Tutsi
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For Congolese former deputy Enoch Ruberangabo, who comes from an ethnic Tutsi community in the restive east, Mobutu was a leader who "allowed community tensions to fester".
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
That being said, experts and organisations like the UN have documented decades of discrimination against Congolese Tutsis and the Banyamulenge - a Tutsi sub-group concentrated in the South Kivu province.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
Prior to colonisation, part of the territory that is now DR Congo was subject to the Rwandan monarchy, which is Tutsi.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
They also wanted the hundreds and thousands of Tutsi refugees who had been forced from the country by ethnic violence to be able to return home.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025
Rwanda: In 1959, three years before independence, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus overthrew the ruling Tutsi king.
From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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