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Rwanda legacy

Last reviewed: 13-11-2008

GENOCIDE IN THE LAND OF A THOUSAND HILLS


Rwanda is still struggling to deal with the aftermath of the genocide that engulfed the country in 1994, when Hutu extremists killed hundreds of thousands of people. Most were hacked to death with machetes.

  • About 800,000 killed in 100 days
  • Raped women living with HIV/AIDS
  • Economy growing, but health still dire

    Most of the victims were from the minority Tutsi tribe, but moderate Hutus were also slaughtered.

    The international community's failure to prevent the brutality led to some profound soul-searching.

    The genocide also sowed the seeds for years of regional war that devastated neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

    KEY FACTS


    1994 death toll About 800,000 (Steering Committee of the Joint Evaluation of the Emergency Assistance to Rwanda)
    Child deaths before the age of five (2006) 160 per 1,000 live births (UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008)
    Maternal mortality (2005) 1,300 per 100,000 live births U.N. Human Development Report 2007/08

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