History Rwana

Question 1

Akazu

Answer 1

part of the Hutu Power movement. this was the inner circle, or elite in the Rwandan government who supported Habyarimana. Determined to use any means, including genocide, to hold on to power

Question 2

CDR

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coalition for the Defense of the Republic: A Hutu Power organization formed in 1992 by hardliners from the MRND

Question 3

Gacaca

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a community court system in Rwanda, recreated in 1999 to try to handle the large number of court cases concerning those who participated in the genocide

Question 4

ICTR

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, created after the 1994 genocide. Purpose was to try those guilty for leading the genocide

Question 5

Impuzamugambi

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Part of the Hutu Power Movement. Would be largely responsible for the genocide of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in 1994

Question 6

Interahamwe

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Part of the Hutu Power Movement. Began as a youth wing of the MRND. Would become largely responsible for the genocide of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in 1994. Means “those who word together” in Kinyarwanda

Question 7

Inyenzi

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“cockroach” in Kinyarwanda. Became a derogatory term used by the Hutu to describe the Tutsi

Question 8

Kangura

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Hutu magazine, part of the Hutu Power propaganda machine

Question 9

Kinyarwanda

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common language spoken by Tutsi, Hutu and Twa

Question 10

MRND

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National Revolutionary Movement for Development. President Habyarimana’s political party. Hutu organization

Question 11

Mutzinzi Report

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an investigation by the Rwandan government completed in 2007 concerning the 1994 shooting down of Habyarimana’s plane

Question 12

Network Zero

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a combination of various Hutu Power people and movements. “zero” refers to how many Tutsi they want to remain alive

Question 13

PAREMEHUTU

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Party for the Emancipation of the Hutus, created in 1957

Question 14

RPF

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Rwandan Patriotic Front, Tutsi rebel group formed after the 1959 revolution by Tutsis living as refugees outside of Rwanda. Would later be led by Paul Kagame

Question 15

RTLM

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Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines, a propaganda machine run by the Hutu Power Movement

Question 16

UNAMIR

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United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

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UNAR

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National Rwandese Union, Tutsi political party created by 1959

Question 18

UNHCR

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United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees

Question 19

Agathe Uwilingiyimana

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Moderate Hutu. Prime minister of Rwanda. killed at the beginning of the genocide. should have been the one to take power after Habyarimana’s death

Question 20

Theodore Sindikubwabo

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Interim president of Rwanda. Appointed by Hutu Power leadership as a puppet leader

Question 21

Paul Kagame

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Tutsi, commander of the RPF

Question 22

Gregoire Kayibanda

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Hutu. President of Rwanda 1963-1973. overthrown by a military coup and died under mysterious circumstances

Question 23

Juvenal Habyarimana

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Hutu. President of Rwanda in 1973-1994. Gained power after a military coup. His assassination was a trigger for the 1994 genocide

Question 24

Romeo Dallaire

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Brigadier General from Canada, in command of the UN mission to Rwanda in 1994

Question 25

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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Secretary General of the UN during the Rwandan Genocide. from Egypt

Question 26

Pasteur Bizimungu

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A moderate Hutu who left the Habyarimana government in 1990. Eventually joined the RPF. Becomes the first president of the new post-genocide Rwandan government, with Paul Kagame as his VP

Question 27

Theoneste Bagasora

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Colonel in the Rwandan Army, Rwanda’s Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense. Leader in the Hutu Power movement