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Rwanda Commemorates 1994 Genocide

HeadlineApr 08, 2008

On Monday, Rwanda commemorated fourteen years after the 1994 slaughter of some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and Hutus. President Paul Kagame attended a ceremony at a church in which 3,000 people were massacred. Speakers included Andre Kamana, a survivor of the genocide.

Andre Kamana: “It is important to continue to remember our people who have been killed in the genocide. Until now, we do not know where many are buried. In the last two months we have found more than a hundred bodies with the help of the people released by the Gacaca courts. This is good for their families and for the other families waiting to find their people.”

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