rwanda terms

ib history hl,, conflict and intervention

akazu

akazu

part of the hutu power movement. this was the inner circle, or elite, in the rwandan government who supported habyarimana. determined to use any means, including genocide, to hold onto power.

cdr

coalition for the defense of the republic: a hutu power organisation formed in 1992 by hardliners from the mrnd

gacaca

a community court system in rwanda, recreated in 1999 to try to handle the large number or court cases concerning those who participated in the genocide.

ictr

international criminal tribunal for rwanda, created after the 1994 genocide. purpose was to try those guilty for leading the genocide.

impuzamugambi

part of the hutu power movement. would be largely responsible for the genocide of tutsi and moderate hutu in 1994.

interahamwe

part of the hutu power movement. began as a youth wing of the mrnd. would become largely responsible for the genocide if tutsi and moderate hutu in 1994. means “those who work together” in kinyarwanda.

inyenzi

“cockroach” in kinyarwanda. became a derogatory term used by the hutu to describe the tutsi.

kangura

hutu magazine, part if the hutu power propaganda machine

kinyarwanda

common language spoken by tutsi, hutu, and twa

mrnd

national revolutionary movement for development. president habyarimana’s political party. hutu organisation

mutzini report

an investigation by the rwandan government completed in 2007 concerning the 1994 shooting down of habiyarimana’s plane

network zero

a combination of various hutu power people and movements. “zero” refers ti how many tutsi they want to remain alive.

paremehutu

party for the emancipation of the hutus, created 1957

rpf

rwandan patriotic front, tutsi rebel group formed after the 1959 revolution by tutsis living as refugees outside of rwanda. would later be led by paul kagame.

rtlm

radio television libre des mille collines, a propaganda machine run by the hutu power movement

unamir

united nations assistance mission for rwanda

unar

national rwandese union, tutsi political party creates in 1959

unhcr

united nations high commissioner for refugees

theoneste bagasora

colonel in the rwandan army, rwanda’s chiefs of staff of the ministry of defence. leader in the hutu power movement

pasteur bizimungu

a moderate hutu who left the habyarimana government in 1990. eventually joined the rpf. becomes the first president of the new post-genocide rwandan government, with paul kagame as his vp

boutros boutros-ghali

secretary general of the un during the rwandan genocide. from egypt.

romeo dallaire

brigadier general from canada, in command of the un mission to rwanda in 1994

juvenal habyarimana

hutu. president of rwanda in 1973-1994. gained power after a military coup. his assassination was a trigger for the 1994 genocide.

paul kagams

tutsi. commander of the rpf

gregoire kayibanda

hutu. president of rwana 1963-1973. overthrown by a military coup, and died under mysterious circumstances

theodore sindikubwabo

interim president of rwanda. appointed by hutu power leadership as a puppet leader

agathe uwilingiyimana

moderate hutu. prime minister of rwanda. killed at the beginning of the genocide. should have been the one to take power after habyarimana’s death