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 Second Congo War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The resulting refugee camps quickly became dominated by the Interahamwe Hutu militias that had carried out much of the genocide, supported by Hutu members of the former Rwandan military.
One was the withdrawal of the estimated 20,000 Rwandan soldiers in the Congo.
The other was the rounding up of the ex-Rwandan soldiers and the dismantling of the Hutu extremist militia known as Interahamwe, which took part in Rwanda's 1994 genocide and continues to operate out of eastern Congo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Congo_War   (6475 words)

  
 Rwanda
In 100 days, beginning in April 1994, Hutu rampaged through the country and slaughtered an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and their moderate Hutu sympathizers.
A 30,000-member militia group, the Interahamwe, led much of the murderous spree, but, goaded by radio propaganda, ordinary Hutu joined in massacring their Tutsi neighbors.
Although the genocidal slaughter seemed a spontaneous eruption of hatred, it has in fact been shown to have been carefully orchestrated by the Hutu government.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107926.html   (1446 words)

  
 Domestic prosecution - Prevent Genocide International
Ndikumwami was convicted and sentenced to death on January 20, 1997.
Frodouald Karamira, an Interahamwe militia leader in Kigali and former vice-president of the Mouvement démocratique républicain, (MDR - Democratic Republican) was the most senior genocide suspect during tried during 1997.
He went on trial in Kigali amid heavy security on January [13 ] 1997.
www.preventgenocide.org /punish/domestic/index.htm   (16568 words)

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