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People of this ethnicity controlled cattle trade in the ubuhake system. (20[1])This ethnicity’s Nyiginya (“nyee-GEEN-yah”) clan were the ruling mwamis of a (20[1])kingdom whose last ruler, Kigeli (“kih-guh-lee”) V, lost power (20[1])in a revolution termed the “Wind of Destruction.” (20[1])A conflict between rebels of this ethnicity (20[1])and the MRND (20[2])was paused by the Arusha Accords. (20[2])During (20[1])Operation (*) Turquoise, the French (10[1])established (10[1])a (10[1])“safe (10[1])zone” (10[1])for this (10[1])ethnicity. (10[2])Paul (10[1])Rusesabagina (“roo-sess-ah-bah-GEE-nah”) allowed (10[2])people (10[1])of this ethnicity fleeing akazu to stay in his hotel. A leader of this ethnicity (10[1])named Paul Kagame (10[1])(“kah-GAH-may”) became president after a 1994 event in which Interahamwe (“in-tuhr-ah-HAHM-way”) militias murdered upwards of 500,000 people of this ethnicity. (10[1])For 10 points, name this ethnic group targeted by the Hutus (10[1])in the Rwandan (10[3])Genocide. (10[3])■END■ (10[4])

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