a country in east central Africa between Tanzania and Zaïre. Population: 7,313,000 (2001). Capital: Kigali. In 1994 there was a civil war between two tribes, the Hutus and the Tutsis. officially Republic of Rwanda Country, east-central Africa
a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to reinstitute Hutu control; "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists