Interahamwe militias

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Hutu extremist group militia paramilitary organization

The Interahamwe militias were Hutu extremist paramilitary groups from Rwanda, notorious for their central role in the 1994 genocide against Tutsis and subsequent involvement in regional conflicts in Central Africa.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Interahamwe 2
Interahamwe militia 2
Interahamwe militias canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hutu extremist group ⓘ
militia ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeIn Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Great Lakes Region of Africa ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes region of Africa

Rwanda ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Interahamwe militias ⓘ
surface form: Interahamwe
countryOfOrigin Rwanda ⓘ
designation armed group ⓘ
genocidal organization ⓘ
dispersedTo eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after 1994 ⓘ
refugee camps in Zaire after 1994 ⓘ
ethnicity Hutu ⓘ
formedAs youth wing of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ⓘ
ideology Hutu ⓘ
surface form: Hutu Power

ethnic extremism ⓘ
involvedIn First Congo War ⓘ
Rwandan Civil War ⓘ
Second Congo War ⓘ
post-genocide insurgency in northwestern Rwanda ⓘ
languageOfName Kinyarwanda ⓘ
meaningOfName those who stand together ⓘ
notableFor central role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ
opposedGroup Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ
Tutsi population in Rwanda ⓘ
perpetrated genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda ⓘ
massacres of Tutsi civilians ⓘ
massacres of moderate Hutus ⓘ
politicalAffiliation MRND ⓘ
National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
responsibleFor crimes against humanity ⓘ
large-scale human rights violations ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
subjectOf prosecutions by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ
successorOrganization Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
supportedBy Hutu extremist politicians in Rwanda ⓘ
elements of the Rwandan government before 1994 ⓘ
targetedGroup Tutsi ⓘ
surface form: Tutsis

moderate Hutus ⓘ
timeOfMajorActivity 1994 ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
late 1990s in eastern Congo ⓘ
timePeriod 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ
usedTactics forced displacement ⓘ
machete attacks ⓘ
mass killings ⓘ
roadblocks to identify and kill victims ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Congo War → involvedParty → Interahamwe militias ⓘ
1994 Rwandan genocide → perpetrator → Interahamwe militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interahamwe militia
1994 Rwandan genocide → plannedBy → Interahamwe militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hutu Power extremists
1994 Rwandan genocide → organizedBy → Interahamwe militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interahamwe
Interahamwe militias → alsoKnownAs → Interahamwe militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interahamwe
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire → opposedBy → Interahamwe militias ⓘ
Rwandan Civil War → belligerent → Interahamwe militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interahamwe militia
Burundian Civil War → primaryBelligerent → Interahamwe militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hutu rebel groups