A coalition of over 400 intellectuals, artists, and human rights advocates from more than 50 countries is pressing the United Nations to address the escalating persecution of Congolese Tutsi in ...

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 ...

The ethnic Hutu militia involved in killing up to 800,000 people - the vast majority from the Tutsi community - fled to what is now DR Congo, some forming the FDLR. Rwandan President Paul Kagame ...

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 ...

"In an effort to subjugate the majority Hutu population, Belgian rulers adopted more divisive public policies that concentrated power in the hands of the Tutsi elite," he wrote. The genocide ended ...

Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting ethnic Hutu fighters responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus. M23 says it’s fighting to protect Tutsis and Congolese of ...

But let’s look further from home for more examples of rulers who chose to kill tribes for their nations to live: In the former Belgian colony of Ruanda-Burundi tension escalated between the Tutsi, who ...

Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting ethnic Hutu fighters responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus. M23 says it’s fighting to protect Tutsis and ...

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Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting ethnic Hutu fighters responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus. M23 says it’s fighting to protect Tutsis and Congolese of ...

Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting ethnic Hutu fighters responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus. M23 says it’s fighting to protect Tutsis and ...