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The Rwandan Genocide took place over approximately 100 days from April to July of 1994. Between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed, constituting as much as 20% of the country’s total population. Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slain by the Hutu majority. In this video, a survivor of the genocide talks about life in post-genocide Rwanda. The video also shows a community group working to reconcile victims and perpetrators of the genocide.

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Paul Kagame was the leader of the rebel group that ended the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. He then served as both Vice President and Minister of Defense of Rwanda from 1994 to 2000. In 2000, Kagame became President of Rwanda, a position he still holds today. On April 14, 2014, Kagame commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, saying: “We have pursued justice and reconciliation as best we could, but it does not restore what we lost.” Speaking to the Rwandan people, he says: “You have stood before the community to bare witness and to listen to others do the same. You have taken responsibility and you have forgiven. Your sacrifices are a gift to the nation. They are the seed from which the new Rwanda grows. Thank you for allowing your humanity and patriotism to prevail over your grief and loss.”

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Immaculée Ilibagiza recalls the start of the Rwandan Genocide on April 7, 1994 by the Hutu majority in Rwanda and going into hiding in a small bathroom because she was a Tutsi. She describes praying to not be caught when Hutus were looking for more victims and not being found: “For me, it was that moment that gave me back my faith.” Ilibagiza describes how through self-reflection and God, she learned to not hate the perpetrators: “I don’t have to hate them for me to find justice”–she is even reunited with a friend, who is Hutu. Ilibagiza says, “When you forgive, you can be objective. And really see that the person who have hurt you doesn’t mean that their whole tribe had done that…what I found when I was able to let go of that anger.”

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Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire, former commander of the UN peacekeeping force, explains what steps were taken to improve the living conditions in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide.

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A survivor of the Rwandan genocide describes what life was like during the 100 days of Tutsi killing that began on April 7, 1994.

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Three brave Hutu women and the Tutsi boys they saved during the Rwandan genocide describe how they survived the 100 days of killing that began on April 7, 1994.

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Former President Bill Clinton explains why not sending troops to stop the Rwandan Genocide is one of the biggest regrets of his presidency. Starting on April 7, 1994 over half a million Tutsi and moderate Hutus were killed during a hundred day period of genocide.

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