plural Hutu or Hutus
: a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Rwanda and Burundi
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The attacks targeted mostly ethnic Hutu villagers, according to Human Rights Watch, as part of an apparent military campaign by the M23 against the Hutu extremist militia Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR.
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Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 20 Aug. 2025
The conflict can be traced to the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where Hutu militias killed between 500,000 and 1 million ethnic Tutsi, as well as moderate Hutus and Twa, Indigenous people.
—Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Rwanda’s involvement in Congo is partly driven by long-running ethnic tensions and its desire to contain the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an extremist Hutu group fighting alongside the Congolese army.
—Michela Wrong, NBC news, 6 June 2025
In 1994, as many as one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in 100 days of the atrocities, and thousands more were injured.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The genocide started April 7, 1994, a day after the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi died in a missile attack on their aircraft, when moderate Hutu prime minister of Rwanda, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, and her husband were killed by Rwandan soldiers.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
Speaking in French, Swahili and Kinyarwanda — the language of Rwanda and of many Congolese Hutu and Tutsi — the leaders vowed to march on Kinshasa.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting ethnic Hutu fighters responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
—Janvier Barhahiga and Monika Pronczuk The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The group is mostly made up of ethnic Tutsi who claim to be fighting for their minority group’s rights in the majority-ethnic Hutu country.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
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Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 20 Aug. 2025
The conflict can be traced to the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where Hutu militias killed between 500,000 and 1 million ethnic Tutsi, as well as moderate Hutus and Twa, Indigenous people.
—Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Rwanda’s involvement in Congo is partly driven by long-running ethnic tensions and its desire to contain the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an extremist Hutu group fighting alongside the Congolese army.
—Michela Wrong, NBC news, 6 June 2025
In 1994, as many as one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in 100 days of the atrocities, and thousands more were injured.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The genocide started April 7, 1994, a day after the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi died in a missile attack on their aircraft, when moderate Hutu prime minister of Rwanda, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, and her husband were killed by Rwandan soldiers.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
Speaking in French, Swahili and Kinyarwanda — the language of Rwanda and of many Congolese Hutu and Tutsi — the leaders vowed to march on Kinshasa.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Rwanda has accused Congo of enlisting ethnic Hutu fighters responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
—Janvier Barhahiga and Monika Pronczuk The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The group is mostly made up of ethnic Tutsi who claim to be fighting for their minority group’s rights in the majority-ethnic Hutu country.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Hutu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hutu. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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