A Friend in Need : A Mason Freduald Karuhije Saved Lives
Ntongwe district in Gitarama is a quiet rural area where people farm the land and graze their cattle. But in April 1994, it was a dangerous and hostile place for Tutsis...
A FRIEND IN NEED: The Importance of Remembering Our Heroes
The stories of those who saved others during the genocide are profiled in a book called Tribute to Courage, published by African Rights. But the book highlights only seventeen cases. Why...
From Warriors to Peace Makers: The Women of ‘NDABAGA’
During the civil war in Rwanda in 1994, military units on both sides of the conflict included women among their ranks. The number of women in combat was 339. They had...
My Heart is My Prison
Therese Mukarwego is a friendly, jolly woman who enjoys a good laugh. But life hasn't been kind. Her husband and three children were killed during the genocide. Therese' neighbour Andrea Uwimana...
Child of Rape, Child of Genocide
Mfashijwenimana is a child born of rape. But he doesn't know. His mother, Bertherltide has not had the courage to tell him. He was born out of the multiple rapes she...
With Little Help from Friends: WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
The civil war and genocide which ravaged Rwanda in 1994 left in its wake many orphans and widows Most are poorly educated, and find it hard, if not impossible, to get...
Coming Home: Rwanda’s Child Soldiers in DR Congo
By Geoffrey Mutagoma,
KIGALI - Ten years after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a generation of children continue to fight ideological wars against Rwanda from the Eastern parts of the Democratic Republic...
