Rwanda: Young Americans, Rwandans Study Genocide Prevention

A group of young Americans have joined their Rwandan counterparts for a two-week workshop on recognising and preventing Genocide in their countries. The group attending the Never Again Rwanda ninth Peace Building Institute programme visited the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide on Friday to learn about the origins of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and how the country has rebuilt itself over the past two decades.

Researcher Odette Kantengwa told a group comprising eight Americans and six Rwandans that the commission aims at preventing Genocide by fostering a "common understanding" of what happened in 1994.

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