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An estimated 800,000 people were killed in massacres led by government-backed Hutu extremists that lasted more than 100 days.

These Palestinian mothers in Gaza gave birth Oct. 7. Their babies have known only war

Survivor Antoinette Mutabazi confronted the person who brutally murdered her beloved aunt during the Rwanda genocide and shares her story.

It has now been 30 years since the genocide, and an opportunity to assess the tenure of one of Africa’s most controversial leaders.

The Central African country is marking the anniversary of a monthslong rampage by militiamen that killed some 800,000 people.

Minister Hanke Bruins Slot (Foreign Affairs) will take part in the commemoration ceremony in Rwanda on Sunday to mark the genocide that began 30 years ago on this day. At the time, at least 800,000 people were killed within a few months, mainly Tutsis but also moderate Hutus.

Rwandans will on Sunday mark 30 years since a genocide orchestrated by Hutu extremists tore apart their country, as neighbours turned on each other in one of the bloodiest massacres of the 20th century.

An estimated 800,000 people were killed in massacres led by government-backed Hutu extremists that lasted more than 100 days.

An estimated 800,000 people were killed in massacres led by government-backed Hutu extremists that lasted more than 100 days.

For 100 days, the world watched as over 1 million Rwandans were being exterminated.