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[[ | {{Villain_Infobox | ||
|image =Akazu.jpg | |||
|fullname =Akazu | |||
|alias = "Little House"<br>Zero Network<br>''Le Clan de Madame'' | |||
|origin =Rwanda | |||
|occupation = | |||
|type of villain = Genocidal Extremists | |||
|goals = Exterminate all Tutsis in Rwanda (failed) | |||
|crimes =[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]] | |||
|hobby = | |||
}} | |||
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' | The word ''akazu'' is Kinyarwanda for "little house". | ||
==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 [[Paul Kagame]]'s rebels) 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. | |||
== Members == | == Members == | ||
* Agathe Habyarimana (leader) | * [[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]] | ||
[[Category:Rwanda]] | |||
[[Category:Misogynists]] | |||
[[Category:Misanthropes]] | |||
[[Category:Supremacists]] |