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Hutu

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Hu·tu  (ht)
n. pl. Hutu or Hu·tus
A member of a Bantu people inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi.
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Noun1.Hutu - a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi
Burundi, Republic of Burundi - a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika
Ruanda, Rwanda, Rwandese Republic - a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony
Bantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa


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On November 10, 2006, a Catholic nun, Theophister Mukakibibi, was sentenced to thirty years in jail for helping Hutu militia to kill hundreds of Tutsis, who were hiding in a hospital, during Rwanda's 1994 genocide.
Catholic priest guilty of genocide by Catholic Insight
Their lives were abruptly torn apart when the Hutu militia Interahamwe and ordinary Hutu citizens began the genocide of an estimated 1 million Tutsis.
Left to Tell by Jackson-Hall, Anita / U.S. Catholic
In 1994, members of the ruling Hutu tribe of Rwanda used the assassination of their president as an excuse for genocide.
Stassen. Deogratias by Galuschak, George / Kliatt
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