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In the Rwandan genocide of 1994, Hutu mobs killed more than 800,000 mostly Tutsi victims in just 100 days, more than two-thirds of the country’s total Tutsi population.
As the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates its 65 years of independence, the country remembers the years of colonialism when the Belgian King Leopold II had set up a private venture to ...
The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu extremists killed an estimated one million minority ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus in ...
Hutu extremists in Burundi believe Rwanda is dominated by supremacist ethnic Tutsis and that Rwanda won’t rest until there is a Tutsi regime in Burundi. In Rwanda, the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front ...
The erasure of the Pride flag has the simultaneous effect of banning other important flags, such as Every Child Matters flags, Indigenous Nation flags and MMIWG2S flags (drawing attention to ...
Kagame took effective control of Rwanda after the genocide, in which some 800,000 Tutsis and Hutu moderates were killed. In 2015, Rwanda’s constitution was changed by referendum to allow him to ...
Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.
A brief history on the adoption of the American flag was given during the Flag Day ceremony held at Staten Island Elks Lodge 841 in Greenridge on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Between April and July 1994, an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in the genocide, re-sparking the Rwandan Civil War, which had begun in 1990 and reached a ...
For Mahira, it’s more internal. “You know when you start doubting who you are, when your self-worth starts getting impacted—that’s a big red flag for me. And I’ve been there.