Nearly 3 decades after the horrors of genocide in Rwanda, the tears still flow
A Rwandese genocide survivor stands inside a church, where some 5000 people were killed during the genocide of 1994, on March 27, 2004. PHOTO | RICARDO GANGALE | NM
In a few days, the observance of Kwibuka, 100 days of remembrance for the nearly one million victims of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, will come to a close. Next year will mark the third decade of the mass killings and will throw up some of the biggest questions yet about the kind of country "post-genocide" country Rwanda has become.
In the capital Kigali, one can't help but notice that among many young Rwandans born after 1994, who are living the good life in the city vaunted as the cleanest in Africa, the horrors of the genocide are becoming remote, a nightmare for their parents to live. However, it's a nightmare that, 29 years later, is still too real for, especially Rwandan women.
