Rwanda mourns the dead, 25 years since genocide began

KIGALI: Rwanda on Sunday begins one hundred days of mourning for more than 800,000 people slaughtered in a genocide that shocked the world, a quarter of a century on from the day it began.

Kagame will then preside over a vigil at the country's main football ground. The Amahoro National Stadium - whose name means"peace" in Rwanda's Kinyarwanda language - was used by the UN during the genocide to protect thousands of people of the Tutsi minority from being massacred on the streets outside.In past years, ceremonies have triggered painful flashbacks for some in the audience, with crying, shaking, screaming and fainting amid otherwise quiet vigils.

A quarter of a century on, the east African nation has recovered economically, but the trauma still casts a dark shadow. But French President Emmanuel Macron is not attending, with France represented by Herve Berville, a 29-year old Rwandan-born member of parliament in Paris.

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