Hutu Rebels: Exile Warriors in the Eastern Congo

by Anna Hedlund

In 1994, almost one million ethnic Tutsis were killed in the genocide in Rwanda. In the aftermath of the genocide, some of the top-echelon Hutu officers who had organized it fled Rwanda to the eastern Congo (DRC) and set up a new base for military operation, with the goal of retaking power in Kigali, Rwanda. More than twenty years later, these rebel forces comprise a diverse group of refugees, rebel fighters, and civilian dependents who operate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081225144X
• ISBN13: 9780812251449
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"