The Rwandan civil war ended almost 18 months ago, yet the country remains obsessed with what is known as 'the genocide'----an obsession shared by human rights and relief agencies, and a United Nations war crimes tribunal.
Just back from a visit to Rwanda and the refugee camps in neighbouring Zaire, Fiona Foster argues that the obsession with 'the genocide' has criminalised an entire community and obscured the real causes of the Rwandan tragedy
Massacring the truth in Rwanda
More than a year after Rwanda's civil war was supposed to have ended, Kigali airport still looks like a battlefield. The walls are spattered with bullet holes, broken windows have not been replaced and shattered glass has not even been swept up. Arriving at the airport gave me the first of many signs that this was a country determined to put the evidence of what is known as 'the genocide' on display for all who visit.
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