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Rwanda:
True Liberation Ought to Bring About National Pride
New Times, 3 July 2016
Rwandans are still going through what is clearly a very long weekend. This is because Friday was Independence Day while tomorrow will be Liberation Day. That means that some people… Read more »
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Rwanda:
After Two Decades, Genocide Survivor Opens Up About Her Anger and Forgiveness
UN News, 1 July 2016
"Being a hero is being able to give a smile to the person who sold you death," said Frida Umuhoza, who was barely a teenager when her entire family - including her grandparents,… Read more »
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Rwanda:
We Must Create and Disseminate the Tools of Our Own Liberation
Focus, 4 July 2016
It's been more than two decades since the guns fell silent over this nation and I'm the first to acknowledge just how far we have come. But saying that we have come far isn't good… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Genocide Survivor's Account of How RPF Rescuers Became Family
New Times, 4 July 2016
On April 22, 1994, a gang of Interahamwe militia led by the genocidal government soldiers attacked Francoise Muteteli's home in Nyanza District, killing all her relatives. She was… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Let's Keep the Liberation Spirit Alive
New Times, 4 July 2016
Twenty-two years ago today, the Rwanda Patriotic Front/Army overthrew a genocidal regime and effectively stopped the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi - an unprecedented three-month… Read more »
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Africa:
Of Rwanda Defence Forces Contribution to Peacekeeping
New Times, 4 July 2016
Driven by the painful experience of 1994, Rwanda Defence Forces has, over the years, dedicated its personnel and other resources in peacekeeping missions to help ensure that what… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Our Liberation Struggle Was Triggered By Quest for Human Rights and Dignity
New Times, 4 July 2016
When Lt (Rtd) Joseph Sabena joined the guerrilla war to liberate Rwanda, little did he know that he would end up with a paralysis that would eventually confine him in a wheel chair… Read more »
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Rwanda:
No, Things Were Not Good Before 1990
New Times, 4 July 2016
On this Liberation Day I found myself contemplating. I thought about my experience in Rwanda before the Genocide. My thoughts took me to a comment that was once made by a Genocide… Read more »
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Rwanda:
What Is Expected of Us, Now That We Have the Country
New Times, 4 July 2016
Today, July 4, Rwanda celebrates Liberation Day, a major day for the people of Rwanda. July 4, 1994, marked the end of the Genocide against the Tutsi and the birth of a new Rwanda… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Liberation Is Our Ultimate Independence
New Times, 1 July 2016
Today marks the beginning of the longest weekend sandwiched between 1st July and 4th July which are Independence and Liberation Days, respectively, in Rwanda. These are not… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Liberation Day Medical Outreach Targets 10,000
New Times, 29 June 2016
At least 10,000 people are expected to be treated during the ongoing Army Week medical outreach in Bugesera District in Eastern Province. Read more »
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Rwanda:
Kwibuka22 - Reminiscing a 'Day of Resurrection'
New Times, 7 June 2016
The hour of 9am on June 2, 1994, brought a smile on every Tutsi refugee's face in the compound of a primary school run by the Kabgayi Catholic Diocese in Muhanga District, after… Read more »