But some of the Tutsi troops in the rebel army are also motivated by a desire for revenge against the Hutu militias among the refugees.

"We've got to get out of here before more of the Tutsi troops show up."

And it'll be just that much longer before you can alert the Tutsi troops to the fact that we're here.

The Belgians and the American cowboy with them knew nothing of covering their trail, and the Tutsi troops who had followed had seen no need to do so, either.

Tutsi troops from Rwanda and eastern Congo joined to defeat marauding Hutu militia units in the border area between the two countries.

Soon Mr. Kabila's Tutsi troops began to react to their perceived loss of influence.

Mr. Ndadaye, a Hutu, was shot by Tutsi troops shortly after his inauguration, unleashing ethnic strife that killed more than 200,000 Burundians.

Allegations that his predominately Tutsi troops have committed atrocities against Hutu refugees have tainted his image as a liberator and called into question his authority over his commanders.

As his forces moved west and began to take power over the vast nation, Tutsi troops apparently took vengeance on Hutu, many of whom had fled Rwanda.

Tutsi troops, many of them Rwandan, control the city.