Julliet stared blankly down the street winding through her dilapidated village. The afternoon sunlight weaving softly through the trees in the distance seemed strangely incongruent with the storm raging inside of her. Only days before, her husband had been at her side...
An estimated 75,000 children were left behind after the Rwandan genocide in 1994—thousands of them maimed, violated, and left with emotional scars that still remain today. Justin is one of them. His parents were killed during the 100-day assault that left more than...
“Never again!” That was the battle cry heard round the world as a betrayed Rwanda stared bewildered into a shadowy future altered forever by genocide. “Never again,” we vowed after more than 800,000 Rwandans were butchered. “Never again,” we said to the families left...
A sinking feeling began to wash over Janelle Lang as her eyes scanned the streets of Rwanda for the first time. The billboards lining the streets warned women to protect their children from human trafficking . . . it was everywhere. The utter destitution following the...
For 100 days starting in April 1994, a darkness unfolded in Rwanda that permeated the soul of every citizen … a subjugation of human rights severe enough to earn Rwanda a front page in world history. Despite the horror of the Rwandan genocide, the country has...