Browsing: Rwanda genocide

• Three decades later, the Rwanda genocide elicits several unanswered questions about the events leading up to, during, and after the killings.
• Who was responsible for shooting down President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane?
• Nine years after the closure of the ICTR tribunal, high-profile fugitives remain at large, and many survivors continue to seek justice.

It is that time of the year again, April 7, when the world marks a somber remembrance of the Rwanda genocide. This year, as we observe the 30th anniversary of the genocide that ripped through the heart of this small East African country, the world is yet to come to terms with some hard questions.

In just 100 days, from April to July 1994, an estimated 800,000 people were brutally massacred, targeted primarily for being Tutsi or moderate Hutu.

Despite the passage of three decades, the Rwanda genocide remains a subject of intense scrutiny and reflection, not only …