New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide
by Rodney Muhumuza and Ignatius Ssuuna
Apr 05, 2024
4 minutes
The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn silence.
The digging goes on, a scene that's become all too familiar in a verdant area of rural southern Rwanda, where the discovery in October of human remains at the site of a house under construction triggered another search for new mass graves believed to hold victims of the 1994 genocide against Rwanda's Tutsi.
In the months since, Rwandan authorities say the remains of at least 1,000 people have been found in this
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