Rwanda: The Aid Worker - 'Their Eyes Were Dead, Their Souls Gone'

3 April 2014

Samantha Bolton was based in Nairobi, working as the regional information officer for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) when the Rwanda genocide started in April 1994. She recalled how Rwanda's 100 days of killing took the world by surprise and describes the ethical quagmire facing aid agencies in the aftermath.

"I'd been to Rwanda in January. Already then you had the sense that the militias, or Interahamwe, were preparing.

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