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Surviving Genocide to Support Other Survivors
Ignace Munyaneza was seven during the 1994 genocide against ethnic Tutsi that claimed a million lives. At such a tender age, Munyaneza witnessed interahamwe brutally murdering his parents and four…
Genocide Survivors find home at ‘One Dollar’ Complex
Leandre Sekamana 23, a Rwandan university student, spent months wondering whether to donate Rwf3000 ($4) to a fund meant to construct a hostel to accommodate about 200 genocide orphans. Sekamana…
Critics are angry, but ordinary Rwandans prefer Kagame style of leadership
In 2005, a local businessman was contracted to build a road in Muhanga district, Southern Rwanda. The contractor would employ hundreds of villagers. The contractor had one thing in mind…
Why Rwanda may be the best place to have a baby
BUGESERA-RWANDA—In Nyamata, a village town of Bugesera district, a 30 minutes’ drive south of Rwanda’s Capital City, Kigali, Jeanne Musabende’s husband is hanging out with…
