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The Hutu and Tutsi are two central African tribes who have been involved in civil war since the mid 20th century. In 1994, an estimated 500,000 Tutsis and thousands ...

Juvenal Habyarimana was a Hutu politician and former President of Rwanda. He was killed in 1994 when his airplane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. His death sparked ethnic ...

The Rwandan Genocide refers to a systematic campaign of killing targeted against Rwanda's Tutsi minority and many opposition members of the Hutu majority in 1994. It is estimated that ...

Catholic priest Athanase Serombawar was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life in prison in 2006 for his role in the deaths of 1,500 Tutsi Rwandans.

Rwanda is a landlocked nation located in Central Africa and bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DR Congo, is the third-largest country in Africa. The nation was a former colony of Belgium and won its independence on June 30 ...

Romeo Dallaire is a Canadian senator and retired general. He is best known for his work as the commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Rwanda between 1993 and ...

Hotel Rwanda is a dramatic movie released in 2004 which was based on historical events that took place in during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Don Cheadle stars as a manager ...