tutsis) hang between the leaders and trusteeship authority.

Both countries have long been dominated by their Tutsi minorities, leading to tensions with the Hutu majority. Many more are thought to have arrived in 1994 during the Rwandan genocide ...

Rwanda has long pointed to the alleged presence of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), whose leaders were involved in the 1994 massacre of ethnic Tutsis, over its border in ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's army denied Sunday that 20 fighters linked to the Rwandan genocide had been captured on its territory, calling a video of their handover to Rwanda "faked." The ...

Jean Pierre Dusingizemungu was shocked when he detected a Genocide ideology case involving a 12-year-old pupil who claimed that he could identify Hutu and Tutsi colleagues by merely looking at ...

The origins of the M23 are rooted in noble intentions for it claims to protect the minority Tutsis from Hutu ethnic militias. The group was formed in 2012 by some members of the National Congress ...

The statement came after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in eastern DRC said on Saturday it had captured fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a militia founded by ...

Between 500,000 to 800,000 people belonging to the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa were killed by armed Hutu militias over the course of 100 days between April 7 ...

The conflict began on April 7th, following the shooting down of the plane carrying the country's president amid simmering ethnic tension between the minority Tutsi and the majority Hutu.