On April 6, 1994, a plane crash sparked the Rwandan genocide, a tragic event central to discussions on hate, politics, and ...

From April to July 1994, the world watched as genocide unfolded in Rwanda. A million people died as neighbors brutally attacked their neighbors with clubs and machetes. Thirty years later, the horror ...

To self-proclaimed experts in Rwanda’s history, this may sound fictional, but within Rwanda’s own traditions, these symbols formed the spiritual foundation of kingship. When Gihanga entrusted ...

Rwanda is often discussed together with Burundi and eastern DR Congo as if all three share the same history and the same problems. This regional shorthand is misleading. While these societies were ...

To understand the background of events which shook Rwanda in 1994. To understand what genocide is. To understand the process and reasons which triggered the flow of refugees from Rwanda into ...

In Rwanda, students may soon learn their national history for the first time since the 1994 genocide. Following the bloody ethnic conflict between the Tutsi and Hutu, the government imposed a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Divide the class into three groups. Ask the students of the first group to read the first issue of Rwanda Returnee News and to summarise it into a short 15 minute presentation that they will give to ...

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