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Reconciliation after the genocide in Rwanda. Photo: Victims of the genocide discuss in the Rwandan hills.
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Reconciliation made in Rwanda

Rwanda is preparing to commemorate on April 7 the genocide of the Tutsis 30 years ago. At least 800,000 people were massacred in 100 days, between April and July 1994. Since then, the national justice system has tried over a million people. The time for retribution has passed. And Rwandans have had to relearn how […]
By Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro (our correspondent in Rwanda)
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