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The '''Akazu''' was an informal group of [[Hutu Power]] adherents who participated in and planned the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. Many of the members were friends or relatives of [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] or [[Agathe Habyarimana|his wife]] and belonged to the ruling [[MRND]] party. They were often referred to as the Zero Network because they wanted a Rwanda with zero Tutsis. | The '''Akazu''' was an informal group of [[Hutu Power]] adherents who participated in and planned the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. Many of the members were friends or relatives of [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] or [[Agathe Habyarimana|his wife]] and belonged to the ruling [[MRND]] party. They were often referred to as the Zero Network because they wanted a Rwanda with zero Tutsis. | ||
The word ''akazu'' is Kinyarwanda for "little house". | The word ''akazu'' is Kinyarwanda for "little house". | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Akazu were relatives of Habyarimana's and others he knew from his Northern Rwanda district; they held important appointed positions of authority in the Hutu regime. The Akazu did not wish to share government with the Tutsis (particularly | The Akazu were relatives of Habyarimana's and others he knew from his Northern Rwanda district; they held important appointed positions of authority in the Hutu regime. The Akazu did not wish to share government with the Tutsis (particularly the resident in Uganda) or moderate Hutus. They contributed to the development of Hutu Power ideology and fanned resentment against the Tutsi during the early 1990's following the outbreak of the [[Civil War|civil war]]. | ||
Some scholars believe their [[genocide|genocidal]] ideology and massacres were an effort to hold on to the political power they had gathered since Habyarimana came to power in a military coup against the elected government. | Some scholars believe their [[genocide|genocidal]] ideology and massacres were an effort to hold on to the political power they had gathered since Habyarimana came to power in a military coup against the elected government. | ||
== Members == | == Members == | ||
* | * Agathe Habyarimana (leader) | ||
* [[Protais Zigiranyriazo]] | * [[Protais Zigiranyriazo]] | ||
* [[Elie Sagatwa]] | * [[Elie Sagatwa]] | ||
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[[Category:Government support]] | [[Category:Government support]] | ||
[[Category:Teams]] | [[Category:Teams]] | ||