plural Hutu or Hutus
: a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Rwanda and Burundi
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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.
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Janvier Barhahiga and Monika Pronczuk The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Thirty years ago, about 800,000 civilians, mostly Tutsis, were slaughtered in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The Hutu–Tutsi divide was thrown into stark relief.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 July 2024
Between 500,000 to 800,000 people belonging to the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa were killed by armed Hutu militias over the course of 100 days between April 7 and July 15, 1994.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
The violence began after a plane carrying Rwanda’s Hutu President, Juvenal Habyarimana, was shot down by unknown assailants.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 16 May 2024
In 1994, Hutu militias in Rwanda committed what was later ruled by the U.N. to be an ethnic genocide, with nearly 1 million mostly ethnic Tutsi slaughtered.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
The conflict is a legacy of multistate wars that played out in Congo after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which as many as 1 million people, mainly of the Tutsi ethnic group, were killed by Hutu extremists.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
Rwanda does not deny the allegations but has criticized DR Congo for collaborating with a Hutu militia group against a mainly Tutsi rebel group, the CNDP, which M23 grew out of.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
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Janvier Barhahiga and Monika Pronczuk The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Thirty years ago, about 800,000 civilians, mostly Tutsis, were slaughtered in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The Hutu–Tutsi divide was thrown into stark relief.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 July 2024
Between 500,000 to 800,000 people belonging to the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa were killed by armed Hutu militias over the course of 100 days between April 7 and July 15, 1994.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
The violence began after a plane carrying Rwanda’s Hutu President, Juvenal Habyarimana, was shot down by unknown assailants.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 16 May 2024
In 1994, Hutu militias in Rwanda committed what was later ruled by the U.N. to be an ethnic genocide, with nearly 1 million mostly ethnic Tutsi slaughtered.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
The conflict is a legacy of multistate wars that played out in Congo after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which as many as 1 million people, mainly of the Tutsi ethnic group, were killed by Hutu extremists.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
Rwanda does not deny the allegations but has criticized DR Congo for collaborating with a Hutu militia group against a mainly Tutsi rebel group, the CNDP, which M23 grew out of.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Hutu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hutu. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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