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The True Story Behind the Rwandan and Congolese Genocides (Part III)
02 March 2011
Published in
March 2011, No.70
The 1959 social revolution in Rwanda saw the deposition of the Tutsi monarchy and aristocracy and the freeing of the majority Hutu population from serfdom. Following this, the Rwandan military became a multiethnic army composed of both Hutus and Tutsis.