Hutu Rebels: Exile Warriors in the Eastern Congo
Anna Hedlund, "Hutu Rebels: Exile Warriors in the Eastern Congo "
English | ISBN: 081225144X | 2019 | 248 pages | PDF | 27 MB
English | ISBN: 081225144X | 2019 | 248 pages | PDF | 27 MB
In 1994, almost one million ethnic Tutsis were killed in the genocide in Rwanda. In the aftermath of the genocide, some of the top-echelon Hutu officers who had organized it fled Rwanda to the eastern Congo (DRC) and set up a new base for military operation, with the goal of retaking power in Kigali, Rwanda. More than twenty years later, these rebel forces comprise a diverse group of refugees, rebel fighters, and civilian dependents who operate from mountain areas in the Congo forests and have a long and complex history of war and violence. While media and human rights reports typically portray this rebel group as one of the most brutal rebel factions operating in the eastern Congo region, paints a more complex picture.
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