It was designed to undermine control of the Tutsi who had a stronghold in nearby Nyanza .
Gikongoro province was founded by the newly independent Rwandan state shortly after it gained freedom from Belgium in 1962 .
Gikongoro was designed to undermine control of the Tutsi who had a stronghold in nearby Nyanza .
Gikongoro province was founded by the newly independent Rwandan state shortly after it gained freedom from Belgium in 1962 .