Topic information | |
| Name: | Interahamwe militia |
| More information: | Meaning in Kinyarwanda "those who stick together," the Interahamwe was the militia of the Mouvement Révolutionaire National pour le Développement, a Hutu youth organization connected to the Mouvement Républicain National pour la Démocratie et le Développement (MRND). It played a leading role in the massacre, torture, and mistreatment of Tutsis during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. Founded in 1990 and initially receiving training from the French, the Interahamwe's members and cells supervised by Joseph Nzirorera, secretary-general of the MRND, and its daily operations were organized by Interahamwe vice president George Rutaganda. The head of the National Interahamwe was Jerry Robert Kajuga. |
Gacaca
Kwibuka
Mapping Memory & Genocide
Unity and Reconciliation
Young People and Peace Building