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Rebel groups in Rwanda

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Interahamwe
The Interahamwe (, ) is a Hutu paramilitary organization active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The Interahamwe was formed around 1990, as the youth wing of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND according to its French name), the then-ruling party of Rwanda, and enjoyed the backing of the Hutu Power government. The Interahamwe, led by Robert Kajuga, were the main perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide, during which an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsi, Twa, and moderate Hutus were killed from April to July 1994, and the term "Interahamwe" was
Rwandan Patriotic Front
political party in Rwanda
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
far-right Hutu armed rebel group active in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Impuzamugambi
The Impuzamugambi (, "those with the same goal") was a Hutu militia in Rwanda formed in 1992. Together with the Interahamwe militia, which formed earlier and had more members, the Impuzamugambi was responsible for many of the deaths of Tutsis and moderate Hutus during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda
rebel group largely composed of former members of the Interahamwe and Rwandan Armed Forces, was operating mostly in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo along the border with Rwanda
Akazu
The Akazu (, little house) was an informal organization of elite Hutu extremists whose members contributed strongly to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. A circle of relatives and close friends of Rwanda's then-president Juvénal Habyarimana and his influential wife Agathe Habyarimana, they were also called the Zero Network, for their goal of a Rwanda with zero Tutsi.