Beginning April,7th 1994,in one of the smallest countries of Africa,in a hundred days,approximately a million Tutsi and moderate Hutu were massacred by the Hutu militia.This was the beginning of death in the land of a thousand hills,Rwanda.Today Rwanda is commemorating the 16 years since the genocide took place.
That was the beginning of the Rwandan genocide.Every 7th day of April the country has been taking a day off work,school and other activities to remember those who lost their lives;their loved ones,neighbors,friends,teachers etc.
Rwandans and other people around the world are gathering to light a candle for Rwanda others give their encounters as a healing process and others take a time of silence in remembrance of the perished their lives.
Despite the past,Rwanda is has overcome and it is developing at a fast rate.
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