What is the Impuzamugambi?
Q: What is the Impuzamugambi?
A: The Impuzamugambi was a militia created in Rwanda in 1992.
Q: What does the term "Impuzamugambi" mean?
A: "Impuzamugambi" means "those with the same goal" in Kinyarwanda, Rwanda's official language.
Q: Who made up the Impuzamugambi?
A: The Impuzamugambi was made up of young people from an ethnic group called the Hutus.
Q: Was there a similar militia made up of young Hutus?
A: Yes, a similar militia called the Interahamwe was also made up of young Hutus.
Q: What was the main goal of the Impuzamugambi and the Interahamwe?
A: The main goal of the Impuzamugambi and the Interahamwe was to kill tens of thousands of Tutsis, members of another ethnic group, in the Rwandan genocide.
Q: Did these militias also kill some Hutus?
A: Yes, they also killed some Hutus who did not agree with the pro-Hutu government.
Q: When did the Rwandan genocide take place?
A: The Rwandan genocide took place in 1994.
