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Rwanda's Next Steps

00000176-770f-dc2f-ad76-7f0fad7b0000WYPR's Mary Rose Madden went to Rwanda with the International Reporting Project for two weeks in November 2011.Throughout their travels, they went to the country's capital, Kigali, and into the rural countryside.They met doctors, genocide-rape counselors, Rwandan journalists, President Kagame, and many Rwandans who were very busy farming, making charcoal, or biking their goods through "the land of a thousand hills."Contact Mary Rose Madden at [email protected]. Emily Smith was the Research Assistant. Deb George was the Editor.

Uneasy Tension: The Catholic Church’s History in Rwanda

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Published April 11, 2014 at 3:37 PM EDT

Mary Rose Madden

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For the second part of our series, “Rwanda’s Next Steps: A Generation Living in Genocide’s Aftermath," Mary Rose Madden looked at the Catholic Church there.

In only 100 days between April and July 1994, 800,000 Rwandans, mostly Tutsis and some moderate Hutus, were murdered by the majority Hutu group. Many of those being hunted tried to hide in the bush or sought refuge with a neighbor. Tens of thousands ran to their churches to seek protection.