The wind of destruction began in Rwanda in 1959, following the beating up of Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa by Tutsi forces.

The bodies were near Camp Tshatshi, one of two main barracks in Kinshasa where Tutsi forces are garrisoned.

Today, there was fear that Tutsi forces may be preparing a military coup.

This left the extremist Tutsi in exile as the only remaining Tutsi political force in the region, and prime targets for future demonization.

In 1994, about a million Rwandan Hutu refugees poured into Zaire, fleeing an advancing Tutsi force that eventually took control in Rwanda.

About 1.2 million Hutu flooded into Zaire in 1994 to escape the largely Tutsi forces that gained control of Rwanda.

The president signed a law in January 2005 to initiate a new national army, consisting of Tutsi military forces and all but one Hutu rebel groups.

More than a million Hutu flooded out of Rwanda and into Zaire in 1994, just ahead of an advancing Tutsi force.

The violence began in November 1959, following the beating up of a Hutu politician, Dominique Mbonyumutwa by Tutsi forces.

The mass killings ended when Tutsi forces drove out the Hutu and established a new Government.