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In 1994 the world looked away, when almost one million people were killed in Rwanda. Militant Hutus slaughtered Tutsis and moderate Hutus. For 100 days the country became a slaughterhouse.
On April 20th the killing militias came to Kaduha, where thousands of refugees tried to find safety on the church grounds. Sister Milgitha was there, she witnessed the murders and had to flee. This audio report looks back on these horrific days in April of 1994.
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In 1994 the world looked away, when almost one million people were killed in Rwanda. Militant Hutus slaughtered Tutsis and moderate Hutus. For 100 days the country became a slaughterhouse.
On April 20th the killing militias came to Kaduha, where thousands of refugees tried to find safety on the church grounds. Sister Milgitha was there, she witnessed the murders and had to flee. This audio report looks back on these horrific days in April of 1994.
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“The Rwandan Genocide”
Von Arndt Peltner
www.radiogoethe.org
OT: Strassensound
Rwanda is the land of the thousand hills. A beautiful landscape. An old saying in Rwanda is: God comes here to rest in the evening. Kaduha is about 130 Kilometers southeast of the Rwandan capital, Kigali. The highway from Kigali to Gitarama is well built; it winds along the hilly landscape. At Gitarama it becomes a dirt road akin to a riverbed. In first, sometimes second gear the drive continues.
OT: hochziehen
To the Left and right of this dirt road are fields that reach high up on the hills. Along the road people are walking, and transporting everything imaginable on bicycles, on self constructed wooden wheelbarrows and on their heads. The few cars, mostly of the Muzungus, or whites, stand out in contrast. Many stop and watch our four wheel drive vehicle as we pass. The trip takes us through t...
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