Editing Interahamwe (section)

==Organization and history==
[[Robert Kajuga (Interahamwe)|Robert Kajuga]], a half<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/Geno4-7-03.htm|title="Leave None to Tell the Story": Genocide in Rwanda|year=1999|website=[[Human Rights Watch]]|quote=The militia was directed by a national committee that included Jerry Robert Kajuga, president (himself the son of a Tutsi father and Hutu mother),|access-date=2020-01-12|archive-date=2023-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110224426/https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/Geno4-7-03.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tutsi]] (unusual for this group),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/feb/16/rwanda.film |work=The Guardian |first=Jeevan |last=Vasagar |title=The hotel that saved hundreds from genocide |date=16 February 2005 |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110224426/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/feb/16/rwanda.film |url-status=live }}</ref> was the president of the Interahamwe. The vice president of Interahamwe was [[Georges Rutaganda]].{{Fact|date=February 2025}} The Interahamwe was formed from groups of young people of the [[MRND]] party. They carried out the [[Rwandan genocide]] against the Tutsis in 1994.

The radio station [[RTLM]], founded by Rwandan president [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] and his wife, was popular amongst the Interahamwe for its decidedly pro-Hutu agenda, among other things. From October 1993 to late 1994, it was used as an outlet for extremists to release ethnocentric and xenophobic propaganda targeted at the Tutsis, moderate Hutus and [[Belgians]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/research/migs/resources/rwanda-radio-transcripts.html|title=Rwanda radio transcripts|website=www.concordia.ca|access-date=2017-02-28|archive-date=2021-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727232126/https://www.concordia.ca/research/migs/resources/rwanda-radio-transcripts.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Often it encouraged the ongoing acts of genocide by promoting fear among the Hutus that the Tutsis would massacre them, and broadcasting the positions of Tutsis hiding or attempting to flee.<ref name=":0" />

Following the invasion of the Rwandan capital [[Kigali]] by the Tutsi [[Rwandese Patriotic Front|Rwandan Patriotic Front]] (RPF), many Rwandan civilians and members of the Interahamwe fled to neighbouring countries, most notably to what at the time was [[Zaire]], now [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], and [[Tanzania]]. [[Sudan]] welcomed former Interahamwe to [[Juba]], and in March 1998, Colonel [[Tharcisse Renzaho]], the former prefect of Kigali, and Colonel [[Aloys Ntiwiragabo]], the former Rwandan Presidential Guard commander, arrived in Juba from Nairobi to organize them.<ref>[[Gérard Prunier]], ''From Genocide to Continental War: The "Congolese" Conflict and the Crisis of Contemporary Africa'', C. Hurst & Co, 2009, {{ISBN|1-85065-523-5}}, p. 193</ref> It has been nearly impossible to bring the Interahamwe to justice because they did not wear uniforms or have a clearly organized group of followers. They were the neighbours, friends and co-workers of Tutsis. Throughout the war, members of the Interahamwe moved into camps of refugees and the internally displaced. There the victims were mixed in with the enemy making it difficult to prosecute members of the Interahamwe. But the [[Gacaca court]] was put in place to at least attempt to get the killers in jail. It has seen criticism from many different sources for being flawed with the judges having inadequate training and many different parties in the court system being corrupt. This problem has led to many innocent people being put in jail and has caused the prisons to become overcrowded.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

During the war, millions of Rwandan [[Hutu]] refugees fled to [[Zaire]] (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), along with many members of the Interahamwe, Presidential Guard and the Rwandan Government Forces (RGF). Following the recruitment of significant numbers of Congolese Hutu the organisation took the name [[Armée de Libération du Rwanda]] (ALiR).{{Citation needed|date=September 2013}} With the [[Paul Kagame|Kagame]] regime still in power, members still take part in border raids from the refugee camps.{{Fact|date=February 2025}}