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Symbolic reburial ceremony at the national memorial Rwanda remembers genocide victims
Rwanda holds ceremonies to honour the 800,000 people butchered in 1994, amid criticism of the West's stance.


TOP STORIES

Papers on genocide lessons
The tenth anniversary of the killings in Rwanda has dominated African newspaper comment throughout the week

Rwanda marks anniversary
Rwanda remembers the 800,000 victims of the 1994 genocide, and the attack which triggered the violence.

Genocide 'failure' berated
Rwanda's president accuses the international community of deliberately failing to prevent the 1994 genocide.

Ex-PM reveals genocide planning
A British author is quizzed over details she reveals in a new book about how the genocide was organized.


HAVE YOUR SAY

Rwanda: What lessons learnt?
It is ten years since Rwanda's genocide, in which more than 800,000 people were killed. What lessons have been learned by Rwanda, Africa and the world?


A MASSACRE REVISITED

FROM PANORAMA >>
Fergal Keane: Return to Nyarubuye
Fergal Keane revisited the scene of a massacre and spoke to killers and survivors of the Rwandan genocide to find out what drove ordinary men to kill their neighbours.

FROM PANORAMA >>
Killer's story: 'Taken over by Satan'
Gitera is a Hutu who took part in the Rwandan genocide, killing not only neighbours, but friends in a massacre at a church in Nyarubuye. This is his story.

FROM PANORAMA >>
Survivor's story: 'Living among the dead'
Flora lost 17 members of her family in the Rwandan genocide. She only survived because she passed out among a pile of bodies This is her story.


FACING THE FUTURE

Rwanda's divisions remain
Ten years after the genocide Rwanda has much to do to reconcile its divided people.

The long search for justice
Victims of the genocide give their views of the village court justice system used to try the killers.

Photo albums reunite families
Ten years on, Red Cross photograph albums are still reuniting families separated during the genocide.

Rwanda's religious reflections
The BBC's Robert Walker in Rwanda examines the role of the Catholic Church during and after the genocide.

Rebuilding a tattered economy
The Rwandan government has struggled to rebuild the economy, which was left in tatters by the 1994 genocide.

Children coping with genocide
Teachers from the UK are helping Rwanda's students to deal with the deaths of 800,000 people in 1994.


BACKGROUND

How the genocide happened
In just three months, an estimated 800,000 people were massacred in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. BBC News Online examines the causes.

Q&A: Rwanda's genocide trials
Rwanda and the United Nations are struggling to bring those responsible for the 1994 genocide to justice.

FROM PANORAMA >>
Media failure during the genocide
Former Panorama producer Tom Giles examines why the media should take some of the blame for not alerting the world to the horror of the genocide in Rwanda

Preventing another genocide
Alison De Forges from Human Rights Watch outlines possible steps of preventing genocide.


On This Day

1994: Killing spreads in Rwanda
The ethnic violence in Rwandan capital Kigali is spreading throughout the country, aid officials say.



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