Interahamwe definition

Interahamwe means armed militias who carried out genocide in Rwanda in 1994. ABBREVIATIONS ADF Allied Democratic Forces FDD Forces for the Defence of Democracy in Burundi FUNA Former Uganda National Army LRA Lord's Resistance Army UNRF II Uganda National Rescue Front II UN United Nations Organisation PAU Organisation of African Unity RCD Congolese Rally for Democracy MLC Movement for the Liberation of Congo SADC Southern Africa Development Community DRC Democratic Republic of Congo JMC Joint Military Commission ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent FAC Congolese Armed Forces WNBF West Nile Bank Front UNITA National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
Interahamwe means armed militias who carried out genocide in Rwanda in 1994. ABBREVIATIONS ADF Allied Democratic Forces FDD Forces for the Defence of Democracy in Burundi FUNA Former Uganda National Army LRA Lord's Resistance Army UNRF II Uganda National Rescue Front II UN United Nations Organisation PAU Organisation of African Unity RCD Congolese Rally for Democracy MLC Movement for the Liberation of Congo SADC Southern Africa Development Community DRC Democratic Republic of Congo JMC Joint Military Commission ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent FAC Congolese Armed Forces WNBF West Nile Bank Front UNITA National Union for the Total Independence of Angola NALU National Army for the Liberation of Uganda Updates | Frequent Questions | Contact Us | Email this Page | Subject Index | Search The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, manages this site as a portal for information from the U.S. State Department. External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein. About xxxxx.xxx | Privacy Notice | FOIA | Copyright Information | Other U.S. Government Information
Interahamwe which means “those who fight together,” was one of the militias responsible for massacres during the genocide. Since 1994, the name, “Interahamwe,” has also been applied to armed opposition against the new

Examples of Interahamwe in a sentence

  • He said that Barayagwiza organized CDR meetings in Gisenyi.197 Prosecution Witness Omar Serushago, an Interahamwe leader from Gisenyi, testified that Barayagwiza was the Chairman of CDR in Gisenyi prefecture and Barnabé Samvura was Chairman of the CDR youth wing in Gisenyi and chair in Gisenyi town.

  • The Interahamwe would compete with the youth wings of opposition political parties and recruit members for the MRND.

  • Witness AAJ described hiding in the ceiling of a milk plant on 7 April 1994 when the Interahamwe and soldiers threw grenades and shot into the room.

  • The recruitment and training of militia, particularly the Interahamwe, in the use of firearms and other weapons increased during 1993 and early 1994.

  • The man in the Rwandan army responsible for the training in Kigali, where the largest number of recruits were trained, estimated in early January 1994 that the 1,700 Interahamwe at his command, who were organized in groups of forty throughout the city, could kill 1,000 Tutsi in twenty minutes.

  • Among these friends, Rangira mentioned Robert Kajuga, President of the Interahamwe, who told him that a meeting had been organized to find ways of supporting Kangura.

  • He went to Butare, Gitarama, and Kigali, passing through hundreds of roadblocks – some military roadblocks, some Interahamwe roadblocks and some CDR roadblocks.

  • The Defence pointed out that, according to prosecution witness R, Akayesu had been so harassed by the Interahamwe that at one point he had had to flee Taba commune.

  • The Defence concedes that a genocide occurred in Rwanda and that massacres of Tutsi took place in Taba Commune, but it argues that the Accused was helpless to prevent them, being outnumbered and overpowered by one Silas Kubwimana and the Interahamwe.

  • Regarding the Gishyeshye meeting of 19 April 1994, the Defence argued that the accused was forced by the Interahamwe to read a document which allegedly mentioned the names of RPF accomplices, but that the accused tried to dissuade the population from being incited by the document, arguing that the mere appearance of names on a list did not mean that the persons named were accomplices of the RPF.


More Definitions of Interahamwe

Interahamwe means armed militias who carried out genocide in Rwanda in 1994. ABBREVIATIONS ADF Allied Democratic Forces FDD Forces for the Defence of Democracy in Burundi FUNA Former Uganda National Army LRA Lord's Resistance Army UNRF II Uganda National Rescue Front II UN United Nations Organisation PAU Organisation of African Unity RCD Congolese Rally for Democracy MLC Movement for the Liberation of Congo SADC Southern Africa Development Community DRC Democratic Republic of Congo JMC Joint Military Commission ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent FAC Congolese Armed Forces WNBF West Nile Bank Front

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