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Rwanda’s liberation struggle will be among the key exhibits at the upcoming Museum of African Liberation in Harare, Zimbabwe. The facility, which was initially designated for only seven countries to ...

Ohio State will host Kwibuka, an event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Saturday. This Kwibuka is one of 34 events across the United States ...

EVERY YEAR on April 7th Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, commemorates the start of the most abominable event of the late 20th century, the Rwandan genocide. Over 100 days in 1994 masses of the ...

From April to July 1994, the world watched as genocide unfolded in Rwanda. A million people died as neighbors brutally attacked their neighbors with clubs and machetes. Thirty years later, the horror ...

In 1994, Rwanda endured one of the darkest chapters in human history when nearly a million people lost their lives in just 100 days. Today, Rwanda stands as one of Africa’s most impressive success ...

To understand the background of events which shook Rwanda in 1994. To understand what genocide is. To understand the process and reasons which triggered the flow of refugees from Rwanda into ...

Rwanda is a beautiful nation in the heart of Africa within the Great Rift Valley, where the African Great Lakes region and southeast Africa converge. It takes pride in a rich literary history, with ...

And I'm Steve Inskeep. This week marks the 20th anniversary of Rwanda's genocide. Leaders of the country's Hutu majority encouraged the slaughter of the ethnic Tutsi minority. People killed their ...