Church Genocide memorial

Many victims of the Genocide were slaughter en mass in churches where they gathered in the mistaken belief that they would be protected.

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Le pays des mille collines

March 11th 2010
I arrive in Kigali mid-afternoon and have mixed feelings. Its outskirts are fairly pretty, rolling up the steep hills that characterise Rwanda's landscape like a provincial Spanish hill-town. However, the centre is rather bland and the only thing I find of interest here is the Genocide Memorial Centre. Kigali has the most expensive accommodation I've had to take so far, without much in the way o ... read more

Africa » Rwanda » Province du Sud » Butare

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

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