International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
On 6th April 1994, within the context of an already brutal civil war, a plane carrying Rwandan President Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down, and all those onboard killed. The response of Hutu extremists to the assassination was a fierce campaign of revenge. The following 100 days saw the slaughter of between 800,000 and 1…