Rwanda embarks on a week of commemoration activities and 100 days of national mourning on Sunday to mark the 25th anniversary of the genocide in which 800,000 people – one tenth of its population – were killed in 100 days of slaughter. Here are some facts about one of the darkest chapters in human history: […]
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Rwanda remembers; 25th anniversary of genocide
Rwanda on Sunday commemorates the 25th anniversary of the genocide in which at least 800,000 mainly Tutsi people were beaten, hacked and shot to death in a hundred days of slaughter. A quarter of a century on, the east African nation has recovered economically but the trauma casts a long and dark shadow over the […]