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Tutsi

American

[toot-see] / ˈtut si /

noun

plural

Tutsis,

plural

Tutsi

a member of a very tall, slender, cattle-raising people of Rwanda and Burundi.

Tutsi British

/ ˈtuːtsɪ /

noun

a member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi, probably a Nilotic people

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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

But unlike Rwanda, which is headed by a Tutsi president, the majority Hutus are in power in Burundi.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 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

Meanwhile, Tutsi refugees began arriving in DR Congo, fleeing waves of ethnic violence in Rwanda and Burundi.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

In 1959, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi monarch.

From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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