The aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Ideas and event that are shaping Rwanda

The aftermath of genocide

INHERITING A WASTELAND
The country had been ransacked. There was not a penny in the public coffers. There were no offices intact, no chairs, no desks, no paper, no telephones, nothing at all... watch

Survivor questions

INSIGHT

John Steward took a job with World VIsion Rwanda after the genocide. He remembers the questions well: "Are we really over this? Will I be next to suffer? Where was the U.N?” ... watch

Inheriting a wasteland

INHERITING A WASTELAND
The people had been terrorised. An estimated 250,000 women had been widowed. At least 100,000 children had been separated from their families - 300,000 children were thought to have been killed...... more

Refugees and debt

INHERITING A WASTELAND
While aid poured into refugee camps and while Hutu Power re-armed, France tried to block aid and Egypt demanded payment for weapons bought by the former regime... more

The children

INHERITING A WASTELAND

The BBC journalist Fergal Keane visited an orphanage in the mountains of northern Rwanda during the last days of the genocide. "We are trying to teach them to trust the world again, but it is very, very difficult." more

After the genocide I came to Rwanda...

The young Rwandan

I CAME TO RWANDA

Laura loves Rwanda - the landscape and the culture - but clearly remembers a darker time when she returned to Rwanda with her family, as a seven year old... ... watch

The aid worker

I CAME TO RWANDA

John Steward says,"I came to Rwanda with my wife in 1997 to manage the reconciliation and peace building program for World Vision. I saw a country moving at half pace... watch

The young exile

I CAME TO RWANDA

Annet said, "When I arrived, I wasn't sure what might happen - sometimes I thought I might die. My work was to talk to the children and try to trace their families... watch

The journalist

I CAME TO RWANDA

"It was possible in the golden evening light to think of Kigali as having once been a pleasant city. But mingling with the scent of the flowers, was the old scent of death...” more

Insight