Meanings
nounBanyamulenge (plural Banyamulenge)
- A member of an ethnically Tutsi ethno-cultural group in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The controversy surrounding the Banyamulenge focuses on when they arrived in the Congo.
2011, Jason K Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, Public Affairs, published 2012, page 601 more example
The government's current guidance on the DRC states that if an applicant is of Banyamulenge origin, a grant of asylum is likely to be appropriate because they are in a vulnerable and insecure position and face persecution throughout DRC.
2013 February 26, Marishka Van Steenbergen, The Guardian
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