Hutu and Tutsi: The history behind the divide
He also says the Belgian administration later moved Kinyarwanda-speaking people, including Hutu and Tutsi, from Rwanda and Burundi to parts of eastern Congo as migrant labourers.
In 1933, the Belgian administration conducted a census in Rwanda and later introduced identity cards that classified people as Hutu, Tutsi or Twa, according to Ndahiro.
The killings followed years of political tension and a civil war between Rwanda’s Hutu-led government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a Tutsi-led rebel movement headed by Paul Kagame.
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