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Photograph of a banner demanding justice for the 2004 Gatumba Massacre and calling for the arrest of Agathon Rwasa. This photograph was taken by Christopher P. Davey at the 2021 annual day of remembrance held for the 166 Banyamulenge refugees killed at the Gatumba camp in Burundi on August 13, 2004. This memorial event was held in Dallas-Fort Worth.
On August 13, 2004 a force of armed combatants, many of them members of the Forces for National Liberation (FNL), massacred 166 Congolese civilians and wounded another 106 at Gatumba refugee camp. The FNL is a predominantly Hutu rebel movement known for its hostility to Tutsi and the victims were largely Banyamulenge, an ethnic group often categorized with Tutsi. At the intersection of two faltering peace processes, the attack underlined the continuing political conflicts within both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi and made them worse. The Gatumba camp provided shelter for 1,700 refugees who had fled DR Congo in June 2004.
Date Taken
2021
Type
image
Genre
photograph
Format
jpg
Keywords
Gatumba, Burundi, refugees, massacres, Africa, Banyamulenge
Recommended Citation
Davey, Christopher P., "Banner at annual Gatumba Massacre remembrance, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, 2021" (2021). Photographs. 3.
https://commons.clarku.edu/gatumba_photographs/3
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Keywords
Gatumba, Burundi, refugees, massacres, Africa, Banyamulenge
