The Belgians allowed Tutsi domination to continue when they took over Ruanda-Urundi (now divided into Rwanda and the Kingdom of Burundi) after World War I. Only in 1959 did the Hutu overthrow the ...
It was also a colonial power, but its colonies of the Belgian Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Ruanda-Urundi (today Rwanda and Burundi) gained independence in 1960 and 1962 ...