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Telling truth about the Genocide and Fighting the denial

Reflections on the genocide against Tutsi: Perpetrators sinned against God and Humanity

By Harold E. Acemah

This week marked the 19th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rising Atheism Among Genocide Survivors in Rwanda

By Irene Nayebare, 3 March 2013

His loving grandparents – who were proud to spent most of their lives within the walls of Kibeho Parish – were burned alive while they knelt in front of the altar hailing the Virgin Mary, but this time for their survival. Read the rest of this entry »

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Consequences of Racism in Rwanda: We Need To Get Out of Apathy

By: Tom Ndahiro*

One of the many foreign journalists who were in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide concluded that there were no more devils in hell because they were all in Rwanda. Read the rest of this entry »

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Genocide survivor won’t prolong pain with hate: ‘There are no evil people, just evil deeds’

By David Lea

She has looked into the face of the man who brutally murdered her family and did the unthinkable — she forgave him. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rudasingwa the “source”, his gargantuan God complex and insanity

I screamed loudly on Twitter earlier in the week about the publication of astory by French news agency AFP that quoted a Facebook status update of a sacked former staff member of Rwandan President Paul Kagame accusing him of a war crime as if the social media venting of a disgruntled ex-employee is somehow newsworthy. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rwandan genocide: a survivor’s story

On April 6th 1994, genocide erupted in Rwanda. In just 100 days an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. Read the rest of this entry »

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FIRST-PERSON (Jacob Alexander): Amazed by Rwanda’s stories of healing

By Jacob Alexander–Apr 28, 2011
KIGALI, Rwanda (BP)–From the small window of the Kenya Airways jet, I looked down on the beautiful green mountains of Rwanda as we slowly made our descent to the Kigali airport, where 17 years ago an airplane carrying Rwanda’s president was shot down, sparking one of the most evil acts of humanity in my lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »

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