15/08/2026

Tutsi and Banyamulenge in the DRC: Sixty Years of Persecution

Tutsi and Banyamulenge in the DRC: Sixty Years of Persecution

For more than sixty years, the Tutsi and Banyamulenge communities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have endured exclusion, pogroms and massacres — from the Simba rebellion of the 1960s and the Gatumba massacre of 2004 to the impunity that persists today. Tuzafrika is publishing an in-depth investigation retracing this too-often-overlooked history, drawing on direct testimony and verified sources. Read the full investigation. Read the full investigation.