plural Hutu or Hutus
: a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Rwanda and Burundi
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In 1994, Hutu militias in Rwanda committed what was later ruled by the U.N. to be an ethnic genocide, with nearly 1 million mostly ethnic Tutsi slaughtered.
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
The conflict is a legacy of multistate wars that played out in Congo after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which as many as 1 million people, mainly of the Tutsi ethnic group, were killed by Hutu extremists.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
Rwanda does not deny the allegations but has criticized DR Congo for collaborating with a Hutu militia group against a mainly Tutsi rebel group, the CNDP, which M23 grew out of.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
Opus Hutu Located between Telluride and Silverton near the top of Ophir Pass in the San Juan Mountains, the Opus Hut was built for backcountry skiers, mountaineers, hikers and mountain bikers.
—Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
His family with Tatiana is mixed: Hutu and Tutsi, all jumbled up.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 July 2024
The assassination on April 6, 1994, of the Hutu leaders of Rwanda and Burundi — their aircraft was shot down on approach to Kigali airport — triggered the genocide carried out by Hutu extremists against Tutsis and moderate Hutus, which resulted in the loss of more than 800,000 lives.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
In 1994, ethnic Hutu extremists in Rwanda assassinated President Juvénal Habyarimana, triggering genocide against the Tutsi and mass killings of moderate Hutu and other groups.
—Judd Devermont, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
Deliberate attempts to wipe a people out is, whether Nazis attempt to wipe out all with Jewish blood or Hutu try to wipe out Tutsi in Rwanda.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
The conflict is a legacy of multistate wars that played out in Congo after the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which as many as 1 million people, mainly of the Tutsi ethnic group, were killed by Hutu extremists.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
Rwanda does not deny the allegations but has criticized DR Congo for collaborating with a Hutu militia group against a mainly Tutsi rebel group, the CNDP, which M23 grew out of.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
Opus Hutu Located between Telluride and Silverton near the top of Ophir Pass in the San Juan Mountains, the Opus Hut was built for backcountry skiers, mountaineers, hikers and mountain bikers.
—Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
His family with Tatiana is mixed: Hutu and Tutsi, all jumbled up.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 July 2024
The assassination on April 6, 1994, of the Hutu leaders of Rwanda and Burundi — their aircraft was shot down on approach to Kigali airport — triggered the genocide carried out by Hutu extremists against Tutsis and moderate Hutus, which resulted in the loss of more than 800,000 lives.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
In 1994, ethnic Hutu extremists in Rwanda assassinated President Juvénal Habyarimana, triggering genocide against the Tutsi and mass killings of moderate Hutu and other groups.
—Judd Devermont, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
Deliberate attempts to wipe a people out is, whether Nazis attempt to wipe out all with Jewish blood or Hutu try to wipe out Tutsi in Rwanda.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
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“Hutu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hutu. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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