Inyenzi movement

The Inyenzi movement or Inyenzi guerrilla movement was a collection of Rwandan armed groups in the 1960s. Mainly composed of Tutsi militants, the movement emerged as royalists and radical refugees unsuccessfully sought to defend the Rwandan monarchy during the Rwandan Revolution. Following the establishment of the Hutu-dominated Republic of Rwanda under Grégoire Kayibanda in 1961, the Inyenzi waged an insurgency from exile. Being split into factions based in Burundi, Uganda, Congo-Léopoldville, and Tanganyika (later Tanzania), the Inyenzi were never organizationally united and became ideologically diverse, resulting in the rise of republican factions. Lacking substantial international support and a coherent structure, the movement was unsuccessful in its insurgency against Kayibanda's government. After a failed attempt to gain reliable allies by involving itself in the Congolese Simba rebellion, the Inyenzi suffered from growing infighting and ceased attacks in Rwanda in 1968.