Rwanda

A National Guardsman walks along a border fence near the International Bridge where thousand of migrants, mostly from Haiti, have formed a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas

US begins mass deportations of Haitian migrants as Haiti calls for moratorium

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The US begins mass deportations of Haitian migrants camping out in Texas near the US-Mexico border. Also, a Rwandan court convicts Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the 2004 Hollywood movie “Hotel Rwanda.” And, a shooting at a university in Russia leaves six people dead, and at least 24 others wounded.

A Syrian child receives a toy in the home a Berlin resident.

She saw herself in the face of a Syrian girl driven from her home

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Casimir Bizimungu, Rwanda’s Minister of Health, has been living in a safe house in Arusha, Tanzania since his acquittal by an international tribunal there of charges related to the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda. He has no passport, his family has re

Acquitted of genocide, a handful of Rwandans live a life in limbo

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Esther Mujawayo and her daughters Amelia and Amanda.

A family looks back on Rwanda’s genocide and considers when forgiveness is ‘too much to ask’

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Esther Mujawayo and her daughters Amelia and Amanda.

A family looks back on Rwanda’s genocide and considers when forgiveness is ‘too much to ask’

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Acleo Mugisha is a producer at Radio KFM in Kigali, Rwanda.

Rwandans are tuning in to a different sort of radio this April

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Switch on the radio in Rwanda in April and you’re likely to hear programming that commemorates those killed in the 1994 genocide. Acleo Mugisha, a producer at Radio KFM in Kigali says young Rwandans are turning to new sorts of music to mark the genocide’s 20th anniversary.

Acleo Mugisha is a producer at Radio KFM in Kigali, Rwanda.

Rwandans are tuning in to a different sort of radio this April

Lifestyle & Belief

Switch on the radio in Rwanda in April and you’re likely to hear programming that commemorates those killed in the 1994 genocide. Acleo Mugisha, a producer at Radio KFM in Kigali says young Rwandans are turning to new sorts of music to mark the genocide’s 20th anniversary.

Rwandan boys watch as a flame is escorted through a Kigali suburb marking the 20th anniversary of the genocide.

Rwandans let their pain and memories erupt as they observe the 20th anniversary of the genocide

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Rwandans relived events of 20 years ago Monday “as if they were twenty seconds ago,” says author Philip Gourevitch. He was among those gathered in the main stadium in the capital Kigali Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1994 genocide.Rwandans relived events of 20 years ago Monday “as if they were twenty seconds ago,” says author Philip Gourevitch. He was among those gathered in the main stadium in the capital Kigali Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1994 genocide.

Heaven Restaurant in Rwanda.

A couple moved to Rwanda to raise their kids, start a restaurant, and rebuild the country

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Twenty years ago, a genocide started in Rwanda that killed at least 800,000 people. Rwanda has been rebuilding and healing ever since the killing ended. Many around the world were moved to help, though few as directly as Josh and Alissa RuxinTwenty years ago, a genocide started in Rwanda that killed at least 800,000 people. Rwanda has been rebuilding and healing ever since the killing ended. Many around the world were moved to help, though few as directly as Josh and Alissa Ruxin

Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese captain with the UN's peacekeeping mission in Kigali saved an estimated 600 Rwandans during the genocide.

The world had abandoned Rwanda, but one ‘gutsy’ Senegalese peacekeeper refused to stay on the sidelines

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UN peacekeepers are often criticized for failing to act in the face of conflict. But 20 years ago this month, while the Rwandan genocide raged, one Senegalese UN peacekeeper was running daring missions that saved an estimated 600 people. The BBC’s Mark Doyle tells the story of Capt. Mbaye Diagne.