Remembering Rwanda: Fifteen Years Later

by Michelle . · 2009-04-07 18:43:00 UTC
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"At a stadium in Kigali, thousands of candles spelt out the word 'hope' in three languages."

A 100-day commemoration of the 100-day genocide that took over 800,000 lives began today in Rwanda. While the country memorializes its victims, remarks on its progress, and looks hopefully towards the future, some wounds remain too deep to heal:

"When the killings started, we could not carry Enid [her sister]," recalls Ms. Mubamugeo. "She was too sick to walk," she says. "When Interhamwe militias came down to our house, we fled. So we left her behind. They must have killed her because we have never met again."

Michelle . has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns.
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