Kangura
| Kangura
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| Area of Expertise | Politics , propaganda |
| language | French and Kinyarwanda |
| First edition | May 1990 |
| attitude | 1995 |
| Frequency of publication | twice a month |
| Sold edition | 1,500–3,000 copies |
| editor | Hassan Ngeze |
Kangura ( Kinyarwanda : Wake Them Up ) was an extremist Hutu newspaper in Rwanda , which was founded in 1990 on the initiative of Agathe Habyarimana by Hassan Ngeze as a competitor to Kanguka ( Wake Up ) of the opposing RPF . The newspaper appeared in a format similar to Kanguka in French and Kinyarwanda and fueled resentment against Tutsi in the run-up to the genocide in Rwanda .
She usually referred to them as inyenzi ("cockroaches") or as inkotanyi ("warriors"), who supposedly planned conspiracies against the Hutu. Kangura also issued a special issue with the “Ten Hutu Commandments”, which called on the Hutu to stand together against the “enemies” and declared every Hutu to be a traitor who married, employed or supported Tutsi or who spoke out against Hutu extremist ideology.
The newspaper published lists of the names of the Tutsi and moderate Hutu to be killed. Such lists of names were demonstrably used by soldiers and militias to commit massacres during the genocide .
Kangura editor Ngeze was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 2003 for his role in genocide. The convicted person appealed against the verdict. At the end of 2007, the judges of the Appeals Chamber reduced the sentence to 35 years in prison.
See also
Web links
- about Kangura (English)
- Article from Kangura . RwandaFile (English, French, Kinyarwanda)