Interahamwe
Sign in to saveThe 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
Key facts
- War Faction.name
- Interahamwe
- War Faction.war
- Rwandan genocideFirst Congo WarSecond Congo War
- War Faction.image
- 250px
- War Faction.caption
- Flag of the Interahamwe
- War Faction.leader1_title
- President
- War Faction.leader1_name
- Robert Kajuga
- War Faction.leader2_title
- Vice President
- War Faction.leader2_name
- Georges Rutaganda
- War Faction.leader3_title
- Other figures
- War Faction.leader3_name
- Augustin BizimunguTharcisse RenzahoIldéphonse HategekimanaIldéphonse NizeyimanaProtais MpiranyaCallixte NzabonimanaAloys Ndimbati
- War Faction.ideology
- Hutu PowerUltranationalismPro-Juvénal Habyarimana
- War Faction.position
- Far-right
- War Faction.area
- Jungles of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; formerly Rwanda
- War Faction.size
- 100,000 (1994)20,000 (1998)
- War Faction.allies
- Impuzamugambi (1996–1997) Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (1996–2001) (1998–2003) FDLR (2000–present)
- War Faction.opponents
- Rwandan Patriotic Front (1994) (1994–present) AFDL (1996–1997) (1996–present)
- War Faction.partof
- MRND
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- paramilitary organization
- Participant in
- 1994 Genocide against Tutsi
- Country
- Rwanda
- Image
- Flag of the Rwandan Democratic Movement.svg
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- inception
- 1990-00-00
- political alignment
- far-right politics
- native label
- Interahamwe
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A Interahamwe (: aqueles que estão junto ou aqueles que lutam junto) era a mais importante das milícias armadas pela maioria étnica Hutu de Ruanda e, junto com o , foi responsável pelas 800.000 mortes no Genocídio de Ruanda de 1994. Depois da importante libertação de Kigali (capital do país) pela (FPR), muitos membros do Interahamwe fugiram para os países vizinhos, principalmente para o antigo Zaire, hoje República Democrática do Congo. Dissolvido não oficialmente, os membros ainda tomam parte em invasões da beira, como aquelas aquele conduziram às primeiras e segundas guerras do Congo. Uma vez a Interahamwe tendo se movido para Zaire, ela e os soldados do ex-governo Hutu começaram a ser conhecidos como Rassemblement Démocratique derramar le Rwanda (aproximadamente, Reunião Democrática de Ruanda). Depois do recrutamento de números significativos de Hutus do Congo a organização passou a ser conhecida como Exército de Libertação de Ruanda (ALiR).
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