Akazu
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The Akazu (Kinyarwanda / Kirundi: little house) is an informal organisation of Hutus centered around former Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and his influential wife Agathe Habyarimana, whose members, among others, are generally believed to be responsible for planning the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
The Akazu consisted of Habyarimana's relatives and others from his district; they were assigned important ministerial and economic positions. The Akazu did not wish to share political or economic power with the Tutsis, particularly the expatriate Tutsis resident in Uganda, or even other Hutus. They turned to mass genocide as a means of preventing a loss of power.
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