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The Clinic

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June 13th 2007
I have to admit that for a very long time I thought of Rwanda solely in terms of the genocide of 1994. I have read several books about it, including Shake Hand With The Devil by Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Romeo Dallaire, whom I had the chance to meet and talk with in January 2006, so I thought that I knew what Rwanda was about. I thought I knew what I was getting into when I flew here in April, though I kne ... read more

Africa » Rwanda

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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... ... read more