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Congolese Genocide
Congo Genocide may refer to: * Atrocities in the Congo Free State (1885–1908) * Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War (1996–1997) * ''Effacer le tableau'' (2002–2003), a genocide of Mbuti people during the Second Congo War See also * List of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo This is a list of all massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. List References External links * * {{Massacres Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocrati ... * :Human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrocities In The Congo Free State
In the period from 1885 to 1908, many well-documented atrocities were perpetrated in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) which, at the time, was a state under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of the Belgians. These atrocities were particularly associated with the labour policies used to collect natural rubber for export. Together with epidemic disease, famine, and a falling birth rate caused by these disruptions, the atrocities contributed to a sharp decline in the Congolese population. The magnitude of the population fall over the period is disputed, with modern estimates ranging from 1.5 million to 13 million. At the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885, the European powers allocated most of the Congo Basin region to a supposedly philanthropic organisation run by Leopold II, who had long held ambitions for colonial expansion. The territory under Leopold's control exceeded ; amid financial problems, it was directed by a tiny cadre of administrator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacres Of Hutus During The First Congo War
Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War refers to the mass killing of Rwandan, Congolese, and Burundian Hutu men, women, and children in villages and refugee camps then hunted down while fleeing across the territory of Democratic Republic of Congo from October 1996 to May 1997. Background In October 1996, during the First Congo War, troops of the Rwanda-backed Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre (AFDL) attacked refugee camps in Eastern DRC, home to 527,000 and 718,000 Hutu refugees in South-Kivu and North-Kivu respectively. Elements of the AFDL and, more so, of the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) systematically shelled numerous camps and committed massacres with light weapons. These early attacks cost the lives of 6,8008,000 refugees and forced the repatriation of 500,000700,000 refugees back to Rwanda. As survivors fled westward of the DRC, the AFDL units hunted them down and attacked their makeshift camps, killing thousands more. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Effacer Le Tableau
''Effacer le tableau'' (, literally "erase the board" or "clean the slate") was the operational name given to the systematic extermination of the Bambuti pygmies by rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). History The extermination was carried out by soldiers from the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), who became known to locals as ''les effaceurs'' ("the erasers"), and troops from the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD-N). The primary objective of ''Effacer le tableau'' was the territorial conquest of the North Kivu province of the DRC and ethnic cleansing of Pygmies from the Congo's eastern region whose population numbered 90,000 by 2002. The Bambuti were targeted specifically as the rebels considered them " subhuman", and it was believed by the rebels that the flesh of the Bambuti held "magical powers". There were also reports of cannibalism Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food. Canniba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Massacres In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
This is a list of all massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. List References External links * * {{Massacres Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ... Massacres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
