Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide against its minority Tutsi as new mass graves are still being discovered across the country in a grim reminder of the scale of the killings. Delegations from around the world will gather on Sunday in the capital of Kigali for somber commemorations of the 1994 massacres.
FILE - Rwanda n refugees hold their hands up and ask for help from Belgian soldiers, who had come to a psychiatric hospital compound outside of Kigali on April 13, 1994. People are patients of this hospital. FILE - A Belgian soldier guards the front of a house, where Belgians wait to be evacuated out of Kigali , Rwanda , April 13, 1994. Belgian forces rescued several Belgians who lived in a compound in the Rwanda capital, running the Ndere psychiatric hospital.
Habyarimana’s regime, which France supported, was headed and were subsequently too slow to acknowledge the extent of the killings. However, the report cleared France of any complicity in the massacres.After Kagame seized power, many Hutu officials fled into exile or were arrested and imprisoned for their alleged roles in the genocide. Some escaped to neighboring Congo, where their presence has provoked armed conflict.
Some claim Kagame has exploited alleged Western feelings of guilt over the genocide to entrench his grip on Rwanda. However, a leading survivors’ group points out that more needs to be done to eradicate what authorities describe as “genocide ideology” among some Rwandans.The streets of Kigali are clean and free of potholes. Littering is banned. Tech entrepreneurs flock here from far and wide. Stylish new buildings give the city a modern look and an innovation center aims at nurturing local talent in the digital culture.
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