He is a member of the Tutsi ethnic group.

Those slain this morning were thought to be members of the Tutsi ethnic group who had fled from eastern Congo.

A new Government dominated by the Tutsi ethnic group took power that month but has barely begun to rebuild the country.

Kinigi was born in 1952, and is a member of the Tutsi ethnic group.

Her husband, with whom she had five children, was also a member of the Tutsi ethnic group.

For many members of the Tutsi ethnic group, which was the target in the massacres, this is no longer the case.

Though a member of the Tutsi ethnic group, he tends to downplay the importance of his ethnicity.

"They decided to use the Tutsi ethnic group of the Banyamulenge as pretext."

Last summer, he purged his leadership of advisers from the Tutsi ethnic group who helped him to power.

Relations with the Tutsi group were strained, reflected in their boycotting of the legislative session due to consider the proposal.