Hutu Power was an ideology propounded by the Hutu extremists in Rwanda. It contributed to the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 against the Tutsi and moderate Hutu. Hutu Power political parties and movements included the Akazu, the Coalition for the Defence of the Republic and its Impuzamugambi paramilitary militia, and the governing National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development and its Interahamwe paramilitary militia.
Read more about Hutu Power: Ideology, Formation of Hutu Power, Under Habyarimana, Voices of Hutu Power, Mobilization For Genocide, Aftermath
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