Țăranu

Țăranu is a Romanian surname that may refer to

See also

Rwandan Patriotic Front

The Rwandan Patriotic Front (French: Front patriotique rwandais, RPF) is the ruling political party in Rwanda. Led by President Paul Kagame, the party has governed the country since its armed wing ended the Rwandan Genocide in 1994.

History

Rwandese Alliance for National Unity

Following the overthrow of Idi Amin in 1979, the Tutsi refugee intelligentsia in Uganda set up the region's first political refugee organization, the Rwandese Alliance for National Unity (RANU), to discuss a possible return to Rwanda. Though primarily a forum for intellectual discussion, it became radicalised after Milton Obote's rigged election of 1980 resulted in many Tutsi refugees joining Yoweri Museveni in fighting the Ugandan Bush War. In response, Obote denounced Museveni's National Resistance Army (NRA) as composed of Banyarwanda. A failed attempt to force all Tutsi refugees into the refugee camps in February 1982 resulted in a massive purge, driving 40,000 refugees back into Rwanda. Rwanda declared that they recognized only 4000 of these as Rwandan nationals, while Uganda declared that they would take back only 1000. The remaining 35,000 were left in a legal limbo along the border region that lasted for years, from where many refugee youth left to join the NRA.