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==Villainy==

*Infamously, during the [[First Congo War]], Kagame allowed troops of the Rwanda-backed [[Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo]] to [[murder]] Hutu civilians in retaliation for the Rwandan Genocide, with the "official" reason for doing so being to eradicate any [[Interahamwe]] fugitives; however, many of those targeted in these attacks were not Interahamwe members at all.

**Most notably, assaults on Hutu refugee camps and the slaughter of Hutus fleeing the assaults, which were committed with permission from Kagame, were deemed an act of [[Genocide|genocide]].

**Most notably, assaults on Hutu refugee camps and the slaughter of Hutus fleeing the assaults, which were committed with permission from Kagame, were deemed an act of [[Genocide|genocide]]. This could also be considered [[collective punishment]] against Hutus.

**As part of the invasion, Kagame sponsored two controversial rebel wars in Zaire. The Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed rebels won the first war (1996–97), installing [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]] as president in place of dictator [[Mobutu Sese Seko]] and renaming the country as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The second war was launched in 1998 against Kabila, and later his son [[Joseph Kabila|Joseph]], following the DRC government's expulsion of Rwandan and Ugandan military forces from the country.

**Although Kagame's primary reason for the two wars in the Congo was Rwanda's security, he was alleged to gain economic benefit by exploiting the mineral wealth of the eastern Congo. The 2001 United Nations ''Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo'' alleged that Kagame, along with Ugandan President Museveni, were "on the verge of becoming the godfathers of the illegal exploitation of natural resources and the continuation of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo".

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 ==Villainy==
 *Infamously, during the [[First Congo War]], Kagame allowed troops of the Rwanda-backed [[Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo]] to [[murder]] Hutu civilians in retaliation for the Rwandan Genocide, with the "official" reason for doing so being to eradicate any [[Interahamwe]] fugitives; however, many of those targeted in these attacks were not Interahamwe members at all.
-**Most notably, assaults on Hutu refugee camps and the slaughter of Hutus fleeing the assaults, which were committed with permission from Kagame, were deemed an act of [[Genocide|genocide]].
+**Most notably, assaults on Hutu refugee camps and the slaughter of Hutus fleeing the assaults, which were committed with permission from Kagame, were deemed an act of [[Genocide|genocide]]. This could also be considered [[collective punishment]] against Hutus.
 **As part of the invasion, Kagame sponsored two controversial rebel wars in Zaire. The Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed rebels won the first war (1996–97), installing [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]] as president in place of dictator [[Mobutu Sese Seko]] and renaming the country as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The second war was launched in 1998 against Kabila, and later his son [[Joseph Kabila|Joseph]], following the DRC government's expulsion of Rwandan and Ugandan military forces from the country.
 **Although Kagame's primary reason for the two wars in the Congo was Rwanda's security, he was alleged to gain economic benefit by exploiting the mineral wealth of the eastern Congo. The 2001 United Nations ''Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo'' alleged that Kagame, along with Ugandan President Museveni, were "on the verge of becoming the godfathers of the illegal exploitation of natural resources and the continuation of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo".