Hutu

Jeff Chu of Fast Company explores Rwanda President Paul Kagame’s attempts to bust traditional aid models, court western investors, and to turn Rwanda from an impoverished nation into a powerful, popular brand. On The Takeaway.

A new report by a Rwandan commission has accused former French presidents, prime Ministers and the French military of actively participating in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. The report accuses French troops of direct involvement in killings and rapes and of training the Hutu soldiers responsible for wiping out 800,000 Rwandans in 100 days.

The FDLR is a militia group made up of former Rwandan Hutus who fled to the neighboring DR Congo after the 1994 genocide. The BBC’s Peter Greste reports on the connection between some of the ongoing violence in Congo and an FDLR leader based in Germany.

The World’s Marco Werman has details on the 15-year sentence handed to Rwandan singer Simon Bikindi for his role in the country’s 1994 genocide.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country again in turmoil. The latest violence involves a rebel general named Laurent Nkunda. Nkunda’s managed to take over large swathes of eastern Congo with a small band of well-trained soldiers.