April 7 marks the 30th anniversary of the massacres which left more than 800,000 dead in 100 days. The pain of this past is still too present for the survivors, who relive the nightmare every year.
“It is the international community that has let us all down, whether through contempt or cowardice,” insisted Paul Kagame during a speech given in front of several thousand people at the BK Arena. He had been in de facto power since early July 1994 when, at the head of FPR troops, he entered Kigali.